there’s a lot wrong here.
1 - you are defining an array and 3 variables that then go in the array. you could just have the array and assign the nodes in ready.
doing $Node is the equivalent of doing get_node(“Node”)
chosen_lights = [get_node(“BaseRoom/Lights/StopLight3D”)]#etc
2 - infected is an int but you are treating it like a bool, just make it a bool.
3 - you are calling methods in process. process runs every frame.
the way to call something like this is through signals. you connect the method to a signal and when the signal is emitted it triggers the function ONCE.
if you need the lights to flicker, you must use a Timer. A common way is to create a timer with get_tree().create_timer(time).timeout and use an await. this halts execution of the code for X seconds. doing so with small numbers like 0.2 can be used to create the flicker effect.
another way is to use a Tween.
but either needs to happen only once.
4 - inside those methods there are calls to random, that’s not going to work with it running in process.
Solution:
you could create a signal and emit it if infected becomes true, then after the animation finishes, set it to false.
signal becomes_infected
var infected : bool = false
func _ready() -> void:
becomes_infected.connect(infected_flicker)
func _process(delta : float) -> void:
if not infected:
if room.active_entities.size() > 0:
infected = true
becomes_infected.emit()
func infected_flicker() -> void:
var tween : Tween = create_tween()
var light = chosen_lights.pick_random()
tween.tween_property(light, "light_energy", 0.05, 0.1)
tween.tween_property(light, "light_energy", 1.0, 0.1)
tween.tween_property(light, "light_energy", 0.05, 0.1)
tween.tween_property(light, "light_energy", 1.0, 0.1)
tween.tween_property(light, "light_color", Color.RED, 0.1)
tween.tween_property(self, "infected", false, 0.1)
then you would do something similar for when going out of the infected state.
