How to set property type in script?

RUIthegiant

Hello. So I have a beginner question about how to set property type in script. I am trying to set cast shadow to shadows only when the player enters an area but I failed to do it in the script. Below is what I have now. Please help. Thank you in advance.

DaveTheCoder

The getter for that property is get_cast_shadows_setting(): https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_geometryinstance.html#class-geometryinstance-property-cast-shadow

But you don't need to use the getter. Simply access the property directly: onready var roof = cast_shadow

The type of that property is enum, which in Godot 3.x is actually int. (In Godot 4.x, enum will become a real type.) In this case it has two possible values. (See above link.)

What's the purpose of your roof property? Is it intended to be a copy of the cast_shadow property?

fire7side

Yeah, I think you can just forget the variable.

func _on_Area_body_entered(body):
	cast_shadow = GeometryInstance.SHADOW_CASTING_SETTING_SHADOWS_ONLY

RUIthegiant

@DaveTheCoder said: The getter for that property is get_cast_shadows_setting(): https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_geometryinstance.html#class-geometryinstance-property-cast-shadow

But you don't need to use the getter. Simply access the property directly: onready var roof = cast_shadow

The type of that property is enum, which in Godot 3.x is actually int. (In Godot 4.x, enum will become a real type.) In this case it has two possible values. (See above link.)

What's the purpose of your roof property? Is it intended to be a copy of the cast_shadow property?

Thank you so much for replying. I am now using set_cast_shadows_setting(value) to set its cast shadows. However, it seems that when I lauch it is on shadows only. I need to go into the area and exit for it to work properly. This is what it looks like now,

For the roof variable, yes it was to copy the property. I was trying everything I found online but apparently missed the entries in the document. I will make sure to use it better in the future. Thank you again.

RUIthegiant

One more question. Is it possible to give a transition between the modes? Thank you very much!