4.6
Hello!!
I have this label thats supposed to show when an area is entered, and it is detecting my player. When i try to call a ‘show’ on the label when i have an on area entered, though, it isnt showing up. any thoughts?
extends Area2D
@onready var label = $"../../CanvasLayer/Label"
func _on_area_entered(area: Area2D) -> void:
label.show()
#it prints when i put a print function here
func _on_area_exited(area: Area2D) -> void:
label.hide()
Is the CanvasLayer visible?
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Are all of the parents of the label visible? If one is hidden then the label will be too.
Are all of the parents of the label visible? If one is hidden then the label will be too.
It could be the CanvasLayer, or a parent of the canvas layer, or the parent of that, etc.
yeah, it is 
You may have to share a screenshot of your scene tree for us to better understand the problem
And a screenshot of the label too. Is it the same color as the background? Is it hidden behind another node?
If you have code elsewhere that hides this Label can you show us it and try disabling it?
Yeah that’s super weird. Based on what you’re showing us, it should be visible.
all the other code i have is my player movement script which ill put right here:
extends CharacterBody2D
var max_speed = 350
var last_direction = Vector2(1,0)
func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
var direction = Input.get_vector("left_arrow", "right_arrow", "up_arrow", "down_arrow")
velocity = direction * max_speed
move_and_slide()
But when i clicked back into the area2d (that makes the label visible) i got this warning?
[Ignore]Line 5 (UNUSED_PARAMETER):The parameter “area” is never used in the function “_on_area_entered()”. If this is intended, prefix it with an underscore: “_area”.
[Ignore]Line 9 (UNUSED_PARAMETER):The parameter “area” is never used in the function “_on_area_exited()”. If this is intended, prefix it with an underscore: “_area”.
Other than that script and obviously the area script thats supposed to turn on and off the label, theres nothing else.
Where’s the area node? I don’t see it in your scene tree screenshot.