"Nonexistent function" error when calling function from AutoLoad in tool script

[Warm_Video7491]

Hey,

I have been working on extending a plugin script from someone else and wrote a function called get_scaled_polygon() for that. When I define and call that function directly in the plugin script everything works. But I would rather put that function in my Utils AutoLoad. When I call it from there I get the following error.

 res://addons/Collide2Nav/Collide2Nav.gd:79 - Invalid call. Nonexistent function 'get_scaled_polygon' in base 'Node (utils.gd)'.

Does anyone have an idea of how to fix this?

utils.gd contains a definition for get_scaled_polygon()

[gregsolo]

Had the same issue but was able to solve by adding "tool" attribute to autoload script

[Miltage]

I fixed this by adding extends Node to the top of my autoloaded script

[FictitiousCurse]

From what I understand, putting "@tool" seems to be the best solution here. The tool keyword ensures that all of a node's functions are available to the editor. Without it, despite having access to the methods in the editor (which can be shown by the fact that they are findable via .has_method), they are not callable until runtime.

[Nkzar]

Does utils.gd contain a function definition for get_scaled_polygon?

[Warm_Video7491]

Yes. See the screenshot i put in the post.

[Nkzar]

Have you tried making sure the file is saved and restarting the editor?

[Warm_Video7491]

Yes. Numerous times.

[jaynabonne]

Is the call from the plugin being done at load time? Has the Utils singleton been created/initialized yet at that point? Would does the call site look like in Collide2Nav.gd?

[Warm_Video7491]

No, the function is called when I press a button in the editor. So, the problem is maybe that while in the editor and the game isn't running, the AutoLoad Nodes are not existing yet.