How do you access an embeded node?

Question

When you make an instance of a node in another scene, it contains a copy of all of the sub-nodes that were in its template, like a sprite. How do you access a node's copy of that sub-node, it's own sprite? It's there, but it has no visible path.

Answer 1

I'm don't know a better way but I just reference the instance and call get_node().

Comments

var size = self.get_node(Sprite)

Parse Error: At "get_node()" call, argument 1. The passed argument's type (GDScriptNativeClass) doesn't match the function's expected argument type (NodePath).

When I use the name of the node instead of self
The identifier "name" isn't declared in the current scope.

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Write the path of the node as a string.

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Parse Error: The method "get_node" isn't declared on base "String".

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Example:

var size = self.get_node("Sprite")

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That worked. Thanks.

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Happy to help.

Answer 2

Additionally, you can right-click the instanced node in the node hiearchy and select "Editable children" to display the child nodes in the editor.