Accessing an object

[Mikhail666999]

Hello, how to access the object?
in gdscript:
onready var Lof = $lof

and in lua how?

[gilzoide]

Hi @Mikhail666999 !
When you use the onready keyword for setting a script variable, it's the same as setting it inside the script's _ready method (docs here).
Also, the literal $lof is the same as calling get_node("lof") (docs here).

So in Lua all you need to do is set the variable inside the _ready method using get_node, which is exactly what GDScript does in your snippet:

local MyClass = {
  extends = 'Node',
}

function MyClass:_ready()
  -- `get_node` must be called from `self`, as it is a method from the Node class
  self.Lof = self:get_node("lof")
end

-- ...

return MyClass

[TrainzMarcel]

please please add this to the script example, i had to look all over the place and still couldnt find out how to access other nodes. the documentation doesnt make this very clear at all 🥺

[gilzoide]

Hey @TrainzMarcel, thanks for the feedback.
Yeah, there needs to be a "From GDScript to Lua" page in the documentation with these things, I'm really sorry about not having it already. To be honest, I can't remember why there isn't one in the first place 🤔
I'll try to work on one this weekend, thanks again!

[Mikhail666999]

understood thanks)

[gilzoide]

Hey folks, so I've added a From GDScript to Lua document to the repo!
It's a work in progress for better documentation on how to use Lua PluginScript.

It's far from a comprehensive list, but it's a start. Throughout the following weeks (most likely weekends, most likely 2023 only) I want to improve this document and create any others that might make sense =]

Thanks again for your feedbacks, feel free to keep in touch!