How do I make the node from the first scene refer to the node of the second scene?

AnCore

I have two nodes in different scenes. And for some reason, the first node cannot access the Player node from the second scene.

The code:

extends KinematicBody2D

var motion = Vector2();

func _physics_process(delta):
	var player = get_parent().get_node("Player"); #Error is here
	
	position+=(player.position - position)/70; 
	look_at(player.position);
	move_and_collide(motion);
	pass


func _on_Area2D_body_entered(body):
	if "Bullet" in body.name:
		$AudioStreamPlayer.play();
		queue_free();

Megalomaniak

Are you sure there is a node named "Player" under the parent of the node the script is attached to?

dotted

You have two scenes the root of each scene is what what in the scene tree?

Try printing out the path of the player from the second scene's, root node

in root node of scene 2

     func _ready():
        	print("Scene2 %s %s" % .get_path(), get_node("Player").get_path()])

and then:

In root node of scene 1:

     func _ready():
        	print("Scene1 %s" %  get_path())

Your get_node() is looking for a player that is an immediate child of second scene

AnCore

The problem is a bit different. get_node() don't see a player and return null

var player = get_node("Player");

When two nodes were in the same scene, they could see each other

DaveTheCoder

While the game is running, click on Remote in the Scene dock, and see if the Player node is present and has the path that you're referencing.

Alternatively, print the node tree in the place where you're trying to get the Player node: get_node("/root").print_tree_pretty()

dotted

@AnCore said: When two nodes were in the same scene, they could see each other

node.get_node("SomeName") will only find an immediate child node named "SomeName" if you have loaded two scenes into a scene tree like this: root/ THING1 (scene1) THING2 (scene2) * Player

and you code in scene1: scene1.get_node("Player)

scene1 does not have player, but scene2 does

Player is at "/root/THING2/Player"

In scene1 you are asking for "/root/THING1/Player"

if you simply want to get at player you have to say:

scene1.get_node("../THING2/Player")

-or-

scene1.get_node("/root/.../THING2/Player")

or figure out a better programming design pattern.

If you have the two different scenes in the game scene tree then the parent node can provide the functionality.

I get the sense you might be missing some understanding of scenes and how they work when they are included in other scenes (via instance child scene)