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C# - where to get the basics ...

sledgeman

Hello.

I am not sure, if we have some C# users here. Or if there is a specific chat room / site to go. I am not a pro user / coding expert. I would like to use C# with Godot. I figured out "somehow", how to use some code´s for commands like:

-> Move -> Rotate -> Scale -> get Node

i didn´t found good Examples on the Godot-Site itself (which has GDscript / C# switch) how to use a command. Only descriptions of a code (What is x for, why delta, etc). I found some examples by google on some rare sites. It took me many hours to collect information's how to use specific commands with C# & Godot. I wish there would be a basic tutorial about this things above f.e. The API in general (GDscript & C#) should have "examples" below the descriptions. Not only a description. Because i cannot learn, i cannot use the code without a real example that show me how to use it.

Here is what i mean: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_transform.html Only Methods / Descriptions but not any example of the "how to use" it in a short line. This is sad.

Another example: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/3d/using_transforms.html Here you can read a GDscript & C# code. With this example i struggle because i dont know how to connect it with a node. And if you cant adress a node, such an example is useless. There is no complete explanation how to use it proper way. Therefore i feel lost. As i mention: I am not a pro user / coding expert.

. Maybe i miss something. Do you guys think this GODOT api could be better documented ?

Calinou

The API in general (GDscript & C#) should have "examples" below the descriptions. Not only a description. Because i cannot learn, i cannot use the code without a real example that show me how to use it.

We only add code samples for methods that are not trivial to use. Setter/getters in particular don't require code samples, with a few exceptions. Adding a code sample for every method out there would bloat the documentation a lot, making it more difficult to parse for beginners and experienced users alike.

Also, Transform is generally not a type you need to use on its own. Instead, you can get a Transform as a return value of many methods, which can then be modified by calling one of the several methods exposed by Transform on the return value itself.

sledgeman

You can have both...clean on such a site. There are solutions for it. I dont wanted to say: doing something like this "overnight". Just step by step. Some "others" have it in a similar way.

My statement is same. I need to say: examples are important to learn a software. Combined with the API. I guess when i become an experienced user, i will say: i dont need something like this anymore ;)

DaveTheCoder

There are some C# examples in the Godot Assets library. Although I couldn't find a way to search the Assets by language.

sledgeman

Thank you.

DaveTheCoder

I found that using the search string " cs" finds the assets with the CS tag: https://godotengine.org/asset-library/asset?category=&godot_version=&sort=updated&filter=+cs

sledgeman

Thx ... a small glimpse. Hope one day they will do it via a API list.