Scene changing - getting current scene ready for reload?

SnapCracklins

So my horror game is working, scene changes happening but I have hit a hiccup.

I have a splash screen with an RNG roll that hit when the player is caught by a monster.
If a player loses, they go to game over screen,
If they win, it should reload the previous scene.

Problem: The method I have used for all my other scene changes (including the kill screen and game over) do not work for this particular method. I am trying to use a global variable and update it and even get its filename but I can't seem to get this mechanic to work and I am getting zero errors on the debugger.

Here's my singleton in a global object: (it currently has a placeholder)

var sceneJar = preload("res://assets/TESTROOM_00.tscn"

This function is in every scene at a door object, which is a class that contains left and right doors. This function runs at exit_tree(have also tried _ready) so I won't bother posting it here.

func room_store():
	_currentRoom = get_tree().get_current_scene()
	Global.sceneJar = _currentRoom

Then the splash screen handles scene changes towards the result. This line keeps giving me black screens and the good old change_scene_to() method is not working. What can I do instead?

var _escape_dest = Global.sceneJar

func escape(): ### escape to homescreen
	var _free = _escape_dest
	var _free_me = get_tree().change_scene_to(_free)

cybereality

I'm not sure, but you might have to load it again. I'd have to check, but it's possible you are saving a reference to an object that no longer exists after the scene change. But you can load scenes dynamically like this:

var next_scene = load("res://assets/SceneName_" + scene_num + ".tscn")

Also, if you want to preload, you might need to use onready:

onready var some_scene = preload("res://assets/SceneName.tscn")

SnapCracklins

I did not think of onready. Forgot i could do that.

I think you are correct. I may also have to save the filename and not just the object. I think that could be part of it from your notes.