juanjp600
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2 weeks ago I was about to write an issue about the same thing!
I've been chipping away at finding out why this happens. If you look in the scene provided in the MRP you'll find that the dictionary is not serialized correctly; instead of node paths, the entire node is written into the dictionary:
Controls = Dictionary[String, Control]({
"Test": Object(Label,"_import_path":NodePath(""),"unique_name_in_owner":false,"process_mode":0,"process_priority":0,"process_physics_priority":0,"process_thread_group":0,"physics_interpolation_mode":2,"auto_translate_mode":0,"editor_description":"","visible":true,"modulate":Color(1, 1, 1, 1),"self_modulate":Color(1, 1, 1, 1),"show_behind_parent":false,"top_level":false,"clip_children":0,"light_mask":1,"visibility_layer":1,"z_index":0,"z_as_relative":true,"y_sort_enabled":false,"texture_filter":0,"texture_repeat":0,"material":null,"use_parent_material":false,"clip_contents":false,"custom_minimum_size":Vector2(0, 0),"layout_direction":0,"layout_mode":3,"anchors_preset":0,"anchor_left":0.0,"anchor_top":0.0,"anchor_right":0.0,"anchor_bottom":0.0,"offset_left":0.0,"offset_top":0.0,"offset_right":40.0,"offset_bottom":23.0,"grow_horizontal":1,"grow_vertical":1,"rotation":0.0,"scale":Vector2(1, 1),"pivot_offset":Vector2(0, 0),"size_flags_horizontal":1,"size_flags_vertical":4,"size_flags_stretch_ratio":1.0,"localize_numeral_system":true,"tooltip_text":"","tooltip_auto_translate_mode":0,"focus_neighbor_left":NodePath(""),"focus_neighbor_top":NodePath(""),"focus_neighbor_right":NodePath(""),"focus_neighbor_bottom":NodePath(""),"focus_next":NodePath(""),"focus_previous":NodePath(""),"focus_mode":0,"mouse_filter":2,"mouse_force_pass_scroll_events":true,"mouse_default_cursor_shape":0,"shortcut_context":null,"theme":null,"theme_type_variation":&"","text":"Heelloooooo World","label_settings":null,"horizontal_alignment":0,"vertical_alignment":0,"autowrap_mode":0,"justification_flags":163,"clip_text":false,"text_overrun_behavior":0,"ellipsis_char":"…","uppercase":false,"tab_stops":PackedFloat32Array(),"lines_skipped":0,"max_lines_visible":-1,"visible_characters":-1,"visible_characters_behavior":0,"visible_ratio":1.0,"text_direction":0,"language":"","structured_text_bidi_override":0,"structured_text_bidi_override_options":[],"script":null)
})This means that instead of actually referencing the same node, Godot is incorrectly creating a new duplicate node.
MatthiasBae
Tested versions
System information
Godot v4.4.dev3.mono - Windows 10.0.22631 - Multi-window, 2 monitors - Vulkan (Forward+) - dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (NVIDIA; 32.0.15.6590) - 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900KF (32 threads)
Issue description
I have multiple Nodes (in my case Controls) in a typed dictionary. The key is a string and value is the control.
When I want to access the Control Node in the typed dictionary and change its visibility for example, it does not reflect the made changes in game.
It works fine when the node is just a exported property. But all changes (even changing text of labels) are not showen. When debugging the changes seem to be adopted but in the game window nothing has changed.
Example:
I made two tests.
Pressing Right MouseButton makes changes to the exported Label "SameLabel". This is working fine.
Pressing Left MouseButton wants to make changes to the same Label but it is just in a dictionary. But this is not working. The changes will reflect in code but not in game
Pressing RMB
Changes are done correctly
Pressing LMB
Changes are not done in game
Steps to reproduce
Minimal reproduction project (MRP)
Issues.zip