Why don't exported root properties appear in scene instances?

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Godot Version

4.3

Question

I’m encapsulating game objects in Scenes, as it seems to be the best way to organize project hierarchy in Godot. Now, usually, those “scenes” have parameters I need to set on each instance, so I apply a script to the root component and export some variables.

However, when looking at the scene instance in the inspector, I don’t see those properties.

Let me explain it better:

  • I have a scene called “Player”:
player
∟sprite

To player (the scene root), I apply a small script like:

extend Node2D

@export var name

func _ready() -> void:
    pass

Then, in another scene, I have the following:

main
∟player

where player is a instance of the scene above. If I select it on the inspector, I would expect to see a “name” variable there, but I don’t. So it seems like scenes instances are treated as their “base” type by the inspector, instead of the type of the script.

Is that how Godot works? Am I missing something? How do I created a “parametized” scene, so to speak?

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This should be an error, no type declared, therefor no properties in the inspector.

@export var name: String

If your real code doesn’t have syntax errors then I just have to bet either the script or the player scene is not saved. Maybe a screenshot of the scene tree would be better for debugging.