Mobs aren't appearing and timers aren't working

[godsaveme55]

Godot Version

4

Question

i tried to use the print function to debug but its not even printing… also the mobs don’t even appear and i don’t know why. here’s my code:

extends Node

@export var mob_scene: PackedScene
var score

func game_over():
$MobTimer.stop()

func new_game():
$Player.start($StartPosition.position)
$StartTimer.start()

func _on_start_timer_timeout():
print (“timer good”)
$MobTimer.start()

func _on_mob_timer_timeout() → void:
print(“mob timer triggered”)
var mob = mob_scene.instantiate()
add_child(mob)
print (“mob instantiated and added”)

# Choose a random location on Path2D.
var mob_spawn_location = $MobPath/MobSpawnLocation
mob_spawn_location.progress_ratio = randf()

# Set the mob's position to a random location.
mob.position = mob_spawn_location.position

# Apply a velocity to the RigidBody2D mob
var velocity = Vector2(100, 0)  # Set an initial velocity
var direction = 45.0 * deg_to_rad(1)  # Angle in radians (45 degrees)
var rotated_velocity = velocity.rotated(direction)

# Set the mob's linear_velocity (this works for RigidBody2D)
mob.linear_velocity = rotated_velocity

if mob_scene == null:
	print("mob_scene is not assigned!")

[gertkeno]

Are none of the print statements printing? make sure to format your code pastes

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[godsaveme55]

@export var mob_scene: PackedScene
var score


func game_over():
	$MobTimer.stop()

func new_game():
	$Player.start($StartPosition.position)
	$StartTimer.start()
	

func _on_start_timer_timeout():
	print ("timer good")
	$MobTimer.start()
	

func _on_mob_timer_timeout() -> void:
	print("mob timer triggered")
	var mob = mob_scene.instantiate()
	add_child(mob)
	print ("mob instantiated and added")

	# Choose a random location on Path2D.
	var mob_spawn_location = $MobPath/MobSpawnLocation
	mob_spawn_location.progress_ratio = randf()

	# Set the mob's position to a random location.
	mob.position = mob_spawn_location.position

	# Apply a velocity to the RigidBody2D mob
	var velocity = Vector2(100, 0)  # Set an initial velocity
	var direction = 45.0 * deg_to_rad(1)  # Angle in radians (45 degrees)
	var rotated_velocity = velocity.rotated(direction)

	# Set the mob's linear_velocity (this works for RigidBody2D)
	mob.linear_velocity = rotated_velocity

	if mob_scene == null:
		print("mob_scene is not assigned!") ```

[godsaveme55]

Oh! Thank you! I was very confused on why it wasn’t typing the whole thing correctly! And yes, none of the print statements are printing so I’m very confused about where I went wrong.

[gertkeno]

I would bet your timer’s timeout signal isn’t connected, you can do this through the editor or through code. If you did it through the editor you should see a green symbol by the func _on_start_timer_timeout name.

To connect the timer through code use .connect

func _ready() -> void:
    $StartTimer.timeout.connect(_on_start_timer_timeout)

[godsaveme55]

like this? because it still doesn’t work ;-;

[godsaveme55]

sorry I’m very much a beginner

[gertkeno]

That’s correct. Are you sure new_game is called? seems like the only thing in your way could be that the timer isn’t being started at all

[godsaveme55]

Thank you so much