SearchObjectByType 2.0.0

SearchObjectByType 2.0.0

This is a major improvement for the SearchObjectByType utility, introducing a powerful generic filtering system, critical bug fixes, and a cleaner, more flexible API. This version is more powerful, stable, and efficient.

✨ New Features: Advanced Search with Filters

The core of this update is a new, generic filter-based search system. You can now find nodes based on any criteria you define in a function (Callable).

• find_node_by_filter(filter: Callable, ...): Finds the first node that matches your custom filter. It's highly efficient as it stops searching immediately after finding a match.
• find_nodes_by_filter(filter: Callable, ...): Finds all nodes that match your custom filter.

Example: Find all visible enemies in the "zombies" group with less than 50 health.

var filter_func := func(node: Node):
    return (
        node is Enemy and
        node.is_in_group("zombies") and
        node.health < 50
    )

var weak_zombies: Array[Node] = Search.find_nodes_by_filter(filter_func)

🛠️ Fixes & Optimizations

• Critical Stability Fix: Removed the underlying static array used for storing results. This prevents race conditions and incorrect results in complex scenes. All searches are now stateless and safe.
• Critical Crash Fix: The visibility check (visible_only) no longer causes a crash when it encounters non-visual nodes (like Timer or Resource).
• Efficiency: find_node_by_type() is now much faster, as it stops searching the moment the first match is found.
• Robustness: The internal logic for validating types is more reliable and provides clearer error messages.
• Modernization: The entire script is now fully typed with GDScript 2.0 static typing for better editor support and reliability.

Full Changelog

• Added find_node_by_filter() and find_nodes_by_filter() for powerful custom searches.
• Refactored find_node_by_type() and find_nodes_by_type() to use the new, more efficient filter system.
• Optimized find_node_by_type() to stop searching after the first match is found.
• Removed findInnerNodeInNode() and findInnerNodesInNode() in favor of the root_node parameter.
• Fixed a critical bug where a static variable could cause incorrect search results.
• Fixed a critical crash related to visibility checks on non-visual nodes.
• Improved internal type validation to be more robust.

Full Changelog: 1.0.1...2.0.0

SearchByNode 1.0.1

Fixed Subviewport main scene

SearchByNode

First release of SearchByNode