Getting a variable from a different script

[IPlayer]

Godot Version

4.2.1

Question

I’m following a tutorial trying to learn Godot so if this seems like a weird thing to do, this is why. The tutorial is also using GDscript while I am coding in C#.
I created a node and a new exported property called file_path:[Export(PropertyHint.File,“*.tscn”)] public string file_path {get; set;}

I am trying to access this property in a different script using body.file_path.

I however get this error: ‘Node’ does not contain a definition for ‘file_path’ and no accessible extension method ‘file_path’ accepting a first argument of type ‘Node’ could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

What am I doing wrong?

[sancho2]

Check if body is the node you think it is.

[IPlayer]

It is. I printed out the name of the body to the console and it recognises it as the correct node.

[paulloz]

Your body reference (can’t tell where it’s coming from, given the lack of context in the initial post) is typed as a Node, but the object has a more concrete type it could be cast as. This is the same answer as:

Access Variable from other script in c#

You need to cast your reference on Other_Body to its concrete type (which would be hero here). One way would be to use pattern matching: if (Other_body is hero hero_body) { hero_body.Health -= 50; } Or you can simply use a cast: // This is going to throw an exception if Other_body isn't of type hero. var hero_body = (hero)Other_body; hero_body.Health -= 50;

[IPlayer]

Thanks, I’ll try this. Is there no way to do it more generically though? As in not not writing the name of the class I want it to be but rather cycling through all groups that contain “Goal” and casting as the one it encountered

[paulloz]

It is quite hard to know what you are going for from the line and a half of code we have as context. I imagine you could use interfaces to solve your problem, from what I gather.