Simon Hartcher

I've just published #GodotWiring, a simple #GodotEngine 4.x plugin that allows efficient name-based access to any scene node from any script. Link below. Wiring adds an autoload singleton called "Wiring" to a project, which overrides `_get()` (the property getter) to call `find_child()` and cache the results in dictionary. For example, if your scene tree contains a node called `ItemList`, you can access it with `Wiring.ItemList` from any script. Only the first such access to any node requires a less efficient `find_child()`; subsequent accesses are just a dictionary lookup. The result can also be cached locally for the most efficient code: `@-onready var item_list = Wiring.ItemList`. The node cache is automatically cleared after the scene changes. The cache can also be cleared by calling `Wiring.clear_cache()`. If one node is swapped out for another in the scene tree, you can call e.g. `Wiring.ItemList = new_list` to update the cached value (this command updates the cache dictionary, not the tree - you must separately alter the tree with `new_list`)