Export Var from an instanced node

UpAllNight

I've created a few nodes that act as an enemy, in my main game script I pack_scene and instance them when needed. However, while editing these enemy scenes in the editor I attempt to export some var's but I get this error when I try -

Error: Parser Error: Type-less export needs a constant expression assigned to infer type.

I'm wondering what could cause this reaction.

My code :

extends MeshInstance

var has_initalized = false
export var set_speed# = .6
var set_myflag = 0

TwistedTwigleg

It's because you haven't given it a type or anything, it is just an empty variable. As far as the compiler is concerned, it see it as:

export var thing

and because there is no default value nor static type hint, it has no idea if it's a boolean, a float, an int, or anything else.

I would recommend using static typing to help indicate what the value is. For example, since it looks like it's a float, I would use:

export (float) var set_speed
# Or
export var set_speed : float
# Or (not sure if it will work)
export (float) var set_speed : float

UpAllNight

export (float) var set_speed : float

Indeed does work. Thank you for the explanation. However, it won't allow for any starting ( default ) value to be set.

EDIT:: Correction on my part : export (float) var set_speed = .6 Does indeed add the starting value to the inspector.