Godot Version
Godot 4.5.1
Question
I’m making a simple top-down shooter with a Player, a Crosshair, and Enemies.
The Crosshair is a Node2D with a Sprite2D, and it is a child of the Player. There is only one Crosshair in the Player scene.
However, when I run the game, the Crosshair looks like it is duplicated, even though I never instance it twice. I recorded a video, but unfortunately the forum does not allow video uploads. Video here because the forum doesn’t let me put videos 
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This is the script attached to the Crosshair:
extends Node2D
func _process(_delta: float) → void:
moveCrosshair()
Custom methdods
func moveCrosshair() → void:
# The distance that will be set from his parent
var fixedCrosshairDistance: float = 100.0
position = (get_global_mouse_position() - global_position).normalized() * fixedCrosshairDistance
The Crosshair should stay at a fixed distance from the Player and point toward the mouse.
Additionally, I spawn bullets as children of the Crosshair, but because the Crosshair follows the mouse every frame, the bullets also follow the mouse instead of continuing in a straight line.
Player code that spawns the bullets:
extends CharacterBody2D
Attributes
var health: float
func _ready() → void:
health = 10.0
func _process(delta: float) → void:
pass
func _input(event: InputEvent) → void:
if event.is_action_pressed(“shoot”):
shoot()
print(“Shot”)
Custom Methods
func shoot() → void:
var bulletScene: PackedScene = preload(“res://Scenes/bullet.tscn”)
var bulletInstance = bulletScene.instantiate()
$Crosshair.add_child(bulletInstance)
func takeDamage(damageAmount: float) → void:
health -= damageAmount
if health <= 0:
die()
func die() → void:
pass
Bullet code:
extends CharacterBody2D
var damage: float
var speed: float
var mousePosition: Vector2
func _ready() → void:
damage = 5.0
speed = 300.0
mousePosition = get_global_mouse_position()
func _physics_process(delta: float) → void:
var direction := (mousePosition - global_position).normalized()
global_position += direction * speed * delta
i want to understand why this happens and how to solve it, i’m new to godot and i’m trying to learn it