Instance scene but alter groups | Godot Café | Page 1

jaunty ember Aug 11, 2023, 4:55 PM

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Is there a way to instance a scene but change what groups the instanced node is in? From the groups editor it appears I can't remove groups from instanced scenes, only add to them.

copper knoll Aug 11, 2023, 5:32 PM

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Would calling https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_node.html#class-node-method-remove-from-group on your instance not do the trick?

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jaunty ember Aug 11, 2023, 5:35 PM

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Hi, thank you for responding! Despite the "programming" tag on this post, I was hoping to not involve any code to do this task. Seems like that might not be feasible, though.

copper knoll Aug 11, 2023, 5:36 PM

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I mean...

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I don't quite know how that would even work?

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Oh I guess you mean placing instances in the editor and changing them there?

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Yeah that might well not be possible.

#Instance scene but alter groups