Invalid call. Nonexistent function 'instance' in base 'Nil'.

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Invalid call. Nonexistent function 'instance' in base 'Nil'.

Vortex

Im trying to make a game and im trying to add shooting. Im kind of new to godot so its probably a really easy fix and im just doing a dumb my code is:

extends Area2D
export (PackedScene) var Bullet
var speed = 750
func _physics_process(delta):
	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("shoot"):
		var b = Bullet.instance()
		owner.add_child(b)
		b.transform = $Bullet.global_transform

DaveTheCoder

Did you load the Bullet scene into the Bullet property in the Inspector?

Vortex

@DaveTheCoder said: Did you load the Bullet scene into the Bullet property in the Inspector?

There's a similar example in this article. Scroll down to "You can assign this property's value in two ways:". https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/first_2d_game/05.the_main_game_scene.html

no, i just tried that and it still didnt work.

DaveTheCoder

Is this the line at which the error occurs? var b = Bullet.instance()

If so, try inserting before that line: print_debug("Bullet=", Bullet)

If that shows that Bullet is null, more information would be needed. It could help if you uploaded your project folder as a .zip so we could look at it.

Vortex

@DaveTheCoder said: Is this the line at which the error occurs? var b = Bullet.instance()

If so, try inserting before that line: print_debug("Bullet=", Bullet)

If that shows that Bullet is null, more information would be needed. It could help if you uploaded your project folder as a .zip so we could look at it.

its actually all on github https://github.com/Vortex2Oblivion/GodotFormer also when adding print_debug("Bullet=", Bullet) it just crashes the game on the title screen and prints nothing to the console

DaveTheCoder

What Godot version are you using?

When I try to run the project, I get an error: "Error while parsing 'Title.tscn'." There are related error messages in the Debugger / Errors pane.

There are also two copies of Bullet.tscn: res://source/Bullet.tscn res://source/scenes/Bullet.tscn Which is the correct one?

Vortex

@DaveTheCoder said: What Godot version are you using?

When I try to run the project, I get an error: "Error while parsing 'Title.tscn'." There are related error messages in the Debugger / Errors pane.

There are also two copies of Bullet.tscn: res://source/Bullet.tscn res://source/scenes/Bullet.tscn Which is the correct one?

i dont know why there is 2 but the correct one is in source/scenes also i am using godot 3.4.4 also i just opened the project for like the 1st time in a few days, i got the title.tscn error too idk why it does that all of a sudden

Vortex

@DaveTheCoder said: What Godot version are you using?

When I try to run the project, I get an error: "Error while parsing 'Title.tscn'." There are related error messages in the Debugger / Errors pane.

There are also two copies of Bullet.tscn: res://source/Bullet.tscn res://source/scenes/Bullet.tscn Which is the correct one?

ok i fixed the tile sceen error. for some reason like 50% of the code in title.tscn got corrupted. i updated the github

DaveTheCoder

The script bullet.gd, which is attached to the Bullet node in the Bullet scene, is trying to create an instance of itself when space is pressed?

I don't think that makes sense. I saw that player.gd is also handling shooting.

I removed func _physics_process() from bullet.gd, and that removes the error.

I can't tell if shooting is working correctly because I don't know how the game works.

Vortex

@DaveTheCoder said: The script bullet.gd, which is attached to the Bullet node in the Bullet scene, is trying to create an instance of itself when space is pressed?

I don't think that makes sense. I saw that player.gd is also handling shooting.

I removed func _physics_process() from bullet.gd, and that removes the error.

I can't tell if shooting is working correctly because I don't know how the game works. when i removed _physics_process it did this its not supposed to do this im trying to make it so it flies straight when you hit space

DaveTheCoder

Can you explain how the game works? I don't know the objective of the game or what it's supposed to do.

Vortex

@DaveTheCoder said: Can you explain how the game works? I don't know the objective of the game or what it's supposed to do.

i dont really have like an objective setup yet im just trying to get some basic hp and damage stuff done

but basically its a platformer where everything is the godot logo because i thought it would be funny