Parallax 2D isn't working as well as the old Parallax background system

[Arlo379]

I've noticed that the Parallax 2D node has a weird offset when the game is started. It always looks like it's in a completely different spot than where it was in the editor. The Parallax background works perfectly and does what you would expect. I think it's something to do with the camera 2D node, but it's very strange. I want to know if this is just me or if it's a real problem that Godot needs to fix. The first pictures are my experience with it. But the other ones are from a tutorial I was watching that had the same thing happen.

[Arlo379]

I forgot to say this, but the one that didn't move was the parallax background setup.
I have a picture of my scene tree here

[markdibarry]

It looks like you may just have your position or sizing incorrect. Did you follow the tutorial in the docs? If you provide an MRP I can take a look and see what you need to fix.

[Arlo379]

Thank you I just found it weird that there wasn't that requirement on the Parralax Background system

[Arlo379]

I also found that if you tick off follow view on Parallax2D it solves the issue

[markdibarry]

The old ParallaxBackground system is a CanvasLayer so everything is separated and can have unexpected problems. You often have to use a lot of workarounds to get it to work with lights or modulation, but most of the time there are also a lot of things it just simply can't do because it's a separate layer. This is one the main reasons ParallaxBackground is deprecated.

Parallax2D is just a Node2D, so it avoids these issues entirely. The docs state that if you have a specific scenario where you need Parallax2D to exist in a separate layer like ParallaxBackground did, you can just place it inside a CanvasLayer and then make sure the follow_viewport matches the CanvasLayer's property. If you have a ParallaxBackground that is working well for you, but you're not sure how, you can just convert it using the top dropdown.

For more information on the differences you can read this old article from when it was being worked on: https://godotengine.org/article/parallax-progress-report/

[Arlo379]

nevermind but i did fix it