How do I fix this error in the code?

[ImmaStikboi]

So after I restart the game and Sonic goes in the ring again, this error shows up:

I have this video to show you how the levels go so far (it was rlly made for showcase purposes in a discord server, but I figured it may help you. Do note that there is a LOUD SCREAM towards the end, so lower ur volume pls)
https://youtu.be/K7hRR5rMHV8

[NeonSRB2]

If you really want to delete the player, add this to the if
is_instance_valid(Global.players[focusPlayer])

You could also just make focusPlayer invisible and use the animation state to make them look like they dissapeared. Maybe check what special stage rings do in the base framework?

[ImmaStikboi]

i dont understand

[NeonSRB2]

Can you be specific? What part needs clarification?
Also i accidentally said focusPlayer for the 2nd idea when realistically that's smth that would go in the big ring script

[ImmaStikboi]

im not rlly sure how the first idea would fix the error as the line where the error apparently is is (from what i understand) the code that tracks the players rings ig
also sorry for not replyin for a while i was very busy today

[NeonSRB2]

The first thing is relevant because this code wasn't designed to handle the player being suddenly freed. Freeing objects in Godot doesn't remove any pointers to them, so Global.players.size() isn't 0, and the code tries to read the rings of a player that doesn't exist anymore. The snippet i put will return false if the player it tries accessing doesn't exist. It's a hacky fix in the framework code, and you'll probably have to fix more in this same way to make it not crash, but it is a way.

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[ImmaStikboi]

I'll see if this works then

[ImmaStikboi]

i tried to apply it like this:

but it causes a problem: when trying to proceed to the next stage after the special stage ends, the line causes an error:

That being said, the problem I was talking about is fixed (tho when Sonic enters the ring after restarting, he doesn't get sent to the stage instead he is still in the current stage after the whiteout and falls from where the ring was, but I think that's something to do with the special ring script.)

[NeonSRB2]

Keep the original condition as well. Should be (Global.players.size() > 0 and is_instace_valid(Global.players[focusPlayer]))

[ImmaStikboi]

uhhhhhhhhh

[ImmaStikboi]

how do i check the version of Sonic Worlds Next that I have, cuz it's not the up-to-date version (I haven't even got the Player Refractor Branch on. You see I haven't updated to the newest ones cuz idk how to transfer my project over to that one)

[NeonSRB2]

No i mispelled instance, whoops

[ImmaStikboi]

nah, its my bad for not noticing earlier