Beginnings of Procedural Generation

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Godot Version

4.7.1 Stable

Question

I am trying to make the beginnings of a procedural generation, but it doesn’t change the position after the first duplication. I am trying to make the boxes spawn edge-to-edge.

		while i > 0:
			var boxDupe = box_1.duplicate()
			add_child(boxDupe)
			boxDupe.name = "box_" + str(get_child_count())
			boxDupe.scale.x = randf_range(0.3, 1.7)
			var prevBox = get_child(get_child_count() - 2)
			print(str(boxDupe.scale.x) + " Dupe scale x")
			print(str(prevBox.scale.x) + " Previous scale x")
			boxDupe.global_position.x += (prevBox.scale.x / 2 + boxDupe.scale.x / 2)
			print(str(boxDupe.global_position.x) + "Dupe")
			print(str(prevBox.global_position.x) + "Previous")
			boxDupe.freeze = true
			prevBox = null
			boxDupe = null
			i -= 1
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You’re always duplicating box_1. SInce you’re using += operator to offset the position it’ll always offset from the position of box_1, not from the position of the last duplicate.