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i'm trying to instance the bullet scene instead the main scene and i'm having this error:
parent node is busy setting up children, addnode() failed. Consider using calldeferred("add_child", child) instead.

the script is attached to the player node, direct child of the scene node.

func _ready():
    var bulletscene = load("res://scenes/bullet.tscn")
    var bullet = bulletscene.instance()
    get_node("/root/level").add_child(bullet)
    set_process(true)
    set_process_input(true)
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You should do what the error is suggesting.
get_node("/root/level").call_deferred("add_child", bullet)

Nodes don't want to add any new children until it's ready. A node isn't ready until all its children are ready.

call_deferred takes the function&arguments you give it and puts off calling it until the next process cycle; by then, all the initial nodes in your scenetree should be ready.

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