Signals presummably not working when connecting child signals to parent functions

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Godot Version

4.4

Question

Hi! I’ve issuing with a small problem, it seems that if you try to connect the signals of a child to its parent functions it doesn’t work. This is the current hierarchy:

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If I try to connect via the Editor or by code and the functions are in Enemy, it doesn’t work, but if the functions are in Area3D it does, I’m missing something?

# Enemy.gd
extends Node3D

func _ready():
	$Area3D.connect('body_entered', _on_body_entered)
	$Area3D.connect('body_exited', _on_body_exited)

func _on_body_entered(body: Node3D) -> void:
	print("HI HI: " + body.name)

func _on_body_exited(body: Node3D) -> void:
	print("BYE BYE: " + body.name)

# Area3D.gd
extends Area3D

func _ready():
	$".".connect('body_entered', _on_body_entered)
	$".".connect('body_exited', _on_body_exited)

func _on_body_entered(body: Node3D) -> void:
	print("HI HI: " + body.name)

func _on_body_exited(body: Node3D) -> void:
	print("BYE BYE: " + body.name)
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They should work in both cases so the problem is in another place. How are you checking that they work? Do you have any error/warning in the output or debugger tabs?

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I don’t know how but this is fixed for now, the only thing different I have previouslt and now is that the Enemy was a scene appart and now is inside the main root '^^