Area2D Mysteriously Triggering Anywhere

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Godot 4.6

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Hello everyone,
Today I noticed my hidden easter-egg (a door with a funny popup upon interaction) could be interacted with anywhere in the scene. This isn’t supposed to happen, since an Area2D I put as a child of the door (StaticBody2D) with a script attached should’ve only let the popup show if the player is inside the Area2D. I checked the sizing of the Area2D, it’s parents and siblings but everything looked normal. Then I checked the player. Also perfectly normal. I am also sure there is nothing else controlling my interaction in the scene.

I have noticed, however, if I go up to the door and interact with how it should be normally done and try it again outside of the door, it does not trigger and functions as intended.

Any help? Thanks!

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Without seeing your code that handles checking for the collision it’s hard to tell.

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Here:

extends Area2D
var player_inside: bool = false

func _ready() -> void:
	body_entered.connect(func(b):
		if b.is_in_group("player"):
			player_inside = true
	)
	body_exited.connect(func(b):
		if b.is_in_group("player"):
			player_inside = false
	)

func _process(_delta: float) -> void:
	if player_inside and Input.is_action_just_pressed("interact"):
		print("interacted")
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I suppose the first few things I would do is:
Put a print statement in both the body entered and body exited functions to see when and how they trigger.
Maybe print the state of player_inside every frame or so as well.

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I’ve already tried that- the moment my player joins it prints the player is inside the Area2D, when it’s not.

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The only thing I can think of is maybe you accidentally put another object in the “player” group which is in the same position as the door when your game starts.

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Well, I put the parent of the Area2D (StaticBody2D) in the group, because otherwise the popup would not be triggered at all.

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Then there’s your issue.

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I wouldn’t even use a group for this, I would instead check the player based on their class. I assume your player has their own script, such as “player” with a class_name set? Just check for that, instead of checking for the group.

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Ok, I added a class_name to my player script (main.gd, like this: class_name Player) and changed my body_entered and body_exited functions to this:

body_entered.connect(func(b):
		if b is Player:
			player_inside = true
	)

but now nothing happens.

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Are your collision masks set up correctly?

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Definitely. I’ve checked them many times.

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Next I would test here:

body_entered.connect(func(b):
		if b is Player:
			player_inside = true
            print("player entered zone")
	)

and here:

func _process(_delta: float) -> void:
    if player_inside:
        print("player is inside in process")
	if player_inside and Input.is_action_just_pressed("interact"):
		print("interacted")

And if we could see your scene tree please?

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Nothing printed, and here’s the tree:

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What’s the warning say at the Door object? Do you have a collisionShape attached to it?

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Ah, that door is for something unrelated (switching scenes). FakeDoor is the one I have a problem with. I do not have a CollisionShape attached to it, though.

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I noticed that your Area2D for that door is inside a staticbody2D, that might cause issues. Could you try and move it outside of the staticbody2D and see if that changes anything?

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I moved it outside and it worked! Ty.

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