Run physics process on Area2D(body_entered)

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Run physics process on Area2D(body_entered)

RoyalQuack

Hey there! Im trying to make it that when a body named "Players" enters a Area2D named "DetectPlayer". I want it to run a physics process. I have put the code below that I tried but this did not work.

func _on_DetectPlayer_body_entered(body):
	if "Player" in [body.name](https://body.name):

	func _physics_process(delta):

		var Player = get_parent().get_node("Player")



		position += (Player.position - position)/50

		look_at(Player.position)



		move_and_slide(motion)

Megalomaniak

That is indeed incorrect. This is probably more in line with what you want to do:

func _ready():
	set_monitoring(true) # This is needed for the body_entered signal to even work.

func _on_DetectPlayer_body_entered(body):
	if body.name("Player"):	# This might need to be the name of the player's CollisionShape node instead!
		set_physics_process(true) # Also note that the processing will likely kick in on the next physics frame and not immediately.
	else:
		set_physics_process(false)

func _physics_process(delta):
	var Player = get_parent().get_node("Player")
	position += (Player.position - position)/50
	look_at(Player.position)
	move_and_slide(motion)

You'll likely have to also connect the body_exited() signal and in it set physics processing to false in certain conditions. Also, for the monitoring to work, I wonder if you'll have to use _process() instead of _physics_process() for the logic and let the _physics_process() be enabled continuously(but empty of any scripted logic for this node) perhaps. Guess you'll have to experiment and find out, very exciting!