Defining collision direction

SpaceDave

Hi,

I'm working on a little 2d platformer game and I ran into some trouble.

I want the player to react differently depending on how he approaches an enemy.

Right now I use the _on_Area2D_body_entered(body) signal function, and I need some way to define the players position relative to the enemy(area2d). The reason for this is, I want the player to bounce back when he touches the enemy and of course the direction of the bounce will differ according to the relative position.

I hope someone out there can help me fix this problem, because I'm all out of ideas.

Best Regards SpaceDave

cybereality

If you use "move_and_collide()" it will return a collision object which includes the normal.

extends KinematicBody2D

var velocity = Vector2(250, 250)

func _physics_process(delta):
    var collision_info = move_and_collide(velocity * delta)
    if collision_info:
        velocity = velocity.bounce(collision_info.normal)

cybereality

Also, welcome to the forum!

SpaceDave

Hi, thanks for a warm welcome.

I tried to print out the velocity and the collision variables from your suggestion and all I get is a static (250, -250) position and the [KinematicCollision2D:1628], not sure how to use that?

Besides I use the move_and_slide() function not the move_and_collide() because the later function is stopping the player instantly, which is not what I want.