Godot Version
4.4 dev 2+ (built from master source)
Question
Like the Zelda hearts:
I’m trying to make a generic scene/script for showing “pips” for stats like lives, health, ammo, limited-use abilities like bombs etc.
Basically: Repeat a symbol for the remaining units, then, optionally, repeat a different symbol for the units that have been used/consumed.
So, 3 out of 5 lives remaining = 
Obviously creating multiple nodes, one for each “pip” will work but it won’t be efficient and it may harm FPS. I’d rather have 1 texture and Node and just specify a region to repeat/tile that texture/image in. I have tried the following Nodes and settings:
Using a file with a SINGLE image/texture works fine, by setting “Repeat” = Enabled, and the “Region” to the area taken up by the Sprite2D on screen.
But when using a texture atlas or sprite sheet like 1-Bit Pack · Kenney it doesn’t work, as you can see in the last 2 nodes on the bottom right in the screenshot above.
Is there any way to achieve texture repeating/tiling with an AtlasTexture? Do I have to use shaders?