Access an Autoload Resource using C#

[stephen-polyxia]

Godot Version

v4.4.1.stable.mono.arch_linux

Question

`I have a simple ItemDatabase which derives from Resource. I set this up to be an Autoload singleton, how can I access the instance from nodes within the scene?

Since Resource has no _Ready method to override, I cannot assign my own Instance reference like I can with an Autoload that derives from Node.

Thanks!`

[sp_yjase]

Perhaps instead, create a scene that [Export]s the desired Resource type and Autoload this instead (dragging the resource into the Inspector). Use a type that has a _Ready function, do the work there with your resource and provide properties and/or methods to access the resource.

C#'s singleton pattern works here too, where the _Ready-idiom could be on the first call to an Instance property or static constructor.

[stephen-polyxia]

Thank you! This was the solution I ended up going for.