3 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/core/templates/rid_owner.h b/core/templates/rid_owner.h
index 8d139551ef..e947d2211c 100644
--- a/core/templates/rid_owner.h
+++ b/core/templates/rid_owner.h
@@ -53,14 +53,16 @@ protected:
 		return rid;
 	}
 
-	static uint64_t _gen_id() {
-		return base_id.increment();
-	}
-
 	static RID _gen_rid() {
 		return _make_from_id(_gen_id());
 	}
 
+	friend struct VariantUtilityFunctions;
+
+	static uint64_t _gen_id() {
+		return base_id.increment();
+	}
+
 public:
 	virtual ~RID_AllocBase() {}
 };
diff --git a/core/variant/variant_call.cpp b/core/variant/variant_call.cpp
index c3481d4896..a4817eb7d2 100644
--- a/core/variant/variant_call.cpp
+++ b/core/variant/variant_call.cpp
@@ -1422,6 +1422,7 @@ static void _register_variant_builtin_methods() {
 
 	bind_method(String, is_absolute_path, sarray(), varray());
 	bind_method(String, is_rel_path, sarray(), varray());
+	bind_method(String, simplify_path, sarray(), varray());
 	bind_method(String, get_base_dir, sarray(), varray());
 	bind_method(String, get_file, sarray(), varray());
 	bind_method(String, xml_escape, sarray("escape_quotes"), varray(false));
diff --git a/core/variant/variant_utility.cpp b/core/variant/variant_utility.cpp
index 6c57d1de10..f5cb2d40d6 100644
--- a/core/variant/variant_utility.cpp
+++ b/core/variant/variant_utility.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include "core/object/ref_counted.h"
 #include "core/os/os.h"
 #include "core/templates/oa_hash_map.h"
+#include "core/templates/rid.h"
+#include "core/templates/rid_owner.h"
 #include "core/variant/binder_common.h"
 #include "core/variant/variant_parser.h"
 
@@ -728,6 +730,13 @@ struct VariantUtilityFunctions {
 		}
 		return p_instance.get_validated_object() != nullptr;
 	}
+
+	static inline uint64_t rid_allocate_id() {
+		return RID_AllocBase::_gen_id();
+	}
+	static inline RID rid_from_int64(uint64_t p_base) {
+		return RID::from_uint64(p_base);
+	}
 };
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_METHODS_ENABLED
@@ -1265,6 +1274,9 @@ void Variant::_register_variant_utility_functions() {
 	FUNCBINDR(instance_from_id, sarray("instance_id"), Variant::UTILITY_FUNC_TYPE_GENERAL);
 	FUNCBINDR(is_instance_id_valid, sarray("id"), Variant::UTILITY_FUNC_TYPE_GENERAL);
 	FUNCBINDR(is_instance_valid, sarray("instance"), Variant::UTILITY_FUNC_TYPE_GENERAL);
+
+	FUNCBINDR(rid_allocate_id, Vector<String>(), Variant::UTILITY_FUNC_TYPE_GENERAL);
+	FUNCBINDR(rid_from_int64, sarray("base"), Variant::UTILITY_FUNC_TYPE_GENERAL);
 }
 
 void Variant::_unregister_variant_utility_functions() {