How do I rest a static variable

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Godot 4.3

I have a static variable counting the number of instances of a scene, I need that variable to reset when the main scene is reloaded, @static_unload is probably what I need but it seems to be bugged at the moment, is there a way for me to manually reset a static variable?

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I am not sure what you mean by a static variable in Godot.

However, when your main scene is reloaded, the _ready function would be the place to reset any variables like scene_counter back to zero.

If the counter is in an autoload file, you could alternatively have a initialize_counters function that you call wherever you tell the main scene to reload.

If you mean a const, then these cannot be re-assigned a value. Normally in this situation I would have a const DEFAULT_VALUE set and a variable that is set to the Default Value whenever a reset is called.

const COUNTER_DEFAULT_VALUE: int = 1

var counter_value: int = COUNTER_DEFAULT_VALUE

If I have completely misunderstood your question, apologies in advance.

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Assuming you use the static keyword in the scene you load multiple times, create an init function to call

var nonstat_var: int = 0
static var stat_var: int

func init():
	stat_var = 1
	return self

Anytime you instantiate the scene that contains it, the static variable is not reset. To reset it, you would have to do it call init().

func run_scene():
	var node_2d1:Node=load("res://node_2d1.tscn").instantiate().init()
	node_2d1.stat_var += 1
	node_2d1.nonstat_var+=1
	prints(node_2d1.stat_var, node_2d1.nonstat_var)
	
	var node_2d2:Node=load("res://node_2d1.tscn").instantiate()
	node_2d2.stat_var += 1
	node_2d2.nonstat_var+=1
	prints(node_2d2.stat_var, node_2d2.nonstat_var)
	
	# Initialize static and then increment
	var node_2d3:Node=load("res://node_2d1.tscn").instantiate().init()
	node_2d3.stat_var += 1
	node_2d3.nonstat_var+=1
	prints(node_2d3.stat_var, node_2d3.nonstat_var)
	return