Godot Version
Godot 4.2.1 linux x86_64
Question
How can I load a GDScript file from an external folder and use the logic from it?
Right now I am loading mod.json and creating a button for it.
just resource load like usual then stringify it with JSON class JSON — Godot Engine (stable) documentation in English
for reading outside .pck
https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/zwdqsp/how_to_add_an_external_resource_file_to_a_pck/
Apparently I didn’t ask the question correctly. There are no problems with loading JSON file.
My problem is that I want to load a script initially not existing in the project and lying next to the game in the folder mods.
But I don’t know how to do it.
This how i try do it:
func _load_mod_script(mod_scipt_name, full_path):
print("Load script: " + mod_scipt_name)
var script = load(full_path)
print(script.do_logic())
script that i try load:
extends Resource
class_name RandomItem
func do_logic() -> String:
return "Hello world!"
Good. Now I use Packer to load mods, and the console gives me something like this (just debugging info):
[1/1 - 100%] PCKPacker flush: /home/zaksen/Godot/mods/test_mod/random_item.gd -> res://mods/mod0/random_item.gd
Mod [Random very good mod that add many features!] was loaded!
Mod [Base mod] was loaded!
How can I verify that these files have been downloaded? For example, use functions from them or something like that?
ok, i never knew pckpacker existed
what do you mean by downloaded?
load_resource_pack() should return true if it’s a success
That is, they are connected to the project and I can use them without actually knowing about them.
yes, it returning true
Now i see the problem. I can’t remove mod because it’s added like a pkg file
Maybe someone knows how I can do this in a different way?
there is this in the documentation:
it exactly tells to use the load_resource_pack and then load the scene for mods
then just dont load the mod if you dont want the mod to be active?
1 Like
About just not loading is a good idea, but if a player loads 1000 mods and after that remove them all, the size of the final game could be very large.
Now I’m trying to rewrite the mod loading system and I get an error invalid parameter
Upload path: res://mods/mod0/random_item.gd
Load path: /home/zaksen/Godot/mods/test_mod/random_item.gd
Unable to load script: Invalid parameter
there is code:
func _load_mod_script(_full_path, _file_name, packer, mod_engine_path):
print("Upload path: " + mod_engine_path + "/" + _file_name)
print("Load path: " + _full_path)
var error = packer.add_file(mod_engine_path + "/" + _file_name, _full_path)
if error:
print("Unable to load script: %s" % error_string(error))
I fix this
1 Like
Okay, I’ll just try to do that.
This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.