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[ghost]

Followed the Scene Switcher tutorial instructions exactly (no typos).

After saving the three scripts I then hit play and clicked the button. The program failed with the following error: Invalid Call. Unexisting function 'remove' in base 'Viewport'.

I tried replacing the line

get_scene().get_root().remove(current_scene) with get_scene().get_root().remove_node(current_scene) but encountered the same error.

[TheoXD]

It's probably a typo. Use remove_child() instead

[ghost]

Thanks Theo. that gets me one step closer. It now throws the error:

Invalid call. Unexisting function 'current_scene' in base 'Node (global.gd)'.

remove_child() requires an argument but I'm not quite sure what to place there.

Pasting my code here in the hopes that someone can point out where things have gone wrong:

extends Node

var current_scene = null

func _ready():
    var root = get_scene().get_root()
    current_scene = root.get_child( root.get_child_count() -1 )

func goto_scene(scene):
    # remove current scene from root and enqueue it for deletion
    get_scene().get_root().remove_child(current_scene)
    current_scene().queue_free()

    # load and add new scene to root
    var s = ResourceLoader.load(scene)
    current_scene = s.instance()
    get_scene().get_root().add_child(current_scene)

[TheoXD]

current_scene is an object, not a function, remove () at the end

[ghost]

Thanks again Theo, silly mistake on my part. Still have a problem though, as clicking the button results in the program being terminated with the dialog Process being debugged exited.

[ghost]

For any similarly confused newbies that come across this:

Seems like it was the get_scene().get_root().remove_child(current_scene) line that was causing problems. I got rid of that line and reorganised the global.gd script to match the autoload example provided here.

Seems to work okay now, though I'm not sure if pulling remove_child will lead to any hidden ill effects.

[ghost]

Issue closed.