Label moves with level in CanvasLayer

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Godot Version

4.3

Question

Hi! So im making a tag game, and i want to make a label show wich player is the tagger, but it doesn’t stay on the screen, it moves with the level even though ive put it on a CanvasLayer. Why does this happen?

Edit: Ive found out it only happens to labels when the text is getting changed in a script. those without changing the text (Text: Catcher) stay.

Edit #2:
so, i checkerd again, and whats really going on is its just a random label that moves with the level, no matter if its text is getting changed or not.

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Is follow viewport checked?

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uhm, where can i find this checkbox? :sweat_smile:

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It’s a Canvas layer property

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i tried, but the problem remains

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i edited the post, look at it again

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@magele Show a screenshot of your scene structure and any code snippets that manipulate these labels please, it’s hard to guess what going on without it.

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alright, here you go.
image

Code where it changes the text (game manager):

extends Node

var tagger = 0
var runner = 0

func _ready() -> void:
	if randi_range(1 , 2) == 1:
		tagger = 1
		runner = 2
	else:
		tagger = 2
		runner = 1


# Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
func _process(delta: float) -> void:
	%Label.text = str(tagger)
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please help, its a so annoying glitch. it also happens in my other games now. i updated the post.

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Maybe you should delete the node and create it again.

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It shouldn’t matter that you are changing the value of the Label.text in the code dynamically. You can test it by removing this piece of code from your script - the behaviour of the Label will most likely remain the same.

func _process(delta: float) -> void:
	%Label.text = str(tagger)

There has to be a parameter on the Node that is sticking its position to the global coordinates. As mentioned by @FreakyGoose - try deleting the Node and create it again, this will reset the settings to default which maybe will fix it for you.

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I tried readding it, still nothing. As i said, its also happening to my other games now, so it could be a glitch in my godot version. I will try reinstalling godot and see what happens.

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Ok, still nothing. Could it be that its an glitch from the engine?

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Please help, its really getting annoying

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Can you share your project on GitHub?
I don’t see any obvious reason why it would behave like that.

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alright, but i need to set up an account real quick.

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here you go: GitHub - mageleSi/tag_game: tag game from godot

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The label stays in the top left corner for me, as it should be. Is the issue gone, or what?

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Thats weird. Then something on my pc is wrong. Il look if anything is im the wrong place. But thanks for helping!

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so, nothing. i tried reinstalling godot, even appdata, heck i even reinstalled windows. what should i do now?