changing texture of sprite not working

Question

Why doesn't this work? I call the 'set_color' from another node and I see that the right match statement is executed but the sprite does not change from it's default

extends RigidBody2D

var Drop_Color

var Green_Sprite
var Brown_Sprite
var Purple_Sprite
var Tan_Sprite
var Yellow_Sprite

func _ready():

    Green_Sprite = load("res://Images/green_drop.png")
    Brown_Sprite = load("res://Images/brown_drop.png")
    Purple_Sprite = load("res://Images/purple_drop.png")
    Tan_Sprite = load("res://Images/tan_drop.png")
    Yellow_Sprite = load("res://Images/yellow_drop.png")

    set_physics_process(true)

func set_color(c):

    Drop_Color = c

    match Drop_Color:

        Common.Color_Green:
            get_node("Sprite").set_texture(Green_Sprite)

        Common.Color_Brown:
            get_node("Sprite").set_texture(Brown_Sprite)

        Common.Color_Purple:
            get_node("Sprite").set_texture(Purple_Sprite)

        Common.Color_Tan:
            get_node("Sprite").set_texture(Tan_Sprite)

        Common.Color_Yellow:
            get_node("Sprite").set_texture(Yellow_Sprite)

Comments

Did you try swapping the load method with preload? Maybe that could change something? :-/

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Just tired it, still doesn't work.

Answer 1

Not sure why I can't load the textures in the _ready() function but changing the code to this got it working:

extends RigidBody2D

var Drop_Color

var Green_Sprite
var Brown_Sprite
var Purple_Sprite
var Tan_Sprite
var Yellow_Sprite

func _ready():

    set_physics_process(true)

func set_color(c):

    Drop_Color = c

    match Drop_Color:

        Common.Color_Green:
            Green_Sprite = load("res://Images/green_drop.png")
            get_node("Sprite").set_texture(Green_Sprite)

        Common.Color_Brown:
            Brown_Sprite = load("res://Images/brown_drop.png")
            get_node("Sprite").set_texture(Brown_Sprite)

        Common.Color_Purple:
            Purple_Sprite = load("res://Images/purple_drop.png")
            get_node("Sprite").set_texture(Purple_Sprite)

        Common.Color_Tan:
            Tan_Sprite = load("res://Images/tan_drop.png")
            get_node("Sprite").set_texture(Tan_Sprite)

        Common.Color_Yellow:
            Yellow_Sprite = load("res://Images/yellow_drop.png")
            get_node("Sprite").set_texture(Yellow_Sprite)