How does one stop the HUB being "Smoothed", as it causes screen edge elements to drift off screen!!

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When having the HUD as a child of the main player, when smoothing is enabled the hud elements appear to drift around the screen.

Godot version 4.0.alpha2
related to an answer for: How do I make my HUD track with a moving Camera2D?
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You might want to make your HUD a child of a CanvasLayer node so it's not affected by your camera

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I grouped my HUD elements as children of a canvas layer node, which itself is a child of my main player and it works! Cheers

Pseudo Hierarchy:

Root
⠀|
⠀|---Player
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|----- PlayerSprite2D
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|------ WeaponSprite2D
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|----- Camera2D
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|----- HUDCanvasLayer
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|----- HealthSprite2D
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|----- WeaponSelectionSprite2D
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|----- InventorySprite2D

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