Cant call a function from another script

[magele]

Godot Version

4.2.1

Question

hi: so i have an problem. and i cant call a function made by me. heres the script where i want to call it:

extends Area2D

@onready var game_manager = %GameManager

func _on_body_entered(body):
	if (body.name == "CharacterBody2D"):
		game_manager.add_point()
		queue_free()

and heres the script thats the function in:

extends Node

var points = 0

func add_point():
	points += 1
	print(points)

Thanks for helping!

[thepiglin83]

I do know what tutorial this is in. I don’t know what is wrong but if you look back maybe something went wrong with how you wrote it? Can you tell us what the error is saying?

[pennyloafers]

Is GameManager an auto-load, or unique node?

If it is the former, you shouldn’t use %, just reference it by name.

If it is the latter, make sure your node really is unique.

[FencerDevLog]

What do you mean by “can’t call a function”? Is there an error in runtime? If yes, what error?

The most typical scenario is that game_manager isn’t a valid reference to a node because the path %GameManager isn’t unique.

[luismatricardi]

Are you sure that the condition:
if (body.name == “CharacterBody2D”):
is true ?
Try by printing something to be sure. Or put a breakpoint.

[sancho2]

I think luismatricardi is correct.
Unless you have specifically named your node “CharacterBody2D” you won’t get that as a name.
You can try

if (body is CharacterBody2D):     

to test if the node type matches.

[magele]

oh, it was an easy fix. i just had to restart the game XD