Rigidbody2D not changing position consistently

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Godot Version

v4.6.3 stable

Question

Being creating Pong this afternoon and now I’m trying to make the ball reset after clicking on a button on UI, but most of the time the ball maintains its position and changes it’s direction.
Maybe because I’m pausing with get_tree().paused, while if the ball hits one of the goals, it resets normally without pauses.

Heres the script if it helps any further:

extends RigidBody2D
class_name Ball

@onready var wall_hit_audio_stream: AudioStreamPlayer2D = $"../AudioManager/Wall Hit Audio Stream"

const SPEED = 100
var direction : Vector2
var time_last_goal : float

func ResetPosition():
	time_last_goal = 0
	position = Vector2.ZERO
	rotation = 0
	global_position = Vector2.ZERO
	direction = GetRandomDirection()

func GetRandomDirection() -> Vector2:
	var randomDirection := Vector2.ZERO
	randomDirection.x = randi_range(0,1)
	if randomDirection.x == 0: randomDirection.x = -1
	randomDirection.y = randf_range(-1,1)
	return randomDirection

func _process(delta: float) -> void:
	time_last_goal += delta

func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
	var true_speed = SPEED + time_last_goal
	var collision = move_and_collide(direction * true_speed * delta)
	if collision:
		wall_hit_audio_stream.play()
		var collider = collision.get_collider()
		if collider is StaticBody2D: # Hit walls
			direction.y *= -1
		elif collider is CharacterBody2D: # Hit paddle
			direction.x *= -1
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As is stated in the docs:

If you need to directly affect the body, prefer _integrate_forces() as it allows you to directly access the physics state.

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Ooh thank you, I need to read more the docs lol.

Just for the record incase other people find this post, this was my understanding, don’t know if it’s right or has any better way, but worked for me.

...
func ResetPosition() -> void:
	needs_reseting = true

func PhysicsResetPosition() -> void:
	time_last_goal = 0
	position = Vector2.ZERO
	direction = GetRandomDirection()
	needs_reseting = false
...
func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
	if needs_reseting: PhysicsResetPosition()
...