My setget for doing something when an enum var is changed doesn't work

Question

I created a day/night cycle and I have this for doing something whenever the state var is changed, however I tested it and the TIME_DAY or any stuff in the set_state doesn't work. I am very new to Godot so I donno what to do, also tell me if my code is messy.

enum {
    DAY,
    DUSK,
    NIGHT,
    DAWN
}
var state = DAY setget set_state

and

func set_state(value):
    state = value
    match state:
        DAY:
            daylight.enabled = true
            moonlight.enabled = false
        DUSK:
            pass
        NIGHT:
            daylight.enabled = false
            moonlight.enabled = true
        DAWN:
            TIME_DAY += 1
            emit_signal("day_changed", 1)
            if TIME_DAY >= 30:
                TIME_DAY = 0
                TIME_MONTH += 1
                emit_signal("month_changed", 1)
            if TIME_MONTH >= 12:
                TIME_MONTH = 0
                TIME_YEAR += 1
                emit_signal("year_changed", 1)
            if timeUI != null:
                timeUI.text = str(TIME_DAY) + " " + str(TIME_MONTH) + " " + str(TIME_YEAR)

Answer 1

I would need to see how you're calling the state changes. If you're calling from the script that they're defined in (like the above script), you have to call self.state = whatever. This will force it to call the setter. If you're calling it from outside this script, well, I don't have a guess at that point and would need to see more code (like where you're calling the state changes).

Comments

i am changing the state var in the _process function of this script, so i assume i should do the self.state thing inside the set_state function? and will i have to do that also for everywhere else in the script that changes the state or just in set_state?

EDIT: actually i tried self.state = value instead of state = value and that didnt work so i probably misinterpreted where i need to put it

EDIT (again): I figured out where i need to put self.state and it works now, however the set_state func seems to be running every frame, making the TIME_DAY increase very quickly when it should only increase once.

EDIT (I should probably test more before typing): I figured it out, had to check if the state wasnt already the state it changes to