How can I get NodePath in a block code?

Question

How do we assign a NodePath to certain property?

I have read it:

NodePath get_as_property_path()

Returns a node path with a colon character (:) prepended, transforming it to a pure property path with no node name (defaults to resolving from the current node).

# This will be parsed as a node path to the "x" property in the "position" node
var node_path = NodePath("position:x")
# This will be parsed as a node path to the "x" component of the "position" property in the current node
var property_path = node_path.get_as_property_path()
print(property_path) # :position:x

Have written the code below: Please give any ideas:

    var node_path = NodePath(".")
    print(node_path)
    var gg = HingeJoint.new()
    add_child(gg)
    **gg.get("nodes/node_a") == node_path [I WANT TO ASSIGN HERE]
    gg.get("nodes/node_b") == NodePath("/root/Node/Player")**

Comments

Please give any ideas

Ideas about what? What are you trying to do? What do you expect to happen? What does happen instead?

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I want to hinge joint 2 objects and separate them afterwards:

        var gg = HingeJoint.new()
        add_child(gg, true)
        node1 = get_node("../Player").get_path()
        print(get_node("./HingeJoint").get("nodes/node_b").get_class())
#       get_node("./HingeJoint").get("nodes/node_b").NodePath = get_node(node1)
#       get_node("./HingeJoint").get("nodes/node_b").get("nodes/node_b")

So far, I joint them with PhysicsServer. But physicsServer doesn't separate them. So I want to create an hingejoint then, you know, get 2 of them defined in the block code.

#       get_node("./HingeJoint").get("nodes/node_b").NodePath = get_node(node1)
#       get_node("./HingeJoint").get("nodes/node_b").get("nodes/node_b")

But it says "cant assign to expression"

Answer 1

Here you go:

gg.set("nodes/node_a", self.get_path())
gg.set("nodes/node_b", get_node("/root/Node/Player").get_path())

Comments

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Answer 2

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export(NodePath) var node1
export (NodePath) var node2

var player_node


func fly_the_kite(player):
    holder = player
    if flied_the_kite:
#       leave_follow_me()
        print("nomore")
        flied_the_kite = false
#       PhysicsServer.joint_create_hinge(get_parent().get_node(str(player)).get_rid(), get_parent().get_node(str(player)).transform, get_node_or_null("Box5").get_rid(), get_node_or_null("Box5").transform)
        Global_batch.carried_object_items.erase(self.name)
        return
    else:
        flied_the_kite = true
        print("nomore2")
#       PhysicsServer.joint_create_hinge(get_parent().get_node(str(player)).get_rid(), get_parent().get_node(str(player)).transform, self.get_rid(), get_parent().get_node(str(player)).transform)
#       follow()

        var gg = HingeJoint.new()
        add_child(gg, true)
        node1 = get_node("../Player").get_path()
        node2 = self.get_path()
        print(get_node("./HingeJoint").get("nodes/node_b"))
        get_node("./HingeJoint").set("nodes/node_a", get_node(node1))
        get_node("./HingeJoint").set("nodes/node_b", get_node(node2))

What I have done, is setting the properties with "set" : get_node("./HingeJoint").set("nodes/node_a", get_node(node1))

Previous code below was not working because it tries to set a fixed property to constant value

get_node("./HingeJoint").get("nodes/node_b").NodePath = get_node(node1)