How to get parent/sibling node attributes without calling get_parent()?

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How to get parent/sibling node attributes without calling get_parent()?

kstcold

I'm trying to get the attributes of sibling or parent nodes but I don't want to use get_parent() as that won't be good in the long run. I'm a beginner so I don't really know how to approach this.

Megalomaniak

@kstcold said: I'm trying to get the attributes of sibling or parent nodes but I don't want to use get_parent() as that won't be good in the long run.

Pray tell, what do you mean?

kstcold

@Megalomaniak said:

@kstcold said: I'm trying to get the attributes of sibling or parent nodes but I don't want to use get_parent() as that won't be good in the long run.

Pray tell, what do you mean?

I want to approach it through using signals as many people have said to "call down and signal up" but I can't seem to figure out a way to approach getting parent/sibling attributes from using signals

cybereality

The best way I found is to use NodePaths. You can set these as export variables and drag and drop them in the editor. It will give you a relative path BUT importantly, it automatically updates if you move the tree around and you don't need to hard code anything.

export var other_node_path : NodePath

func _ready():
    var other_node = get_node(other_node_path)

Then in the editor inspector you can click the icon and choose the node.