godot: Export variable not shown in inspector when using external script editor

Godot version: 3.2.rc1.mono

OS/device including version: Linux 5.4.12-1-MANJARO

Issue description: I wrote a GDscript, not C#. When I save the exported variables aren’t shown in the inspector. I only can see them after I restart Godot.

Steps to reproduce:

Open a project with the mono version of Godot and create a scene
Create a node and a GDscript script
Create a second GDscript where you put the export variable
Inherit the second script in the script attached to the node
No exported variable is shown in inspector
Build the project
Restart Godot and the exported variable is shown

Minimal reproduction project: Create any Node, add two GDscript / one attached to the node, make an export variable in the script without a node and inherit the script with the variable in the script attached to the node

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State: open
Created 4 years ago
Reactions: 5
Comments: 20 (6 by maintainers)

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Update QUICKSTART.md Script variables not shown as stated in https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/35248. Need to note this.... — committed to richhl/godot-card-game-framework by richhl 3 years ago

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This is an issue I can confirm this on 3.2

Add this line from Visual Studio Code into a script and go back to Godot Editor

export (NodePath) var path2

You will see the script update but the export option does not show up in the UI

Open that script in the built in editor this time and save from the built in editor. All the sudden the export DOES show up.

EDIT: I think the issue is that Script Variables don’t get updated when you change the script externally.

ghost on Jan 14, 2021

Can confirm this, only soft reloading the script from the built-in editor or reloading the entire project fixes it.

mrzapp on Aug 2, 2020

After Debugging the code more, I found the problem. When starting Godot, he is for some reason not parsing the script. The parser returns an error (ERR_PARSE_ERROR). Error is here: Can't preload resource at path xxx (Another node). Other scripts work.

After saving the script again manually, everything works as now he does not have a parse error for some reason.

Maran23 on Nov 29, 2022

Not just external editor, but the internal one as well: https://imgur.com/a/EYgNAeT

What’s odd is that it seems to work and stop working at random. (Godot version for that clip is 3.3.4 win64, using Windows 10)

TerraReveene on Oct 11, 2021

Hi,

I had this issue, but following the “Your first game” Tutorial I saw the comment below:

I did it and it works. re(Build) project to show the variables in the inspector.

xeoplatinium on Oct 2, 2020