How to spawn an instance of a scene at the player's current location.

UnknownUser

Hi all,

I'm new to Godot - making the switch from Gamemaker Studio 2. I'm having a problem spawning an instance at just below the location of the player.

I'm making a side-scrolling platformer. If the player hits the "jump" button when in the air, a cloud should spawn just below the player sprite.

I've got player movement working, I've worked out how to create a new Cloud scene and create a new instance of the "cloud' when jump is pressed. but I just can't get my head around how to set the newly instanced cloud beneath the player's current location.

I should add that after the cloud has been created, it should be free to drift away from the player, so I can't add it as a child to the player.

Here is the relevent code so far:

if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump") and is_on_floor():
	velocity.y = JUMPFORCE
elif Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump") and !is_on_floor():
	var new_cloud = load("res://Cloud.tscn")
	var spawn_cloud = new_cloud.instance()

Could anyone help me with this, please?

TwistedTwigleg

Welcome to the forums @Patriarch!

Using the code posted in the OP, you should be able to spawn a cloud underneath the player using something like the following (untested):

if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump") and is_on_floor():
	velocity.y = JUMPFORCE
elif Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump") and !is_on_floor():
	var new_cloud = load("res://Cloud.tscn")
	var spawn_cloud = new_cloud.instance()
	# add it to the scene, as a child of the player node's parent
	get_parent().add_child(spawn_cloud)
	# set the position of the cloud
	spawn_cloud.global_position = global_position
	# offset if needed (optional)
	spawn_cloud.global_position += Vector2(0, 16)

That should spawn a cloud underneath the player. You may need to adjust the offset depending on where you want the cloud positioned though.

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