Problems with the export of dictionaries in the editor

[HeroeLegendario]

Good morning, I'm developing a game in Pandemonium Engine 5.1 and I have a problem with the editing of the exported dictionaries in the editor:

Basically I can't edit the key after accept the key/value pair so if you want to edit the key, you have to delete the key and the value and create a new one. It's not a big deal but it's annoying to have to rewrite what you did because of a mistake or for a future change.

I'll wait for your answer, sorry for my bad english

[Relintai]

Yes, Dictionary's editor does not support directly editing the keys yet. This is something that should be implemented eventually.

[HeroeLegendario]

Also add the movement of the positions of the key/values in Dictionary like as the Array

[Relintai]

Also add the movement of the positions of the key/values in Dictionary like as the Array

That won't work, because Dictionary itself doesn't store that information internally.

[HeroeLegendario]

No problem, but when you add TypedDictionary, you can add that functionality there?

[Relintai]

TypedDictionary would also have the same issue.

However there are multiple ways to work around this, depending on your exact needs:

On the picture I see a "Stored Magics" Dictionary, so I assume you want to store some id and a bunch of data in pairs.

1. You can store the id in the data directly, and use an Array. Then instead of indexing a dictionary, you can search for it when you need it programatically (you can also cache it in a dict).

2. You can add a helper class, which stores the id and your value, and store that in an array instead of in a dictionary.

3. You could also write a custom inspector using tool scripts like:

https://github.com/Relintai/utilities_gamedev/blob/master/data_manager/GDScript/addons/data_manager/resources/data_manager_addon_settings.gd

or:

https://github.com/Relintai/utilities_gamedev/blob/master/data_manager/PScript/addons/data_manager/resources/data_manager_addon_settings.p

Now these do have drawbacks currently, as if you have compile errors in that specific class, the script's values might not get reloaded properly, so only do this if you use a version control system.

(However if you mess with the engine using your c++ modules, this is your simplest and most reliable option.)

4. You can put together an editor plugin too.

These are off the top of my head, there are more ways, also stuff like this can be implemented in an abstract way, so you could have a SpellDict class, which just does this.

[HeroeLegendario]

ohh thanks for the suggestions, I will see which one will be more convenient for me, since in the game I am developing I do not know which will be the most efficient solution since my game is by chapters, thank you very much for the tips