Sibling's child position returns as null

Nikujaga

Hi guys,

Here is what my SceneTree looks like :

I want my AnimatedSprite's position to be set (through code) on Position1 's position when ready. Then I want to update my AnimatedSprite's position to Position3 when I input the right key.

I managed to make it happen by making AnimatedSprite the parent node of Position1~3, but I want those nodes to actually be the childs of Sprite and Sprite3 nodes, so that each time I update those nodes' position, Position1~3 actually follow them.

So in my AnimatedSprite ready function i wrote set_global_position(get_node("/Sprite/Position1").global_position)

but I get a "null instance" error. Why ? How can I make it work ? I'm sure the solution is documented somewhere but I couldn't find it :/

Thanks

TwistedTwigleg

If the script is attached to the AnimatedSprite node, not main, then you will need to get the parent node first and then get the position from there. Something like this: set_global_position(get_parent().get_node("Sprite/Position1").global_position)

Nikujaga

Totally works, thank you ! I was sure get_parent() had something to do with it but couldn't figure how to implement it the right way :)

You also make me think that my Main node perhaps could handle this operation, thus making the code a bit more sustainable... I'll think about it.

Thanks again