Why does my enemy not appear?

OskarUngart

I am following a tutorial and had the enemy working just fine for a few hours. I got stuck at one point and made a few alterations to try and get the jump on enemy to kill mechanic to work and now suddenly the enemy no longer appears on screen when I press F6 to test. And its not invisible since I don't bump into anything. I'm tempted to just start over but I want to learn why things happen, not just follow directions without learning.

This is the tutorial:

cybereality

It's impossible to know what the problem is without seeing your code.

OskarUngart

You need the Enemy code or all codes?

extends "res://source/Actors/Actor.gd"

func _ready() -> void:
	set_physics_process(false)
	_velocity.x = -speed.x
	
	
func _on_StompDetector_body_entered(body: PhysicsBody2D) -> void:
	if body.global_position.y > get_node("StompDetector").global_position.y: 
		get_node("CollisionShape2D").disabled = true 
		return
	queue_free()
	
	
func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
	_velocity.y += gravity * delta
	if is_on_wall():
		_velocity.x *= -1.0
	_velocity.y = move_and_slide(_velocity, FLOOR_NORMAL).y

EzPizza

So if you can see the enemy in the editor, but it disappears when you hit play, then maybe it's just already dead. Maybe try commenting out anything that might remove or disable the enemy. Maybe even remove the enemy script temporarily so you can see if it's responsible for your issue. Try re-adding everything one method at a time.

TwistedTwigleg

Looking at the code posted, and I could be wrong on this, but I think the issue is your indentation. The _on_StompDetector_body_entered has a queue_free that, if I am correct, should be further indented so the enemy is only destroyed when touching the StompDetector node. The following should have the correct indentation:

func _on_StompDetector_body_entered(body: PhysicsBody2D) -> void:
	if body.global_position.y > get_node("StompDetector").global_position.y: 
		get_node("CollisionShape2D").disabled = true 
		queue_free()
		return

Also, welcome to the forums! :smile:

OskarUngart

Thank you! @TwistedTwigleg