Tipps and Tricks

Tipps and Tricks
- Timer
- Import Hints

Timer

There's a tiny timer tutorial in the signal introduction.

Start a quick temporary timer and connect it via

get_tree().create_timer(1.0).timeout.connect(_on_one_timer_timeout)

Import Hints

Godot offers several suffixes that can be added to the names of the objects in your 3D modeling software and will perform actions automatically at import:

Adding collision detection to objects.
Setting objects as navigation meshes.
Deleting nodes that are not used in the game engine (like specific lights used for modeling).

Reference

Suffix	Notes
`-noimp`	will be removed at import-time no matter what their type is. They will not appear in the imported scene.
`-col`	If the option `-col` it is detected, a child static collision node will be added, using the same geometry as the mesh.
`-convcol`	The option `-convcol` will create a ConvexPolygonShape3D instead of a ConcavePolygonShape3D.
`-colonly`	upon importing will replace the mesh and create a StaticBody3D collision.
`-convcolonly`	works in a similar way, but will create a ConvexPolygonShape3D instead using convex decomposition.
`-navmesh`	will be converted to a navigation mesh.
`-vehicle`	will be imported as a child to a VehicleBody3D node.
`-wheel`	will be imported as a child to a VehicleWheel3D node.
`-rigid`	will be imported as a RigidBody3D.