fix: switch_game_mode condition now first checks if a game mode is already active

game_root.cpp

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Level3D *GameRoot3D::load_level_at(gd::Ref<gd::PackedScene> level, gd::Transform
     // store and add to tree at desired transform
     // if this is the first level containing a game mode currently active use it's gamemode as a prototype
     gd::Ref<gd::PackedScene> game_mode_prototype{instance->get_game_mode_prototype()};
-    bool const switch_game_mode{this->game_mode->get_scene_file_path() != game_mode_prototype->get_path()};
+    bool const switch_game_mode{!this->game_mode || this->game_mode->get_scene_file_path() != game_mode_prototype->get_path()};
     if(switch_game_mode) {
         this->set_game_mode(instance->get_game_mode_prototype());
     }

util_functions.hpp

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <godot_cpp/variant/dictionary.hpp>
 #include <godot_cpp/templates/hash_map.hpp>
 
+namespace utils {
 template<typename T, typename U>
 godot::Dictionary hashmap_to_dictionary(godot::HashMap<T, U> const &map) {
     godot::Dictionary dict{};
@@ -20,5 +21,6 @@ godot::HashMap<T, U> dictionary_to_hashmap(godot::Dictionary const &dict) {
         map.insert(keys[i], dict[keys[i]]);
     return map;
 }
+}
 
 #endif // !UTILS_FUNCTIONS_HPP