Having trouble connecting autoload scenes to anything

[emperorofantarctica]

Godot Version

4.5

Question

This is the code in one script:
extends Area2D

func _on_body_entered(body: Node2D) → void:
CheckpointManager.checkpoint_reached()

And this is the code inside my autoloaded script named “CheckpointManager”:
extends Node

func checkpoint_reached(position: Vector2):
printerr(“CHECKPOINT”)

Whenever the code is triggered I just get an error that says “Invalid call. Nonexistent function ‘checkpoint_reached’ in base ‘Area2D (checkpoint.gd)’.”

Iv’e also tried this:
extends Area2D

func _on_body_entered(body: Node2D) → void:
get_node(“/root/CheckpointManager”).checkpoint_reached()

Iv’e already tried doing this entire thing with signals, but the connect() function was getting an error despite everything i could find showing that i was dong it right

[hyvernox]

There’s an argument mismatch: Your checkpoint_reached() function is written to receive an argument (position: Vector2), but you don’t provide that when calling it.

[emperorofantarctica]

I just tried that and it I’m still getting the same error

[normalized]

What does print(CheckpointManager) print? Also post the remote scene tree and autoload script.

[hyvernox]

Oh, yeah, “in base ‘Area2D (checkpoint.gd)‘” seems as you try to call that function on a checkpoint itself. Maybe you set the wrong scene as autoload?

[emperorofantarctica]

I just figured it out, i had my two scripts named similarly and had the wrong one set as autoload