Is there a way to write an interactive tool for using in the editor?

kitfox

I'm trying to find a way to quickly scatter a number of plants and rocks around a landscape. The transform tool Godot comes with is not very efficient for this and I was thinking of writing my own where you could simply drag a brush across the viewport and leave a trail of MeshInstance objects. I've created tool scripts before, but haven't come across anything that lets you extend the user interface by adding a new brush. Is there a way to do this?

cybereality

There might be a way to hack it with a tool script and GDScript. However, if you want to actually alter the engine itself, you'd need to write a GDNative plug-in (I think it uses C++).

Megalomaniak

And there already is a plugin for scattering, btw! https://github.com/HungryProton/scatter

Megalomaniak

@cybereality said: There might be a way to hack it with a tool script and GDScript. However, if you want to actually alter the engine itself, you'd need to write a GDNative plug-in (I think it uses C++).

Well a plugin, yes. Not necessarily in C/C++ for this. Custom nodes can be added via GDScript plugins too.

cybereality

I see okay.