Name changes in Godot 4, no info on google

philwil2012 · December 18, 2024, 9:05am

Godot Version

4.3

Question

Hi,
I’m just learning following tutorials and all that. Can anyone give me a tip on where to find information about changes in Godot 4? Most of these tutorials are out of date and I’m hitting a brickwall because I can’t find much info on what names have changed. For example I figured out instance() changed to instantiate() after a whole day scratching my head.
I’m stuck on many more though and google is a rabbit hole trying to find info on this, it’s making it really hard to learn gdscript. Maybe I should start using C#

sarunas_ramonas · December 18, 2024, 9:42am

Hi philwil2012.

I totally get your frustration! Godot 4 introduced a lot of changes, and many tutorials haven’t been updated yet. Some tips:

Migration Guide ( Upgrading from Godot 3 to Godot 4 — Godot Engine (4.0) documentation in English ) There are huge board of Godot 3 and Godot 4 names;
Search for Godot 4 specific tutorials;
Stick with GDScript. GDScript is simpler to use for most Godot projects. Switching to C# could add unnecessary complexity.

Keep going, soon you’ll be comfortable with GDScript and Godot4.

philwil2012 · December 18, 2024, 11:15am

Thanks for the kind advice and the link!
I’m learning really quickly and I love it too but those name changes hang up me for days and I start getting depressed
Do you happen to know what DynamicFont has changed to?
I get ResourceImporterDynamicFont come up as an option but no joy getting it to work.