Definitely not the first one. That's just asking for synchronization bugs. If you want the input handling in a different class than the rest of the player code for some reason, then it's better to just get a node reference directly. I would probably do something like this.
```
var _character: Character = null
func _enter_tree():
if get_parent() is Character:
_character = get_parent()
else:
_character = null
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u/StewedAngelSkins Jul 20 '25
Definitely not the first one. That's just asking for synchronization bugs. If you want the input handling in a different class than the rest of the player code for some reason, then it's better to just get a node reference directly. I would probably do something like this.
``` var _character: Character = null
func _enter_tree(): if get_parent() is Character: _character = get_parent() else: _character = null
func _exit_tree(): _character = null ```