How to clone a scene multiple times on launch?

[TopazowyGolem]

Godot Version

4.4

Question

I am making a game similar to Don't Starve Together. I need a script that makes the trees spawn in random positions in random ammounts at the start of the game

[gertkeno]

You could use a for loop with your normal spawning function

func _ready() -> void:
    for i in 100:
        var clone := preload("res://YourTreeScene.tscn").instantiate()
        var x: float = randf_range(-1000, 1000)
        var y: float = randf_range(-1000, 1000)
        clone.position = Vector2(x, y)
        add_child(clone)

[TopazowyGolem]

@gertkeno

func _ready() -> void:
    for i in 100:
        var clone := preload("res://YourTreeScene.tscn")
        var x: float = randf_range(-1000, 1000)
        var y: float = randf_range(-1000, 1000)
        clone.position = Vector2(x, y)
        add_child(clone)

Invalid argument for “add_child()” function: argument 1 should be “Node” but is “PackedScene”.

I have the tree scene in a (Scenes) folder, and in the Tree scene there’s the Sprite 2D, StaticBody2D, and a CollisionShape2D, if that helps

[gertkeno]

Sorry I’ve edited my post to include .instantiate()

[TopazowyGolem]

Yeah, it works now. Thank you, wise man