How do I set particles to emit through a script

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:bust_in_silhouette: Asked By Code Ripple

Hello. I am new to the godot engine and I am trying to set the particles to emit when the player enters the body of the enemy. This is my code:

func _on_Area2D_body_entered(body):
    Health -= 20

    if body.name == "Player" or body.name == "PlayerCollider" or body.name == "PlayerArena":
	explosion.set_position(body.position)
	explosion.emitting = true
	explosion.add_child(explosion)
	
	print("Particle")
	if explosion.emitting == false:
		explosion.queue_free()
	
	body.queue_free()
	queue_free()

And the part where I loaded the ‘explosion’ scene is:

var explosion = load("res://Particles.tscn").instance()

What am I doing wrong and why is the particle not emitting when the player goes into the enemy?

We’re going to have to see more of the setup here. From what I can tell, the scene for the particles/explosion should be preloaded so as to save on performance. When it’s time, the explosion should be instanced, then added as a child, then moved into place, then setup (i.e. explosion.emitting = true), and finally animated. Once the explosion animation is finished, the scene should be removed (i.e. use queue_free()).

Ertain | 2021-08-15 17:48