How do I detect when a body is inside an Area2D? (inside, not entered)

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:bust_in_silhouette: Asked By Jael

Hello! I’m a beginner and I’m making an RPG-type game to test out the engine.

I have an Area2D around the player to detect when an enemy is close enough to reach and attack, and I have another, bigger Area2D around the enemies to detect when the player is nearby and start following/attacking him

My problem:
I made it so the enemies spawn at random coordinates(when one enemy dies, another is spawned), and sometimes they spawn too close to the player and it doesn’t detect the body_entered and body_exited because the body is already inside. So the enemies don’t follow me and I can’t attack them.

Any ideas on how I can fix this?

Can you show your script so that I can help please?

Amateur.game.dev. | 2021-01-15 23:10

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:bust_in_silhouette: Reply From: exuin

Area2D has a method for getting all overlapping areas. Just call it when the enemy is spawned and check if the one of the areas it overlaps is the player’s.