Item drop on enemy death

AtlasBarked

Hey All, I've been working on a little RPG and I'm trying to add an item drop system from dead enemies but am having trouble figuring out where to put the code. Originally I planned on using the following code: extends enemy

func drop_item(): - var item = enemy .instance(). - add_child(item) - var star_spawn_location = $Position2D - star.position = star_spawn_location.position

If I put it on my enemy script, I don't think it will work because my enemy will already be dead so it will have no location to spawn the object.

Erich_L

If it’s simply a problem of order (time order), why not just initialize and drop the item right before queue_free()? I guess I’d just put the drop item code on the base enemy class.

AtlasBarked

Honestly it seems like its something else as well not just order of events. I wrote the following code...

var item_spawn_location = $Position2D var item = $Item.instance() get_tree().add_child(blood) item.position = item_spawn_location.position

but get the error "Invalid call. Nonexistent function 'add_child' in base 'SceneTree'. Which makes no sense to me since I know add_child is a function as I have used it before.

Erich_L

Ah, I think you should be more specific. Instead of just get_tree(), why not get the node that you specifically want to hold all the items on the floor?

bored_paramecium

I commend what Erich said that more context would be useful for us to help you (a print or list of how your enemy/main scene is organized for example). But just taking a wild guess, have you tried running add_child() as a function instead of a method? Like, just add_child(blood) without any dot before.