How do I get this node's x coordinate to compare to the level's origin?

Detonatress

I am trying to make one object (in this case a light) check on the player's (kinematic body) x position in the scene. The player is a separate scene added into the level. How do I get the player's x coordinate at all times so I can tell the light when to change shadow modes? It keeps telling me it's a null instance even if I add the code to the level directly.

vinpogo

try making the variable an onready var this ensures that all child scenes are loaded

GogetaX

do the same thing inside ready() function the ready() function fires only when his childrens are ready.

Detonatress

@vinpogo said: try making the variable an onready var this ensures that all child scenes are loaded

What now?

This didn't work either.

Detonatress

Seems the problem was my path to $"SunAnim". I needed to make it $"Sun/SunAnim" so it would navigate to the animation player. Though it doesn't seem to keep track of the player's x coordinate at all.

Upon testing, it keeps only one x value: 0.219436. I want to know its location within the level (local x), but not even declaring it in delta works.

EDIT: I had to remove the mesh's name from the path and refer strictly to the kinematic body in order for it to keep track of it all the time.