Fitting a texture into a dinamically sized area

[jesusemora]

@seniorlepenguin

a texture for my sprite2D node, but the source image is way too big. I want to define rectangle area in which the texture should fit (without clipping it, I need the whole image to be visible). I know I could use scale to achieve this but it feels like a very brute-force approach.

what do you need this for?
A sprite2D is a node that can be moved by a Node2D or CharacterBody2D.
scaling is the way to do it.
if you need to fit it to certain constraints, you have to calculate it manually.

BUT, if you don’t need this to be animated, or if you are willing to animate it yourself, you can use a Node2D and draw the sprite manually by overriding the _draw method:

CanvasItem

@export var image : Texture2D
@export var rect : Rect2
@export var region : Rect2

func _draw() -> void:
	draw_texture_rect(image, rect, region)

but you can also just use a control if this thing doesn’t need to move, like if it’s a final fantasy or pokemon style combat.

@seniorlepenguin

Is there a similar solution for 2D nodes

no.

@seniorlepenguin

why is stretch_mode specific to control nodes?

control nodes are designed to fit within each other and accommodate for different resolutions. Node2Ds are designed to move around independently of each other.