godot/doc/classes/InstancePlaceholder.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<class name="InstancePlaceholder" inherits="Node" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../class.xsd">
<brief_description>
Placeholder for the root [Node] of a [PackedScene].
</brief_description>
<description>
Turning on the option [b]Load As Placeholder[/b] for an instantiated scene in the editor causes it to be replaced by an [InstancePlaceholder] when running the game, this will not replace the node in the editor. This makes it possible to delay actually loading the scene until calling [method create_instance]. This is useful to avoid loading large scenes all at once by loading parts of it selectively.
The [InstancePlaceholder] does not have a transform. This causes any child nodes to be positioned relatively to the [Viewport] from point (0,0), rather than their parent as displayed in the editor. Replacing the placeholder with a scene with a transform will transform children relatively to their parent again.
</description>
<tutorials>
</tutorials>
<methods>
<method name="create_instance">
<return type="Node" />
<param index="0" name="replace" type="bool" default="false" />
<param index="1" name="custom_scene" type="PackedScene" default="null" />
<description>
Call this method to actually load in the node. The created node will be placed as a sibling [i]above[/i] the [InstancePlaceholder] in the scene tree. The [Node]'s reference is also returned for convenience.
[b]Note:[/b] [method create_instance] is not thread-safe. Use [method Object.call_deferred] if calling from a thread.
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_instance_path" qualifiers="const">
<return type="String" />
<description>
Gets the path to the [PackedScene] resource file that is loaded by default when calling [method create_instance]. Not thread-safe. Use [method Object.call_deferred] if calling from a thread.
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_stored_values">
<return type="Dictionary" />
<param index="0" name="with_order" type="bool" default="false" />
<description>
Returns the list of properties that will be applied to the node when [method create_instance] is called.
If [param with_order] is [code]true[/code], a key named [code].order[/code] (note the leading period) is added to the dictionary. This [code].order[/code] key is an [Array] of [String] property names specifying the order in which properties will be applied (with index 0 being the first).
</description>
</method>
</methods>
</class>