Enemy following the player in 2D Top Down

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I’m trying to make enemies follow the player on a 2D Top Down on two diffrent projects, on the first it worked but It ran away from the player while on the second it didn’t work at all

My current code:
extends CharacterBody2D

var speed = 7
var player_chase = false
var player = null

func _physics_process(delta):
if player_chase:
position += (player.position - position)/speed

func _on_detection_area_body_entered(body):
player = body
player_chase = true

func _on_detection_area_exited(body):
player = null
player_chase = false

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I think you follow the same thing as this person and might have the same problem

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I think you should use a Pathfinder instead. Saves you quite some time, if you just use a tilemap

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I tried using the same code, but when I tried to test it the project crashed and those error messages appeard:
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That wasn’t the solution though.
Use your old code and try resetting the sprite and collision transform.position of both the player and enemy scene to 0.0

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How exactly can I do this?

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go to your player scene and enemy scene
check your sprite and colision
find transform.position in the inspector and set it x and y to 0

8

The Player’s X and Y were already on 0 while the Enemy had X on 0 and y on 0.5
I set it to 0 but nothing changed and the enemy still isnt following the player

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can you show the player scene the enemy scene and the node tree
make sure you set the sprite and collision and not the player node

10

Sure
Player:
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Enemy:
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node tree
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  1. click on AnimatedSprite2D
  1. on your right scroll down to find or type in “position”
  2. if it isn’t 0.0 reset it to 0.0
  3. your sprite should have a cross on top of it
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It already was in 0.0

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do the same for the enemy

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Still doesn’t work