I am making a platformer with a dialogue system and the actual chat box is working but I can not get it to pop up when the player enter the collision zone of the area 2d of the npc.
note: the player does have a player method
Make sure to paste code instead of screenshots. Does your print “working”?
Thank you for the information this is my first time doing this.
No, “working” does not print.
NPC Script:
extends CharacterBody2D
var player_in_chat_zone = false
func _on_area_2d_body_entered(body: Node2D) -> void:
if body.has_method("player"):
print("working")
player_in_chat_zone = true
$Dialogue.start()
func _on_dialogue_dialogue_finished():
player_in_chat_zone = false
Dialogue Script:
extends Control
signal dialogue_finished
@export_file("*.json") var d_file
var dialogue = [] #array holding all dia
var current_dialogue_id = 0 #index of dia
var d_active = false #checks if dia is active
func _ready() -> void: #at the start call the start func
$NinePatchRect.visible = false
print("not vis")
func start(): #starts dia
print("start")
if d_active:
return
d_active = true
$NinePatchRect.visible = true
dialogue = load_dialogue()
current_dialogue_id = -1
next_script() #calls next script func
func load_dialogue():
var file = FileAccess.open("res://dialogue/alex_dialogue1.0.json", FileAccess.READ)
var content = JSON.parse_string(file.get_as_text())
return content
func _input(event: InputEvent) -> void:
if !d_active:
return
if event.is_action_pressed("enter"): #if e is pressed goes to next line
next_script()
func next_script():
current_dialogue_id += 1 # goes to next line
if current_dialogue_id >= len(dialogue): #makes sure index does not exceed amount of dia
d_active = false #dia is no longer active
$NinePatchRect.visible = false #textbox disapears
emit_signal("dialogue_finished")
return
$NinePatchRect/Name.text = dialogue[current_dialogue_id]['name']
$NinePatchRect/Text.text = dialogue[current_dialogue_id]['text']
then it must be that the player body does not have a method “player” or the collision layers/monitoring are not set correctly.
The player body does have a player function and i have set monitoring to true but it still does not work.
It may be the collision layer but I am not sure what they should be. How would i go about setting them correctly?
The collision layer of the player must be present in the area’s mask. If the player has layer 2 then the area must include mask 2
Holy smokes. Thank you so much brother 