Use get_node in a singleton

Question

How do I use the code below in a singleton because the singleton is where in the tree? Like that access to the other nodes of it, I'm trying like this and it does not work:

onready var controlSample = get_node("../SamplePlayer2D")

Answer 1

Your singleton(s) are siblings of your main_scene.

If the top node of your main_scene is called Game you access it with an absolute path get_node("/root/Game").

if you have a singleton named Global you access it with an absolute path get_node("/root/Global").

But know that singletons call _ready() before the mainscene, so you wont be able to access the mainscene within a singleton's _ready().

You can, however, define a var controlSample in your singleton script. In the main_scene's script which handles this object, you can have it define itself to the singleton in its _ready():

func _ready():
  Global.controlSample = get_node( "SamplePlayer2D" )

Comments

I have recently needed to access the Main node from an autoload singleton file. When I try what is suggested above, I get an error saying I cant use Absolute Paths outside of the SceneTree.
What can I do?

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