How do i make a custom node

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How to make a custom node
Im trying to make a custom node because my player class doesnt load in with its chomdren

All the other tutorials sound too complex, so can you dumb it down for me (pls)

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Try explaining this issue more about your player class, because “making a custom node” doesn’t make much sense in Godot, or it’s just a Script. Solve the problem not the symptom, you are presenting an XY problem.

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i think i get it

Soo my player class doesnt work because it doesnt add the children that i added in the scene

Is there a way to slove this??

( also theres another thing i want to know how to make because its kinda related.
How do i make a specific scene have a different script when its in the new scene is it just class name?
I know its kinda doing the xy problem i think but i really want to know)

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Sounds like you aren’t instantiating the scene, instead only the script. Instantiation in the editor can be done by the link icon next to the plus button (hotkey ctrl+shift+A), instantiation in code is usually done with the following pattern

var scene_file: PackedScene = load("res://my_player_scene.tscn")
var scene_instance: Node = scene_file.instantiate()
add_child(scene_instance)

If I understand this correctly you may want to extend your original class_name, or you can change the script on the node after instantiation, the Script Resource is at the very bottom of the inspector and can be swapped out.

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Wow its working now thanks!