Godot Version
4.4
Question
I’m running into an issue where it looks like ResourceLoader is automatically adding nodes into the scene tree after it’s finished loading, instead of waiting until I manually add the child to the tree.
func monitor_load_status() -> void:
var progress = []
var load_status = ResourceLoader.load_threaded_get_status(next_scene, progress)
match load_status:
<...>
ResourceLoader.THREAD_LOAD_LOADED:
scene_finished_loading.emit(ResourceLoader.load_threaded_get(next_scene).instantiate())
When the thread is loaded, a signal is emitted calling next_scene_loaded() that then adds the new scene to the CurrentScene node after all the child nodes have been deleted.
func next_scene_loaded(new_scene) -> void:
await clear_current_scene()
current_scene.call_deferred("add_child", new_scene)
func clear_current_scene() -> void:
for child in current_scene.get_children():
child.queue_free()
The problem here is that every other time this method is called to load a scene the name at the root of the scene is wrong (because it already exists, and Godot automatically creates a temporary name for the node).
The solution here is to clear the current scene even before the thread attempts to load which is fine, but is this expected behavior where the resource loader is adding things to the scene tree (or at the least causing naming clashes) prior to it actually being added as a child?
This also adds a wrinkle, where I want the game to stay on the previous screen prior to loading the new one for as long as possible, to prevent a jarring transition.
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