Again reworking map loading system. Some progress

Global.gd

@@ -51,12 +51,22 @@ func RemoveScene(scene):
 	camera.remove_child(scene)
 	
 func AddMap(load_on, mapname):
-	var maps = load(mapname).instance().get_children()
+	for _i in get_parent().get_children():
-	for i in maps:
+		print("Nodes visible before addMap ", _i)
-		load_on.add_child(i)
+	print("Adding map ", mapname)
-		print('Added ', i)
+	var addedscene = load(mapname).instance()
-		for _i in self.get_children():
+	#addedscene.set_position(Vector2(-617,-300))
-			print("Nodes visible at addMap ", _i)
+	get_parent().add_child(addedscene)
+	for _i in get_parent().get_children():
+		print("Nodes visible at addMap ", _i)
+#	var maps = load(mapname).instance().get_children()
+#	for i in maps:
+#		load_on.add_child(i)
+#		print('Added ', i)
+#
+#		#There's a chance that 1) this is an on-load problem 2) the nodes never get instanced/loaded
+#		for _i in self.get_children():
+#			print("Nodes visible at addMap ", _i)
 
 #Go to scene by name
 func GoToScene(scene):

Maps/river_intersection.tscn

@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ resource_local_to_scene = true
 6/z_index = 0
 
 [node name="Map1" type="Node2D"]
+z_index = -1
 
 [node name="background" type="TileMap" parent="."]
 tile_set = ExtResource( 3 )

MiscCodes/KinematicBody2D.gd

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ onready var background_map  = get_node("../background")
 onready var vegetation_map  = get_node("../vegetation")
 onready var interaction_map = get_node("../interaction_map")
 onready var player_interaction_map = get_node("../player_interaction")
-onready var cell_size = background_map._get_cell_size()
+#onready var cell_size = background_map._get_cell_size()
+onready var cell_size = 32
 
 var velocity = Vector2()
 var world_position

MiscCodes/Tilemap_CameraView.gd

@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@ onready var player = get_node("/root/base_scene/Player")
 onready var background_map  =  get_node("/root/base_scene/background")
 onready var screen_size = self.get_viewport_rect().size
 
-func _init():
+func _ready():
 	var map_name = "res://Maps/river_intersection.tscn"
 	print(self)
 	Global.AddMap(self, map_name)
-
+	
-func _ready():
-	var map_name = "res://Maps/river_intersection"
 	calculate_bounds()
 	Global.current_camera = self
 	$dev_statistics.visible = Global.dev_stats

Other/base_tilemap/base_tilemap.tscn

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ script = ExtResource( 6 )
 [node name="Camera2D" type="Camera2D" parent="."]
 position = Vector2( 705.297, 1197.88 )
 z_index = 15
+z_as_relative = false
 current = true
 limit_left = 0
 limit_top = 0
@@ -132,7 +133,6 @@ visibility_mode = 1
 script = ExtResource( 4 )
 
 [node name="dev_statistics" type="MarginContainer" parent="Camera2D"]
-visible = false
 margin_left = -617.0
 margin_top = -300.0
 margin_right = 612.0