1 files changed, 31 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/editor/plugins/node_3d_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/node_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
index f876d9ebd1..0d88cba590 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/node_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/node_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -4326,7 +4326,7 @@ void Node3DEditorViewport::_remove_preview_material() {
 	spatial_editor->set_preview_material_surface(-1);
 }
 
-bool Node3DEditorViewport::_cyclical_dependency_exists(const String &p_target_scene_path, Node *p_desired_node) {
+bool Node3DEditorViewport::_cyclical_dependency_exists(const String &p_target_scene_path, Node *p_desired_node) const {
 	if (p_desired_node->get_scene_file_path() == p_target_scene_path) {
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -4437,7 +4437,7 @@ void Node3DEditorViewport::_perform_drop_data() {
 
 	_remove_preview_node();
 
-	Vector<String> error_files;
+	PackedStringArray error_files;
 
 	undo_redo->create_action(TTR("Create Node"), UndoRedo::MERGE_DISABLE, target_node);
 	undo_redo->add_do_method(editor_selection, "clear");
@@ -4453,7 +4453,7 @@ void Node3DEditorViewport::_perform_drop_data() {
 		if (mesh != nullptr || scene != nullptr) {
 			bool success = _create_instance(target_node, path, drop_pos);
 			if (!success) {
-				error_files.push_back(path);
+				error_files.push_back(path.get_file());
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -4461,12 +4461,7 @@ void Node3DEditorViewport::_perform_drop_data() {
 	undo_redo->commit_action();
 
 	if (error_files.size() > 0) {
-		String files_str;
-		for (int i = 0; i < error_files.size(); i++) {
-			files_str += error_files[i].get_file().get_basename() + ",";
-		}
-		files_str = files_str.substr(0, files_str.length() - 1);
-		accept->set_text(vformat(TTR("Error instantiating scene from %s"), files_str.get_data()));
+		accept->set_text(vformat(TTR("Error instantiating scene from %s."), String(", ").join(error_files)));
 		accept->popup_centered();
 	}
 }
@@ -4475,12 +4470,17 @@ bool Node3DEditorViewport::can_drop_data_fw(const Point2 &p_point, const Variant
 	preview_node_viewport_pos = p_point;
 
 	bool can_instantiate = false;
+	bool is_cyclical_dep = false;
+	String error_file;
 
 	if (!preview_node->is_inside_tree() && spatial_editor->get_preview_material().is_null()) {
 		Dictionary d = p_data;
 		if (d.has("type") && (String(d["type"]) == "files")) {
 			Vector<String> files = d["files"];
 
+			// Track whether a type other than PackedScene is valid to stop checking them and only
+			// continue to check if the rest of the scenes are valid (don't have cyclic dependencies).
+			bool is_other_valid = false;
 			// Check if at least one of the dragged files is a mesh, material, texture or scene.
 			for (int i = 0; i < files.size(); i++) {
 				bool is_scene = ClassDB::is_parent_class(ResourceLoader::get_resource_type(files[i]), "PackedScene");
@@ -4502,30 +4502,40 @@ bool Node3DEditorViewport::can_drop_data_fw(const Point2 &p_point, const Variant
 						if (!instantiated_scene) {
 							continue;
 						}
+						Node *edited_scene = EditorNode::get_singleton()->get_edited_scene();
+						if (_cyclical_dependency_exists(edited_scene->get_scene_file_path(), instantiated_scene)) {
+							memdelete(instantiated_scene);
+							can_instantiate = false;
+							is_cyclical_dep = true;
+							error_file = files[i].get_file();
+							break;
+						}
 						memdelete(instantiated_scene);
-					} else if (mat.is_valid()) {
+					} else if (!is_other_valid && mat.is_valid()) {
 						Ref<BaseMaterial3D> base_mat = res;
 						Ref<ShaderMaterial> shader_mat = res;
 
 						if (base_mat.is_null() && !shader_mat.is_null()) {
-							break;
+							continue;
 						}
 
 						spatial_editor->set_preview_material(mat);
-						break;
-					} else if (mesh.is_valid()) {
+						is_other_valid = true;
+						continue;
+					} else if (!is_other_valid && mesh.is_valid()) {
 						// Let the mesh pass.
-					} else if (tex.is_valid()) {
+						is_other_valid = true;
+					} else if (!is_other_valid && tex.is_valid()) {
 						Ref<StandardMaterial3D> new_mat = memnew(StandardMaterial3D);
 						new_mat->set_texture(BaseMaterial3D::TEXTURE_ALBEDO, tex);
 
 						spatial_editor->set_preview_material(new_mat);
-						break;
+						is_other_valid = true;
+						continue;
 					} else {
 						continue;
 					}
 					can_instantiate = true;
-					break;
 				}
 			}
 			if (can_instantiate) {
@@ -4539,6 +4549,11 @@ bool Node3DEditorViewport::can_drop_data_fw(const Point2 &p_point, const Variant
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (is_cyclical_dep) {
+		set_message(vformat(TTR("Can't instantiate: %s."), vformat(TTR("Circular dependency found at %s"), error_file)));
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	if (can_instantiate) {
 		update_preview_node = true;
 		return true;