Get_item_at_position() function

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Godot Version

Godot 4.0 stable

Question

I wanted to see what instance of the node the script is attached to so I tried to use get_tree().get_item_at_position() but it says “Invalid call. Nonexistent function ‘get_item_at_position’ in base ‘SceneTree’.” Does the function not exist or what?

This is my code:

extends Area2D

var Bakery_path : String = ""

func _on_area_entered(area):
	if(area.is_in_group("Player")):
		
		var Node_instance = get_tree().get_item_at_position(position_x_y.position_x)
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You are thinking about the GUI node Tree, the get_tree method returns SceneTree, which is different

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Can u give me the function then?

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Under the assumption that your scene tree looks like this:

  • Area2D
    • Tree

then you can use the following in order to get the tree item within the tree node:

extends Area2D

var Bakery_path : String = ""

func _on_area_entered(area):
	if(area.is_in_group("Player")):
		var tree_node: Tree = $Tree
		var Node_instance = tree_node.get_item_at_position(Vector2(10, 10))
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There is no function to find a node at a position in the scene, generally, it depends on what you are actually looking for

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It says node not found when i give the right node

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Please provide more info about how your scene tree is set up and what you want to achieve.

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I want to name of the node instance i need to work with.

Scene tree is:

  • Door

    • Sprite2D

    • Area2D(This is the area that houses my script)

      • CollisionShape2D2

    • CollisionShape2D

    • AnimationPlayer

    • AnimationTree

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Then that doesn’t work at all, this method is specific to Tree, there’s no general method for this

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U said “: Tree” how would that work if it were say CharecterBody2D or Staticbody2D. What I mean is what node would have a type of “Tree”.

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It won’t work? It only works with Tree, not with those types

You can’t do what you are wanting to do with this, there is no way to find a node at a position like this

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Tysm
For letting me know.
Ill try to find a work around.

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