Disabling calling the function _draw() at the start

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Godot Version

Godot 4

Question

How can I disable the automatic one-time call to the _draw() function at the beginning?

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dont set the node/CanvasItem to visible, yet?

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I want to draw something but i don’t want to draw it automatically at the start

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what does it draw from the start?

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Why should it not draw at the start? Please explain your use case, what are you trying to accomplish?

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I have a game where it draws something later not on the first seconds of the game

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Then hide those nodes until you’re ready?

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I just want to disable auto-start of the function draw()
I did that using:

var is_first_start(): bool = true

if is_first_start:
	is_first_start = false
	return

Maybe you know better way to do this? But I think this is good

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Why? Why not just hide them? If you don’t want to draw them just hide them instead

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easier

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How is it easier to write your own method instead of just hiding them in the editor and show them when you’re ready?

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But I don’t want that

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So you want them to be shown, but not drawn? What’s the difference?

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I don’t want to draw either show this, if it would try to draw, the game would crash because you need to type an expression or something. And in the start I don’t need to draw graph

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So if its hidden it doesn’t draw? So you want it to be visible but not drawn?

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I just don’t want it to draw something at the start

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When do you want it to draw? Also you might want to make sure it can draw then, instead of trying to patch the issue

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You don’t need to help me now, I found a way to do it.
I want to draw graph when player typed an expression after clicking the button but I also figured out how to do it

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