How are elementes in a group listed?

[static_conection_stu]

Godot Version

4.2.2

Question

When you run get_nodes_in_group, in what order are the nodes in the list?

I couldn’t find this information on the guide on how to use Groups. I assume it’s probably on the order the nodes where added to the group, but would like to be sure.

I was revisiting a project that emulates a turn-based board game, so I wanted nodes in the group to activate separetely and in a predictable order (unlike what would happen with, say, call_group), but having to implement a system that keeps track of the order in wich nodes were created globaly seems like reinventing groups. I could simply add a system to let the player choose the order (wich is how those things often work in board games anyway), but I’d reather analyze all my options if possible

[Octopus]

From the docs:

Note: To improve performance, the order of group names is not guaranteed and may vary between project runs. Therefore, do not rely on the group order.

@static_conection_stu

I wanted nodes in the group to activate separetely and in a predictable order

If the order of nodes is important and you need to call them separately, you should implement an Array based system.

[static_conection_stu]

Thank you, guess I missed that part from the docs

Seems that I’m gonna have to implement an array based system indeed.