Does CharacterBody2D work with DampenedSpringJoint2D?

[mycah]

Godot Version

4.2.1

Question

Does CharacterBody2D work with DampenedSpringJoint2D at all?
I tried connecting a CharacterBody2D to a RigidBody2D using a DampenedSpringJoint2D to create a rope-like bond that could never separate, kinda like bread and fred, but yeha it didn’t work at all and now I have no idea why or even how to fix it because i cant find anything to print (i may be dumb)

I tried switching node a to node b
I kept on changing every property/variable of the Joint and other nodes
Changed the player’s movement multiple times
but eventually i just gave up and created the code below to make a really wonky rope

#anvil is the rigid body, the code below is in the player/character body's script
func _physics_process(delta):
	
	anvil_look.look_at(anvil.position)
	
	if position.distance_to(anvil.position) > rope_length:
		velocity = Vector2(SPEED * position.distance_to(anvil.position) / rope_length, 0).rotated(anvil_look.rotation)
		move_and_slide()

it’s really scuffed so i would appreciate some help or maybe an alternative way to do this

thanks!

[mrcdk]

If the issue is that the CharacterBody2D is not moving with the joint then that’s normal.

CharacterBody2D main functionality is that is user-controlled. You can fully control it via code and it won’t be affected by external forces.

[Efi]

If you want your character to be controlled by physics you can use a RigidBody and just bind the controls to applying central forces to it.