How do I make copies of a Node in Godot

Question

I'm new to Godot coming fresh from unity and I cant figure out how to duplicate an object/node. I've tried the duplicate function to no effect. My most recent attempts try to create child nodes with the same property as the parent. I cant seem to get anywhere, help would be appreciated. Here is my code that tries to create a child node:

Node copynode = new Node();

// Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
public override void _Ready()
{
    copynode = this;
    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
    {
        AddChild(copynode);         
    }

}

Also could someone tell me what the object/node/item in the scene is actually called and how to reference it? Is it a Node or a Gamedot.Object or something else? And how do I get and set its properties? I'm just really used to unity and cant figure this stuff out. The only tutorials I find are in the Godot language, and I kind of know c# already so I would prefer to program in that.

Answer 1

• The base node class is invisible (gray) so you cannot see if they were added or not. You can switch from the local to the remote tab in the scene tree while running to see only one invisible node added.
• If you change the code to AddChild(copynode).Duplicate(); you can see it adds all 5 invisible nodes.