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godot-nodes-scenes

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Structure a Godot 4.7 project with the scene tree and node composition: build reusable scenes, instance PackedScenes at runtime, navigate the tree safely, and register autoload singletons. Use when designing .tscn scenes, deciding how to split nodes, spawning instances with instantiate(), wiring autoloads, or fixing "node not found"/freed-node errors in a Godot project.

When to use

• Use when structuring `.tscn` scenes, choosing how to break a feature into nodes,
• Use when debugging `get_node()` / `$Path` returning `null`, or "Attempt to call on a

When not to use

• GDScript language/syntax
• signal-based decoupling
• physics bodies/collisions

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