Godot: Area2D does not report input events if it is not in a collision layer
Operating system or device, Godot version, GPU Model and driver (if graphics related):
Windows 7 - 64bits
Godot 2.2
Issue description:
Area2D does not report input events if it is not in a collision layer.
I think the collision layers have nothing to do with the detection of input events so it should always detect them (when it is pickable, obviously).
Link to minimal example project:
Area2D Input Bug.zip (Run with _Visible Collision Shapes_)
alejandrocoria
All 7 comments
Can you reproduce this with Godot 3?
vnen
on 17 Sep 2017
alejandrocoria
on 17 Sep 2017
just ran into this issue good thing i searched before making a new one xD. i checked layer 1 and boom, input detection is working. =]. i had pickable enabled so i was like wtf lol
edit: this happens with KinematicBody2D as well
girng
on 23 Jan 2019
Can reproduce on 3.1.1.
If this is not fixable due to how mouse picking is implemented, a hint in the documentation and editor would be good to have to avoid confusion.
lopho
on 1 May 2019
Likely fixed in #28608
Unless the correct solution would be to somehow change how picking works.
KoBeWi
on 23 May 2019
I think it can still be considered a bug that picking doesn't work if not in a collision layer. Picking is likely done by a RayCast and thus uses collision layers behind the scene, but in the case of processing input events as a user I wouldn't expect it to matter.
akien-mga
on 23 May 2019
Reopening as #40193 was reverted due to #40705.
akien-mga
on 27 Jul 2020
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I think it can still be considered a bug that picking doesn't work if not in a collision layer. Picking is likely done by a RayCast and thus uses collision layers behind the scene, but in the case of processing input events as a user I wouldn't expect it to matter.