Runing gd scripts at runtime

[honeyhiccups]

Godot 4.5

Can I create new gd scripts and have them interrupted at runtime with exported builds?

I was thinking if I just dont compress/encrypt the gd scripts I could change them at runtime cuss its an interrupted Lang?

However I wonder if the string, to byte code parser is included in exporting.
Has anyone tried this?

[normalized]

Maybe expressions will be enough, depending on what’s your final goal.

Expression

[mrcdk]

You can create and attach scripts at runtime. Here’s an example:

Propagate _make_custom_tooltip() to children?

GDScript does not support mixins/traits yet. There is an open proposal and an open implementation so maybe for 4.6. In the meantime, it’s kinda possible (with a few drawbacks): extends Node const SCRIPT_CONTENT = """ extends {extend_class} func _make_custom_tooltip(for_text: String) -> Object: var lbl = Label.new() lbl.text = "Extended: %s" % for_text lbl.add_theme_color_override("font_color", Color.RED) return lbl """ func _enter_tree() -> void: get_tree().node_added.connect(func(no…