New coder: Animation Node not found

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Godot Version

4.6

Question

Something is wrong with where I am calling a node from.

extends CharacterBody2D

@onready var player: Node3D = $SubViewportContainer/SubViewport/Rogue_Hooded
@onready var anim: AnimationPlayer = $SubViewportContainer/SubViewport/Rogue_Hooded.get_node("Rig_Medium/Skeleton3D/AnimationPlayer")

const SPEED = 600.0
const JUMP_VELOCITY = -400.0



func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
	# Add the gravity.
	if not is_on_floor():
		velocity += get_gravity() * delta

	# Handle jump.
	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_accept") and is_on_floor():
		velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY

	# Get the input direction and handle the movement/deceleration.
	# As good practice, you should replace UI actions with custom gameplay actions.
	var direction := Input.get_axis("ui_left", "ui_right")
	if direction:
		velocity.x = direction * SPEED
		anim.play ("anim/Player_Rogue/Idle_B")
		
	else:
		velocity.x = move_toward(velocity.x, 0, SPEED)


	move_and_slide()

Getting error E 0:00:00:513 player.gd:4 @ @implicit_ready(): Node not found: “Rig_Medium/Skeleton3D/AnimationPlayer” (relative to “/root/Game/CharacterBody2D/SubViewportContainer/SubViewport/Rogue_Hooded”).
<C++ Error> Method/function failed. Returning: nullptr
<C++ Source> scene/main/node.cpp:1963 @ get_node()
player.gd:4 @ @implicit_ready()

I am attempting to follow this tutorial with a Kaykit character and animations. I have setup the animationplayer with the mesh and it works in the animationplayer menu; however I’m unable to figure out how to get it to function in script.

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The node path is probably incorrect, and very strange to use .get_node after a $ nodepath.

We’d have to see a screenshot of your scene tree to give specific advice, including the instantiated 3D model which can be seen by right clicking it and turning on “Editable Children”.

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oh interesting. I turned on editable children and see animationplayer is not in the scene. that’s probably the issue. looks like animationplayer was not added to the game scene when i added it to the rogue hooded?

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You have a rogue_hooded.tscn which inherits from one of the Rogue_Hooded models, but is a different file, your AnimationPlayer is a new addition that only appears in the .tscn. So you must use that .tscn file instead of the models for the player’s scene.

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Thanks!