area_entered() signal not detecting Area3D when declared as a variable

[tacit wave]

@onready var base: Area3D = $SubViewport/Main/Base func _on_area_3d_area_entered(area: Area3D) -> void: print(area) if area == base: print("it's working")

As you can tell from the video, when the player enters the area it prints out the correct node. However when I check if it is that specific node as declared in the script, nothing is printed.

[pure imp]

you could do if area.name == "base":

or area.is_in_group

i'm not 100% sure about area3d but

[tacit wave]

Yeah I ended up doing .is_in_group as a workaround but I'm still really confused why the original code didn't work 🤔

[pure imp]

i think it's just because this base that you were checking for just didn't exist

idk comparisons are weird

groups would be better for like