Hey all, so I’m currently making a ability system for the 2d game I’m making and I’m having a bit of trouble making getting the player code to recognise the ability that is picked up. Here is the code that I’m using for the “pick_up”
class_name ability_pick_up
extends Node2D
var next_ability = preload("res://Abilities/explosion.gd")
func _on_area_2d_body_entered(body):
if body.is_in_group("Player_body"):
body.current_ability = next_ability
self.queue_free()
Where when i try to check what is actually being transfered from next ability to current ability it prints “<GDScript#-9223371980416219494>”
But when i try to preload(character.current_ability) i get the error in the title
Your preload is only for a script hence <GDScript#-922...>, what type is your body.current_ability looking for? You may have to instantiate the script, or create a node to attach the script to.
You still want to use your script path with load/preload, it doesn’t makes sense to try to load the character’s current_ability if you want to change it to explosion.gd, so you must load explosion.gd then instantiate what ever the script is and assign it to the current_ability
I’m not sure i understand the question but a little while ago i made an archer enemy with this script to shoot arrows and i thought that i could sort of repurpose that to an ability system for my character
const Arrow = preload("res://Enemy_archer/Arrow.tscn")
var New_Arrow = Arrow.instantiate()
var Arrow_offset = Vector2i(0,-10)
New_Arrow.global_position = character.global_position + Vector2(Arrow_offset)
character.add_sibling(New_Arrow)
Where instead of arrows it would be specific abilities that would be determined by what was last picked up.
So it would look something like this:
func on_enter():
var ability1 = load(character.current_ability)
var new_ability1 = ability1.instantiate()
character.add_sibling(new_ability1)
Similar to the arrows you have to instantiate it, notice Arrow.instantiate() and your applying it through add_sibling which takes a Node type. However your ability is trying to apply through body.current_ability = new_ability, but I don’t know what type current_ability is, the arrow is a scene .tscn so Node is given, this explosion is a script .gd so it could be any type.
I’m sorry I am new to godot
When you say type. Are you asking if it’s a scene or a script it’s trying to load?
Right now current ability is defined as:
That current_ability definition would be a great way to show me the type, but equals null doesn’t rule out much. What does your explosion.gd script extend?
aha after messing around a bit i found out that this works
func on_enter():
var ability1 = character.current_ability.instantiate()
character.add_sibling(ability1)
I think it’s because that the load() expects a string but since i’ve already used preload to change it to a packed scene it dosen’t work
Thank you for the help I understand it a lot better now :))
Seems like a good way to use the ability, much like the arrow example. Though the initial question was about picking up the ability, not using it; is the func _on_area_2d_body_entered working correctly too? Can you show that function?
I understand it a lot better now :))