''null instance'' when accessing variable from another node/script

kkouch

Node tree:

Scene |-----Player |-----Sprite |-----Enemy |-----Sprite

The problem:

In Player, I have a variable playerX that gets updated every frame (it's equal to self.position.x). In Enemy, I have a variable targetX whose value I want to be equal to the value of playerX in Player (in every frame).

In Enemy, the code for targetX (in process(delta):) looks like this: targetX = get_node("root/Scene/Player").playerX

When I run the program, I get an error Invalid get index 'playerX' (on base: 'null instance').

I read a lot about this problem but the solutions didn't help me at all. The proposed solutions were: -check if the node path is correct -> it is correct -learn the order in which the nodes get executed in the tree -check which node is set as your main scene -put the variable in the Scene node

TwistedTwigleg

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xyz

@kkouch said: -check if the node path is correct -> it is correct

Unfortunately the path is not correct. Absolute path must have a leading slash character. Otherwise the path is considered relative to node it's called from. So try: targetX = get_node("/root/Scene/Player").playerX