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Aquileo | How do I run two programs in the same Lutris instance?

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 21:20:04 +0000

I’m using lutris to run Guild Wars and I’d also like to run guild wars toolbox which needs to be run after guild wars has already started.

I tried running guild wars and toolbox as different lutris installs but toolbox cant see the guild wars process.

Does anyone know how this can be done?

Aquileo | How do I manage multiple sprites on a character efficiently?

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:42:10 +0000

I have a characterbody2d and I want to display the equipment being worn. So this equipment would need to be swapped around during game play.

I currently am using several sprites layered. How is best to handle this situation?

Aquileo | 🔥 DARN. 🔥 - Uncle Dane

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:49:47 +0000

New to TF2 and just saw this video. The amount of effort that went into this is staggering and it came out so well. I love the tf2 video making community and the effort that goes into their content.

Aquileo | Why does it seem like peertube instances hardly federate?

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:12:39 +0000

I’ve tried a few peertube instances, peertubenz tilvids, makertube and a few others. I always run into a problem that I dont experience on mastodon or lemmy. I will follow a link and I will try and subscribe to that person from my peertube account and I wont be able to because whatever peertube instance im on doesnt federate.

I get not wanting to federate with every random server but I would have expected a decent network to have formed.

Maybe I have just been signing up to the wrong instances or am doing something wrong.

Aquileo | STREETBEEFS | PA HITMAN vs WARREN

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:03:18 +0000

Aquileo | UFC 290 - Post fight discussion thread

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:03:18 +0000

Aquileo | How can I get variables from a gd script? - Solved

Sat, 02 May 2026 11:19:27 +0000

Edit: ah i was reading an old doc because the reddit comment I saw was 6 years old. The property is get_property_list()

I have a script that is a global it contains a bunch of dictionaries that describe items. I need a way to get a list of the different types.

Searching for solutions I found https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.2/classes/class_script.html#class-script-method-get-script-property-list

but I cant seem to get it working. Godot says “Function “get_script_property_list()” not found in base self”

Example of the what im trying to get a list of

var tile_dict_grass = {
    "name": "grass",
    "source": 1,
    "atlas": Vector2i(1,0),
    "move_speed": 0.80,
    "path_cost": 2,
    "fertility": 1,
    "cleanliness": 1.5,
    "flammability": 0.60,
    "build_categories": "all",
    "solid": false
}
var tile_dict_rich_soil = {
    "name": "rich soil",
    "source": 1,
    "atlas": Vector2i(1,0),
    "move_speed": 0.80,
    "path_cost": 2,
    "fertility": 1.4,
    "cleanliness": -1.0,
    "flammability": 0.0,
    "build_categories": "all",
    "solid": false
}

How im trying to get it.

func get_tile_dict():
    var property_list = self.get_script_property_list()
    var tile_list = []
    for attr in dir(self):
        if attr.startswith('tile_dict'):
            value = getattr(self, attr)
            tile_list.append(value)
    return tile_list

Aquileo | How do people handle keyboard and mouse Input?

Tue, 12 May 2026 09:06:49 +0000

I am working on the input and it feels like its getting out of hand. I wanted to check in with people and see how people structure their input handling.

Currently I have 1 function unhandledunput(event) and inside there I have a ton of elif statements trying to handle every possible situation and event. Its manageable at the moment but I only have like 4 events so its going to get very out of hand if I continue.

I need to have 100s of these events based on whats selected and what mouse/keyboard buttons are being pressed and I need some way to resuse the actions.

spoiler

func _unhandled_input(event):
    if event is InputEventMouseButton and event.pressed:
        if event.button_index == MOUSE_BUTTON_RIGHT:
            clear_selection()
            gui.queue_redraw()
            get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
            return
    if selected_item == "colonist": #broken
        if event is InputEventKey:
            if event.OS.get_keycode_string() == "r":
                for colonist in selected_group:
                    colonist.set_state("DRAFT")
                    get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
                    gui.queue_redraw()
    #nothing selected dragbox to select things and single click to select things - does not work at the moment
    elif selected_type == "" or selected_type == "basic":
        if is_dragging and event is InputEventMouseMotion:
                drag_end = camera.get_global_mouse_position()
                cam_drag_end= get_viewport().get_mouse_position()
                get_selection(drag_start, drag_end)
                gui.queue_redraw()
                get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
                return
        elif event is InputEventMouseButton and not event.pressed:
            is_dragging = false
            gui.queue_redraw()
            drag_start = null
            drag_end = null
            get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
            return
        elif event is InputEventMouseButton and event.pressed:
            if event.button_index == MOUSE_BUTTON_LEFT:
                selected_type = "basic"
                is_dragging = true
                drag_start = camera.get_global_mouse_position()
                cam_drag_start = get_viewport().get_mouse_position()
                gui.queue_redraw()
                get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
                return
    #command flow for dragging a selection box
    elif selected_type == "command":
        if selected_item == "structure_dict_growing":
            if is_dragging and event is InputEventMouseMotion:
                var grid_pos = tilemap.local_to_map(camera.get_global_mouse_position())
                var local_pos = tilemap.map_to_local(grid_pos)
                drag_end = local_pos + Vector2(32, 32)
                cam_drag_end = get_viewport().get_mouse_position()
                gui.queue_redraw()
                get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
                return
            elif event is InputEventMouseButton and not event.pressed:
                if event.button_index == MOUSE_BUTTON_LEFT:
                    is_dragging = false
                    gui.queue_redraw()
                    get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
                    MessageBus.rpc_id(1, "request_zone_growing", selected_item ,drag_start, drag_end, multiplayer.get_unique_id())
                    drag_start = null
                    drag_end = null
                    return
            elif event is InputEventMouseButton and event.pressed:
                if event.button_index == MOUSE_BUTTON_LEFT:
                    is_dragging = true
                    #to snap to grid
                    var grid_pos = tilemap.local_to_map(camera.get_global_mouse_position())
                    var local_pos = tilemap.map_to_local(grid_pos)
                    drag_start = local_pos - Vector2(32, 32)
                    cam_drag_start = get_viewport().get_mouse_position() #this is broken cbf fixing maybe one day after selection is working 
                    gui.queue_redraw()
                    get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
                    return
    elif selected_type == "floor":
        if event is InputEventMouseButton and event.pressed:
            if event.button_index == MOUSE_BUTTON_LEFT:
                var global_mouse_pos = camera.get_global_mouse_position()
                var grid_pos = tilemap.local_to_map(global_mouse_pos)
                if selected_item == "":
                    return
                MessageBus.rpc_id(1, "request_build_floor", selected_item, grid_pos, multiplayer.get_unique_id())
                get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
                return
    elif selected_type == "building":
        if event is InputEventMouseButton and event.pressed:
            if event.button_index == MOUSE_BUTTON_LEFT:
                var global_mouse_pos = camera.get_global_mouse_position()
                var grid_pos = tilemap.local_to_map(global_mouse_pos)
                if selected_item == "":
                    return
                MessageBus.rpc_id(1, "request_build_structure", selected_item, grid_pos, multiplayer.get_unique_id())
                get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
                return

Aquileo | Help suggest a data structure to hold objects so I can quickly look for the object by Keys

Sat, 23 May 2026 12:35:29 +0000

I want to preface this by saying that I think I got cooked by AI here.

I have a game where I am working on a job system. The job system has a job objects which I need to put into a data structure that can be searched via id, location, or work type. At first I was building with the mindset of “do whatever to solve this problem and make it work” but it became very hard to implement new features because I would break everything. So I started trying to think ahead and design ways of doing things that would handle all the different jobs and things.

At first I put all jobs into an array and iterated through. Then I learned about dictionaries and started using them for way to many things and so i updated my job queue to be a dictionary with the Key as ID > JobObj

Then I decided to plan out the job system before writing anything and “do it properly”. I decided I needed to upgrade the data structure holding jobs because its a core part of the game and will be heavily interacted with. But I realized I only know array, dictionary and database, so I asked AI what data structure I should use and it suggested a nested dictionary.

Now im using multiple dictionaries but im really hating it. Its hard for me to work with and conceptually im not sure I can visualize how its even working.

How I am thinking about it is there is multiple layers of keys, 1st layer is work types, then once I find the work type it points to a dictionary of region IDs and that points to an array of jobs in the region.

Job def is work type like Planting Region id: the map is broken down into region IDs so i dont have to check every tile and can limit seaching

#python
var job_pool: Dictionary = {}

func register(designation: DesignationObj) -> void:
    var job_def = designation.job
    var region_id = designation.region_id
    if not job_pool.has(job_def):
        job_pool[job_def] = {} 
    if not job_pool[job_def].has(region_id):
        job_pool[job_def][region_id] = []
    job_pool[job_def][region_id].append(designation)

Here is how I am picturing it in my head.

var job_pool {
    "plants": {
        "1": {
            "job1"
            "job2"
        }
        "2": {
            "job3"
        }
    }
    "mining": {
        "1": {
            "job4"
            "job5"
        }
    }
    "hunting": {
        "5":{
            "job12"
        }
    }
}

But now I want to add ID look up into this im stuck and im thinking the entire structure does not work for what it needs to do.

Aquileo | How do I get help with programming structure?

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:37:23 +0000

I’m quite new to programming and my projects getting big by my own standards. When I go to add a new feature im really struggling to evaluate the different options how/where to add it and im getting overwhelmed to the point of not progressing. I find myself wanting to seek some generic guidance from someone whos experienced but I dont know what the right question is to even ask. I want to ask things like “how should I structure a project” or “What kind of patterns can I use to keep my project manageable” “what do I put in code comments”

Practice and experience, but is there anything I can do to find the right direction to go to learn? I dont have the words to know what im even looking for at the moment I just have “pattern” like a design pattern and a notebook with a lot of boxes and arrows trying to plan out some kind of structure. I want to read something at least slightly relevant to game design and start trying to follow some tried and true guidance.

I made this post because I wanted to ask about when to expand a class vs. create a new one.

The example: I have a script (ResourceManager) that handles the resources on the game map it tracks loose items,items in storage, reserved items, delivery demand.

I want to add a crafting bills. These bills will want similar things(to reserve items, to making delivery requests, checking resource stockpile and once available the bill activates) and I can reuse a lot of the logic if I just put it in the same place. But its kind of different crafting and management of resources but them am I going to make a new script for every new thing at some point I just got to put similar things together right.

What kind of things should I be looking at when trying to evaluate these choices?