Using a centralized enum in other object's @export?

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Godot Version

4.4.1

Question

I have this in globals (autoloaded)

enum Substance { WATER, MAGMA, OIL, etc,} #examples

Then in other objects i want to do this:

@export var substanceType : globals.Substance = globals.Substance.WATER

func get_substance():
	return substanceType

But the export cant handle enums like that it says… You peeps know of a good way of doing this? I would love to be able to choose the substance types via a enum dropdown (or similar) outside of the globals object.

This one “works” - but sucks. :frowning:

@export var substanceType : int =  globals.Substance.WATER #works but then type is selected with an int and not "nice" names.
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Hey check out this thread. The issue is a Global (autoload) will create a node instance, so globals.Substance is trying to access a node’s property named “Substance”, but a enum is not a property, only a definition. You can access the script’s definitions by preloading it, or using a class_name for your script.

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