White sprite defaults to blue? - Character customization | Godot Engine | Page 1

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 4:23 PM

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I'm making a prototype of a character customization system, following a tutorial so I can look back and see anything I might've messed up.

The problem: My sprites are white, they appear white in the engine, but as soon as I run the game they turn blue.

Possible issue: I used hex code instead of RGB like the tutorial did, but I thought I had implemented it well after reading through the Color section of the Godot Documentation.

The first color in the color selection array is NOT blue, not even close, so I'm a bit confused as to why this is happening. Any suggestions?

Attached are a screenshot within the engine, a screenshot within the game, a screenshot of the color code and also what the first color of the list is SUPPOSED to look like

Let me know if more information is needed

faint karma Jun 9, 2025, 4:28 PM

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For the record there's a pre-made color picker already built into Godot you could use
But for now can I see your scene tree on the character and the code that's setting the color?

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@worn halo

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 4:30 PM

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Oh! Yes yes one second, sorry

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 4:33 PM

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faint karma For the record there's a pre-made color picker already built into Godot you coul...

This is probably overcomplicated and to be Honest I was fully following a tutorial just to see how it would work

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Using the color picker would be easier but I was curious to see this method in action

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each of the node2d in the first screenshot have sprite2d inside

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The tutorial series in question
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8VGDn5bxwDaYz8D4kuTzcCyoIuO876HQ

YouTube

Godot 4 2D Character Creator Series

In this tutorial series, we will make a 2D Character Creator system in Godot 4 and GDScript. This system allows players to change their body, hair, outfit, a...

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also @iron fractal you deleted what you sent right after sending it so I didnt get to read it fully

iron fractal Jun 9, 2025, 4:36 PM

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I was wrong, i assumed the first option was cyan, but you already showed it isn't
Still, you ARE automatically setting the color to the first value in the list, as update_sprite() is called on _ready() and starts with index 0

faint karma Jun 9, 2025, 4:37 PM

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Which is intended behavior afaik.

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 4:37 PM

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Yes that is intended, technically

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At least in this current application

iron fractal Jun 9, 2025, 4:37 PM

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yeah, but there could be somthing shifting the values, or there could be some weird interaction with the modulation, idk

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Do note that 0xfffffa is treated as an integer.
You are using the Color( value: int ) constructor

faint karma Jun 9, 2025, 4:38 PM

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Yeah.
I think you can safely skip that first update call in ready but that doesn't solve the mystery

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 4:39 PM

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Would it be better for me to scrap this and use a Color Picker instead?

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in yalls opinion

iron fractal Jun 9, 2025, 4:39 PM

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nvm, i am also wrong

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 4:40 PM

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No problem, take your time
And thank you guys for stopping to help :')

iron fractal Jun 9, 2025, 4:44 PM

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worn halo No problem, take your time And thank you guys for stopping to help :')

Ok, i found the issue now i think.
Color.hex() Expects a hex value with with 8 digits, yours only have 6
You provided RGB, you need to provide RGBA
https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_color.html#class-color-method-hex

Godot Engine documentation

Color

A color represented in RGBA format. Description: A color represented in RGBA format by a red ( r), green ( g), blue ( b), and alpha ( a) component. Each component is a 32-bit floating-point value, ...

faint karma Jun 9, 2025, 4:45 PM

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OOOOH NANCOK YOU GENIUS

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 4:45 PM

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Oooohhhhhhh

faint karma Jun 9, 2025, 4:45 PM

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IT'S LEFT PADDING IT

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 4:46 PM

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That makes so much sense as to why this is happening, thank you!!!

faint karma Jun 9, 2025, 4:46 PM

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0x00fffffa is indeed transparent cyan gdwheeze

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 4:46 PM

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Reading a bit more of the documentation I think the color values i copy pasted were actually HTML

iron fractal Jun 9, 2025, 4:46 PM

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Ah, there is a separate function to take in HTML values

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 4:46 PM

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I'll try using that then and see what happens, thank you so much!

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Yall are both awesome, have a great day!

faint karma Jun 9, 2025, 4:48 PM

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You're welcome

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 4:56 PM

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I just finished changing the colors and tried to boot up the build and it gave me this error-

faint karma Jun 9, 2025, 4:57 PM

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How did you update color options?

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 4:58 PM

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I went in and changed Color.hex to Color.html_is_valid on each one

faint karma Jun 9, 2025, 4:59 PM

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Now look at the tool tip for html_is_valid while I go grab the right function

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 5:00 PM

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oop

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will do

faint karma Jun 9, 2025, 5:00 PM

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You just need html

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is_something type methods usually return true and false and nothing else. Not colors

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You're asking if the color is a real color

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 5:01 PM

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Ooohhhh

faint karma Jun 9, 2025, 5:01 PM

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And so you're setting a color to "yes"

worn halo Jun 9, 2025, 5:02 PM

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Alrighty
I'm sorry, but where do I put the html? My brain is really fried right now, im sorry

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OH

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NEVERMIND

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IT CLICKED

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mdhfvcberhdgsfbcyierhgdfs

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so i just need to delete "is valid" from it?

faint karma Jun 9, 2025, 5:03 PM

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Yes

#White sprite defaults to blue? - Character customization