get_node not working even though the path is right

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I have a script in a kinematic body 2d that uses onready var raycast = getnode("DownCast") to find a raycast, but even though the path is right, it still responds with attempt to call function getcollider in base null instance on a null instance. If someone could help i would be very happy.

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Hi, can you post the scene structure?
Nodes load from bottom to top while getting ready, if the raycast is on top of the kinematic body in the scene tree, then it has not been loaded while the kinematic body is ready and searching for it, so the kinematic body can't find the raycast, because it's not ready yet.

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