Godot Version
4.3
Question
Hi everyone,
I’m working on a 2D game in Godot 4, and I’m trying to implement a pointer system for my quest marker. The pointer should behave as follows:
When the target (quest marker) is inside the camera’s visible area:
The pointer should be hidden.
When the target is outside the camera’s visible area:
The pointer should appear on the edge of the screen, pointing in the direction of the target.
The pointer does not need to rotate or change its appearance based on direction (it’s just a static circle).
Here’s my current setup:
Main is the root node.
The player is a CharacterBody2D node with a Camera2D child that follows the player.
The Pointer is a Node2D with a Sprite2D child for the visual representation.
The quest marker is a Node2D placed somewhere in the world.
I’ve tried implementing a solution based on screen edge clamping, but the pointer either doesn’t appear or behaves incorrectly. Here’s what I have so far:
extends Node2D
@export var target: Node2D = null # The quest marker
@export var camera: Camera2D = null # The player’s camera
var screen_size: Vector2
func _ready():
screen_size = get_viewport().size
func _process(delta):
if not target or not camera:
hide()
return
var target_pos = target.global_position
var camera_pos = camera.global_position
var offset = target_pos - camera_pos
var half_screen = screen_size * 0.5
if abs(offset.x) <= half_screen.x and abs(offset.y) <= half_screen.y:
hide()
else:
show()
var direction = offset.normalized()
var edge_pos = direction * half_screen
edge_pos.x = clamp(edge_pos.x, -half_screen.x, half_screen.x)
edge_pos.y = clamp(edge_pos.y, -half_screen.y, half_screen.y)
position = edge_pos + half_screen
However, the pointer doesn’t appear correctly when the target is off-screen, and sometimes it’s hidden even when it should be visible.
Could someone help me troubleshoot this or suggest a better approach? I also came across this tutorial: Figuring Out Godot 2D Off-Screen Pointers and Bonus Picture-In-Picture – Input Randomness , but I’m struggling to adapt it to my game.
Any advice or examples would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
