get_as_text() - Condition ' !f ' is true. returned: String() when reading JSON for an exported project in GOdot3

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Hello everyone.
I created a mock up of a chess-based game. The game reads the definition of all the pieces from a JSON at the start of the game.

It works all just fine when I am in Godot, but when I export the game (I tried export in HTML5 and MACOsX), it seems it cannot read the JSON and gives me the following errors: 

**ERROR**: Condition ' !f ' is true. returned: String()
**ERROR**:    At: core/bind/core_bind.cpp:1597:get_as_text() - Condition ' !f ' is true. returned: String()
**ERROR**: **SCRIPT ERROR**: Invalid call. Nonexistent function 'keys' in base 'Nil'.
**ERROR**:    At: res://scenes/Model.gdc:40:_ready() - Invalid call. Nonexistent function 'keys' in base 'Nil'.
**ERROR**: **SCRIPT ERROR**: Invalid get index 'pos_in_the_grid' (on base: 'Nil').
**ERROR**:    At: res://scenes/World.gdc:44:_ready() - Invalid get index 'pos_in_the_grid' (on base: 'Nil').

you can see the error here: https://notapixel.itch.io/summon-or-move
I left the debug option in order to see the errors.

The code is here
https://github.com/notapixelstudio/chess-kingdoms/blob/57a0e404161deb0e64f9a4102020561c44f85ca3/scenes/Model.gd#L11
https://github.com/notapixelstudio/chess-kingdoms/blob/master/scenes/Model.gd#L184-L195

I can't wrap my head around this. Please can anyone help?

P.S.: The resource of the JSON is correctly exported, you can find the structure of the project and the files in the download section.

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Fill the field for exporting non-resource files at Export > Resources

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And there was a custom (tiled) importer which makes json handled as resource.
so, need to make not to handle it by renaming extension, like .json_data

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I just saw your repo, and I found importer="vnen.tiled_importer" in .json.import
I guess it's not about tiled, but the custom importer handle this as resource.
so after all, it's renamed and moved .import
if you need that custom importer for your project,
try different extension name for your data like piece_def.json_data

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Your trick did work! But it is weird that the plugin has the power to hide all the json from the export.
Mmmm I will open an issue in the github of the tiled_importer.

If you edit your answer with this trick, I will solve this question.
Thank you Volzhs

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added about importer problem to answer. :)

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I ran into this same issue. Could you point me to the issue filed for the importer? This would not have been easy to have figured out what was going on on my own, and I would like to make sure that issue gets attention.

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