Setting the value of a Metadata Dictionary

[sand isle]

Hello! I'm still new to Godot and GDScript.
I'm struggling to figure out how to use set_meta() to set one of these values to true. Thanks in advance!

[chilly girder]

Is there a specific reason you're using metadata for this purpose? I haven't really seen it used before and based on the screenshot I'm not sure if this is a good usecase.

[sand isle]

basically it adjusts the properties the bowling ball can have, it can have multiple which is why I decided to make it a dictionary

[slow pulsar]

ahh i see~ might be better to use a variable in the script for it rather than the metadata eg:

@export var test : Dictionary

and then you get the same ui to change the values in the editor but can access it much easier:

• get: test.get("Bouncy") or test["Bouncy"]
• set: test["Bouncy"] = true

[sand isle]

alrighty then, thank you!

[sand isle]

acutally one more question. I decided an array is better suited for this. is there a way I can use an enum or something to give each of the numbers a name or no?

[cedar raven]

Don’t think so, afaik that’s (one) of the main reasons to use a dictionary (it’s also 100x faster)

[chilly girder]

This makes me wonder if a bitmask would be applicable

[chilly girder]

? I'm fairly sure dictionaries aren't faster than arrays like that

I know they have faster lookup, but not that much insanely faster

Actually, arrays seem to sometimes beat out dictionaries at lookup even

Being a high level language, the differences between data types are much less of an issue. Focus on using what works.

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_exports.html