tricks-for-runtime.md

Tricks for runtime

Editor vs game

var scene_camera = null
if Engine.is_editor_hint():
	scene_camera = EditorInterface.get_editor_viewport_3d().get_camera_3d()
else:
	scene_camera = $Camera3D

Get window (viewport) size

var window_size = get_tree().get_root().size

Close the app

get_tree().quit()

Hide group of elements

get_tree().call_group_flags(SceneTree.GROUP_CALL_REALTIME, "StartupHide", "hide")

Change label color (break current style)

label.add_color_override("font_color",
    Color("ffffff") if scale_value == (i+1) else Color("bdbdbd"))

Update label size

hint.text = message
hint.rect_size.y = hint.get_line_height() * hint.get_line_count()

Detect mouse click on Control

func on_gui_input(event):
    if event is InputEventMouseButton and event.pressed:
        pass
    if event is InputEventKey and event.scancode == KEY_SPACE:
        pass

Load scene at runtime

# if the path is wrong or the scene can't be loaded
# the `preload` function will fail at compile time
var bingo_scene = preload("res://Scenes/Bingo.tscn")
var bingo = null

func _ready():
	bingo = bingo_scene.instance()
	bingo.position = Vector2(1021, 790)
	bingo.name = 'Bingo'
	add_child(bingo)

But in case that scene is optional, then use a ResourceLoader

var bingo_scene_path = "res://Scenes/Bingo.tscn"
var bingo_scene = null
var bingo = null

func _enter_tree():
	if ResourceLoader.exists(bingo_scene_path):
		bingo_scene = ResourceLoader.load(bingo_scene_path)

func _ready():
	if bingo_scene:
		bingo = bingo_scene.instance()
		bingo.name = 'Bingo'
		bingo.position = Vector2(1021, 790)
		add_child(bingo)

Reassign resources in code

Load textures as resources. Drag and drop resources into the editor for the path

onready var training_texture: Texture = load("res://Assets/meter_training.png")

Get local scene root

func get_local_scene_root(p_node : Node) -> Node:
    while(p_node and not p_node.filename):
        p_node = p_node.get_parent()

    return p_node as Node