Invalid call. Nonexistent function 'instance' in base 'Nil'.

d4v3y_5c0n3s

I am having difficulty trying to instance a scene with if statements. I am consistently getting this error no matter what I do.

Here is the code:

#Object Placement Variables signal place_cube const scroll_speed = 1.2 var holding_object = false var showing_menu = false #var the_object

export (PackedScene) var scene_1

func _ready(): #if holding_object == true: #pass

#This is for testing purposes
var cube_instance = scene_1.instance()#The error keeps showing up here
#which means that scene_1 is somehow "null"
cube_instance.set_translation(Vector3(0,0,8))
add_child(cube_instance)
pass

FYI: The variable scene_1 is set as a script variable for the node this script is connected to. It is a scene that contains a cube and the path to it is correct, as I have double checked it.

Ace_Dragon

Your code should look like this

var cube_instance = preload("res://path to scene file").instance()
add_child(cube_instance)
cube_instance.set_translation(Vector3(0,0,8))

That will make it a new child of the object running the script. If you want to add it so it's not related to any other node...

var cube_instance = preload("res://path to scene file").instance()

var top_node = get_node("/root/your_top_node")
top_node.add_child(cube_instance)

cube_instance.set_translation(Vector3(0,0,8))

woopdeedoo

"base 'Nil'" indeed means your variable is holding nothing, so it's not being properly initialized to have something in it. Since you're exporting the variable (using export (PackedScene) var scene_1), I suppose you want to add it manually through the editor. Did you forget to do that by any change?

d4v3y_5c0n3s

Thanks for the replies, guys. I fixed the problem but completely forgot about this post I made :P . Hopefully this post will be useful to someone else.