do some evil things with guests, how the get removed and what they follow

Guest.gd

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 extends RigidBody2D
 
 onready var pickUpArea = $PickUpArea
+onready var collision = $PhysicsCollision
 export var guestName = "Dieter"
 export var  PICKUPTRESHOLD = 100
 export var destinationColor = Color.yellow
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ var rng = RandomNumberGenerator.new()
 onready var exclusionZoneShape = $ExclusionZone/CollisionShape2D
 var sprite
 
+var delivered
+
 enum states {
 	waiting,
 	tethered
@@ -39,24 +42,40 @@ var names = [
 var currentState = states.waiting
 
 var follow_node = null
+var follow_pos = global_position
 
 func _physics_process(delta):
-	
-	if false:
-		if follow_node != null:
-			currentState = states.tethered
-			mode = RigidBody2D.MODE_STATIC
-			var rot_dir = get_angle_to(follow_node.global_position)
-			rotation += (rot_dir)
-			var distance = follow_node.global_position.distance_to(global_position)
-			global_position = (follow_node.global_position + Vector2(10,0) ) 
-	
 	#linear_velocity = linear_velocity.clamped(100)
 	if currentState == states.waiting:
 		linear_velocity.move_toward(Vector2.ZERO,5.0)
+		collision.disabled = false
+
 	elif currentState == states.tethered:
+		collision.disabled = true
+		mode = RigidBody2D.MODE_STATIC
+		var rot_dir = get_angle_to(follow_pos)
+		rotation += (rot_dir)
+		var distance = follow_pos.distance_to(global_position)
+		global_position = (follow_node.global_position) 
 		pass
 
+func _process(delta):
+	if delivered != null and OS.get_system_time_msecs() - delivered > 10000:
+		queue_free()
+	if visible == false:
+		follow_node = self
+		delivered = OS.get_system_time_msecs()
+	if follow_node != null:
+		if follow_node.visible == false:
+			follow_node = self
+		if follow_node == self:
+			currentState = states.waiting
+		else:
+			currentState = states.tethered
+			follow_pos = follow_node.global_position
+	else:
+		currentState = states.waiting
+		follow_pos = global_position
 
 func _ready():
 	rng.randomize()
@@ -76,8 +95,6 @@ func _ready():
 func _on_PickUpArea_body_entered(body):
 	print(body.name)
 	if body.name == "Playa":
-
-
 		pickup_time = OS.get_system_time_msecs()
 		emit_signal("picked_up",destinationColor,guestName)
 			# start pickup process

Guest.tscn

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ radius = 6.0
 height = 9.75
 
 [sub_resource type="CapsuleShape2D" id=6]
-radius = 4.71085
+radius = 8.02541
-height = 5.19882
+height = 10.5115
 
 [node name="Guest" type="RigidBody2D" groups=[
 "Guest",
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ visible = false
 scale = Vector2( 0.25, 0.25 )
 texture = ExtResource( 3 )
 
-[node name="CollisionShape2D" type="CollisionShape2D" parent="."]
+[node name="PhysicsCollision" type="CollisionShape2D" parent="."]
 modulate = Color( 0, 1, 0.976471, 1 )
 shape = SubResource( 3 )
 

Playa.gd

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 extends KinematicBody2D
 
+var rope = preload("res://Rope.tscn")
+
 export var ACCELERATION = 60
 export var MAX_SPEED = 150
 export var FRICTION = 50
@@ -21,13 +23,28 @@ func add_Guest_to_Line(parent,guest):
 	guests.append(guest)
 	print('Picked up Guest %s with color %s'%[guest.guestName,guest.destinationColor])
 	var parentAnchor = parent.get_node("Anchor")
-	parentAnchor.add_child(get_a_springjoint(parent,guest))
+	#parentAnchor.add_child(get_a_springjoint(parent,guest))
+	var piece = rope.instance()
+	parentAnchor.add_child(get_a_pinjoint(parent,piece))
+	var pieceAnchor = piece.get_node("Anchor")
+	guest.follow_node = pieceAnchor
 	var pua = guest.get_node("PickUpArea")
 	pua.monitorable = false
-	guest.follow_node = parentAnchor
 	#springJoint.rotation = -rotation
+	piece.start()
 	return guest
 
+func get_a_pinjoint(parent,piece):
+	var jointAnchor = parent.get_node("Anchor")
+	piece.anchor_ahead = jointAnchor
+	var joint = PinJoint2D.new()
+	joint.add_child(piece)
+	joint.disable_collision = false
+	joint.softness = 10
+	joint.node_a = parent.get_path()
+	joint.node_b = piece.get_path()
+	return joint
+	
 func get_a_springjoint(parent,child):
 	var springJoint = DampedSpringJoint2D.new()
 	#springJoint.rotation+=get_angle_to(guest.global_position)
@@ -44,26 +61,40 @@ func get_a_springjoint(parent,child):
 
 func get_score_from_guest(guest):
 	var now = OS.get_system_time_msecs()
-	var diff = now - guest.pickup_time
+	var subtract = 0
+	if guest.pickup_time != null:
+		subtract = guest.pickup_time
+	else: 
+		subtract = now + 50000
+	var diff = now - subtract
 	var score = diff / 1000
 	score = 50 - score
 	return score
 	
 func remove_Guests_from_Line(color):
-
 	var colormatches = []
-
+	var firstFound 
 	for g in range(guests.size()):
 		if guests[g]!= null:
 			if guests[g].destinationColor == color:
 				colormatches.append(guests[g])
+				if firstFound == null:
+					firstFound = g
 
 	for i in colormatches:
+		for g in guests:
+			if g.is_in_group('Player'):
+				continue
+			if g.follow_node.get_parent() == i:
+				g.follow_node == g
 		var scoreValue = get_score_from_guest(i)
 		emit_signal("scored",scoreValue)
 		var pos = guests.find(i)
-		i.queue_free()
+		#i.queue_free()
-		guests.remove(pos)
+		i.visible = false
+		#guests.remove(pos)
+	if firstFound != null:
+		guests = guests.slice(0,firstFound-1,1,true)
 	return guests.back()
 
 func _on_PickupCheckArea_area_entered(area):
@@ -78,10 +109,11 @@ func _on_PickupCheckArea_area_entered(area):
 		pass
 	if area.get_parent().is_in_group("Guest"):
 		if guests.has(area.get_parent()):
-			print("Area has parent %s" % area.get_parent())
+			#print("Area has parent %s" % area.get_parent())
-			print("Guests we have:")
+			#print("Guests we have:")
-			print(guests)
+			#print(guests)
-			print("We already have you in line")
+			#print("We already have you in line")
+			pass
 		else:
 			print("Area has parent %s" % area.get_parent())
 			print("It's a Guest")