Can't change variable value inside _input function

UnknownUser

Well I usually never ask question but i'm totally baffled so ... I was having fun experimenting grid managment for a test picross game and eveyrthing went fine until i start trying to get input (keyboard for test purpose) i got two node here is the code of the child one. problem is in the input function it display "Stuff" in console as expected when hitting space but the Stat variable doesn't change value. if i try to change the value outside the if statement, it does work. but of course it's pointless .... Also process never seem to happen, here again Stat value stick to 0 Just to be clear i tested input OR _process, just drop them both here for simplicity sake

extends Node2D

var Stat = 0
var Coord = Vector2(0,0)
var Pos = Vector2(0,0)

func _enter_tree():
	Pos = Vector2($"..".GrdOri.x,$"..".GrdOri.y)
	
func _ready():
	set_process(true)

func _draw():
	if Stat==2:
		draw_rect(Rect2(Vector2(Coord.x*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.x,Coord.y*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.y),Vector2(($"..".CasSiz),($"..".CasSiz))),ColorN("white"))
		draw_line(Vector2(Coord.x*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.x+$"..".CasCrsLen.x,Coord.y*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.y+$"..".CasCrsLen.x),Vector2(Coord.x*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.x+$"..".CasCrsLen.y,Coord.y*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.y+$"..".CasCrsLen.y),ColorN("red"))
		draw_line(Vector2(Coord.x*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.x+$"..".CasCrsLen.y,Coord.y*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.y+$"..".CasCrsLen.x),Vector2(Coord.x*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.x+$"..".CasCrsLen.x,Coord.y*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.y+$"..".CasCrsLen.y),ColorN("red"))
	elif Stat==1:
		draw_rect(Rect2(Vector2(Coord.x*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.x,Coord.y*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.y),Vector2(($"..".CasSiz),($"..".CasSiz))),ColorN("black"))
	else:
		draw_rect(Rect2(Vector2(Coord.x*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.x,Coord.y*($"..".CasSiz+1)+Pos.y),Vector2(($"..".CasSiz),($"..".CasSiz))),ColorN("white"))

func _input(event):
	if event.is_action_pressed("ui_accept"):
		Stat = 1
		print("Stuff")
	#Stat=1 <- This works

func _process(delta):
	Stat=1

Megalomaniak

edited OP for formatting.

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Megalomaniak

How about removing the value assignments from the variables and assigning all of them in the _ready(), yes Pos too. See if that helps.

Also might be worth trying is_action_just_pressed instead perhaps?

UnknownUser

is_action_just_pressed seem to no longer exists. Here is the change i made. got the same results :/

var Stat var Coord var Pos # Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time. func _enter_tree(): pass func _ready(): Stat = 0 Coord = Vector2(0,0) Pos = Vector2($"..".GrdOri.x,$"..".GrdOri.y) pass func _input(event): if event is InputEventKey: if event.is_action_pressed("ui_accept"): Stat=1 print("Stuff")

Also here is the code of the parents node. they are both Node2D and that's all there is in the current project. I kept project default properties except for background color and window size note the _process function doesn't work either :/

extends Node2D var GrdSiz = Vector2(100,75) var GrdHinHor = [] var GrdHinVer = [] var GrdOri = Vector2(250,200) var CasSiz = 19 var CasCrsLen = Vector2(6,13) var GrdMrg = Vector2(20,20) # -1 = released/outside grid, 0 = set to empty, 1 = set to full, 2 = set to crossed var MouSta = -1 func _enter_tree(): pass func _ready(): set_process(true) pass func _process(delta): <-this has no effect CasSiz=5 pass

UnknownUser

My bad, is_action_just_pressed DOES exists. But it would be Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_accept"): and not event.is_action_just_pressed("ui_accept"): like in my initial code

in fact Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_accept"): also works if inside _process but not inside _draw (probably intended) meaning _process works "fine" to my relief

so it all boils down to the fact i can't change the Stat (or Coord, for that matter) variable. in fact it acts differently in _draw, _input and _process

in _draw i can assign it freely. in _input i can assign it freely EXCEPT inside a if Input. statement (it works in a if true: one). if Input. do works though since the print("Stuff") thingy is run in _process i can't change it at all

as a side note i tried declaring variable inside _ready or _enter_tree but, of course, it didn't work, and rightly so

UnknownUser

Ok i feel terribly silly. I thought _draw was called every frame (on my behalf i come from Game Maker Studio, nobody's perfect XD)

adding update() to _process solved the issue...