How do I dynamically update a scene?

isbigguy

I need one scene to be constantly updated when buttons are pressed, can I do this without creating hundreds of scenes?

fire7side

You can update information from other scenes by using global variables. I'm not sure what you have in mind from your question. When the scene boots up, you can have it set variables from the global. You use autoload to create a singleton.

isbigguy

@fire7side said: You can update information from other scenes by using global variables. I'm not sure what you have in mind from your question. When the scene boots up, you can have it set variables from the global. You use autoload to create a singleton.

I want to make a simple Text RPG, and I'm trying to do it in a minimum of scenes.

fire7side

Yeah, you would just have variables for inventory, weapons, etc. Then you change them in the global you put in autoload so you can check them in each scene so if the character had a different weapon, then maybe you would react in a different way or whatever. Here's a link to a tutorial on it:

cybereality

If it is text based, then you can store that data in a structure and save them in a singleton/autoload like @fire7side is saying. You can use a dictionary for this, but in one project I store all my text data in a spreadsheet (for easier editing) then load it as a csv file in Godot. This is more flexible when you have a lot of text to edit, especially since you can use Excel or Calc to write the text (so you get spellcheck, enums, less likely to make a mistake, etc.).

Erich_L

@cybereality said: If it is text based, then you can store that data in a structure and save them in a singleton/autoload like @fire7side is saying. You can use a dictionary for this, but in one project I store all my text data in a spreadsheet (for easier editing) then load it as a csv file in Godot. This is more flexible when you have a lot of text to edit, especially since you can use Excel or Calc to write the text (so you get spellcheck, enums, less likely to make a mistake, etc.).

This sounds pretty smart, can you provide an example? Like would you store item attributes, names and such then?

isbigguy

In general, I was thinking about adding weapons, armor, etc. to the game, but I'm still thinking about these, so far only text.

cybereality

@Erich_L said: This sounds pretty smart, can you provide an example? Like would you store item attributes, names and such then?

Yeah, you can store anything you want, as long as it is text. So it could be item names (along with their stats, damage, price, etc.). It could be text for a visual novel. Also makes localization easier.

fire7side

@isbigguy said: In general, I was thinking about adding weapons, armor, etc. to the game, but I'm still thinking about these, so far only text.

You can have text battles, but mainly turn based. The old games used to do it that way and it was pretty fun, actually.

The monster stands before you choose what you want to do: Use your sword in a slash. Hurl insults and taunt him.

You make your choice number 1, then. Your sword misses and hits the ground.

Erich_L

@cybereality said:

@Erich_L said: This sounds pretty smart, can you provide an example? Like would you store item attributes, names and such then?

Yeah, you can store anything you want, as long as it is text. So it could be item names (along with their stats, damage, price, etc.). It could be text for a visual novel. Also makes localization easier.

Meaning that for the French version item prices could be higher for smaller portions? I guess it doesn’t matter if a bunch of data is duplicated?