How do I have a Sprite move when the player is in the area?

Question

I'm trying to have it that when a player goes into a room, or is near a Sprite3D, that a timer would start and when the Timer has Timed out, the Sprite would move. How do I do this? I've tried different things, but it all comes back to the Sprite not moving when the Timer times out.

Answer 1

I am not familiar with 3d, so my suggestion may not work. You could use the Area node to create a scanner. Use the "shapeenterd" or "bodyentered" signal to check if the player is in the area. Then, connect the signal with the Timer. When the signal is on, start the timer. Use the "time_out" signal of the timer to trigger the Sprite. I don't know the method you move your sprite, so here is a common way.

func _process(delta):
    if time_over:
        self.x += 10

Comments

Hello dethland,

Thank you so much for the help. At first, the animation wasn't working, but now it is.