Godot and VS code

ntalam · July 20, 2024, 6:40am

Godot Version

4.2

Question

How to configurate Godot and VS Code to work properly?

It is super annoying when I save a script in VSCode, and then Godot is overwriting what I have done with its last version

holonproduction · July 20, 2024, 12:27pm

If you already followed that. Disable it temporarily, close all open scripts in the builtin editor and enable it again.

ntalam · July 22, 2024, 7:14am

I just noticed the unwanted behavior.
When clicking in a “nil” declaration error, Godot IDE opens its custom code editor in the “Scripts” panel. but when I want to edit the code, I open VS Code. The problem is when I save my updated code on VS Code and re-run the debugging, Godot saves the code that is in the Scripts panel, overwriting my VS Code coding.
Not clicking the red colored notifications or closing everything before re-debugging avoids the wrong behavior.

happy now

ntalam · July 22, 2024, 7:32am

oh, no. Sorry.
The problem still exists.
Godot is opening the script by itself if finds a “null instance”.
how can I stop this?

wyattbiker · July 22, 2024, 2:09pm

I am curious. Why are you using Visual Code?

peltodev · July 22, 2024, 7:53pm

I use VSCode with GDScript sometimes. It has actual renaming support + generally better ux than Godot’s builtin editor.

holonproduction · July 23, 2024, 7:46am

Seems to be a known issue

github.com/godotengine/godot

Script editor opens script on crash when using external editor

opened 01:37AM - 06 Mar 24 UTC

Morokiane

bug topic:editor

### Tested versions 4.2.1.stable ### System information MacOS and Windows 11 … ### Issue description When using an external editor such as VSCode, if the game crashes from debug, Godot will open the script in the Script Editor. This will sometimes cause an issue where if the code is changed in VSCode, Godot will revert it to a previous state when the game is ran again. ### Steps to reproduce Make a mistake in an external editor and run the game. After the crash, the script will be opened in the internal Godot editor. It is very inconsistent, and I'm not sure how to get it to revert the code to a previous state after a change in the external editor and ran again. ### Minimal reproduction project (MRP) Any project should work with external editor configured.

chip · July 23, 2024, 9:42am

You can try a different script editor, like Zed, which is open-source and has worked for me.

ntalam · July 23, 2024, 11:04am

I went to Script tab,
select Debug from the panel that appears.
There I checked Debug With External Editor.

It blocks opening the script in Godots IDE, but it is not pointing at the line with the error in VS Code.
How can I send the marked line as a parameter?

ntalam · July 26, 2024, 11:44am

I have many extensions there and git control. Also I need to stay in 1 editor or I will be a forever student (and it sux to be one)