Queue_free() not working

+1 vote

So I have the basic code that removes all children from a node:

    for child in get_node("PanelCarry").get_children():
        child.queue_free()

Normally this works just fine for me how every now it is not removing any of the children. Behind the scenes the children I am trying to queue free are instanced in by code however this has never been a problem for me. As for any other crazy things going on there is none that should ever effect this. Thank you for any answers

in Engine by (63 points)

1 Answer

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Is child getting any nodes from get_node("PanelCarry").get_children()?
A print(child) might help to see that. If you get nulls there's nothing there to free.

by (111 points)

yeah it even prints exactly what I want it to free but for some reason it just does not free it.

by (63 points)

And still for testing, have you tried just "free()"?
The worst it can happen is to crash the program, but at least you see that there is something happening.

by (111 points)

yeah it crashes my program. To give you more information, I tried printing the child count before and after the code was ran and the number stayed the same.

by (63 points)

So the problem may not be the queue_free but something that doesn't release the nodes. But for that I have no ideas.

by (111 points)
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