Area2D doesn't detect CharacterBody2D. Collision is not working

[wib]

Godot Version

4.3.stable

What I have

I’m making a 2D top down Game with the following nodes:

Player:

• CharacterBody2D with CollisionShape2D on collision layer 2 and active on collision mask 3

Grass:

• Area2D with CollisionShape2D on collision layer 3 and active on collision mask 2

Desired Effect

I want the Grass to detect when the Player is stepping on it, emit a signal to the script attached to the Grass node that plays the grass animation.

What I tried

I have tried everything I can think of. I have searched online to see if anyone has the same issue.
And honestly, it seems to me that I understand how it is supposed to work. But it doesn’t.

I tried making the Grass node pickable and emit the signal when the mouse enters the Area2D and it works as expected.
I tried making activating the Area2D properties monitoring and monitorable
I tried all the signals that can be emitted by the class Area2D
I tried moving the CollisionShape2D on both the Player and the Grass to be the first child node
I tried playing around with Priority of the collisions
I tried playing around with the CollisionShape2D property Disable Node
I even tried turning it off and on again (close and re-open Godot)

Help! I am stumped

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[stratmitos]

Try declaring the body parameter on the signal parameter.

func stepped_on(body)

func stepped_off(body)

[starbrawler323]

Having the exact same problem with same scene setup. Haven’t found the solution yet. I think it a bug in Godot it self not in the project.

[wib]

Basically the node of the Player character was different than its instance in my main scene as far as the collision layer is concerned for some reason.
So when I fixed that, what you suggested was actually coming up as an error, so fixing these two things gave me the solution!

Thank you for you help