BlackboardPlan: Auto-fill type info when adding a missing variable for a mapping

blackboard/blackboard_plan.cpp

@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ bool BlackboardPlan::_set(const StringName &p_name, const Variant &p_value) {
 	// * Mapping
 	if (name_str.begins_with("mapping/")) {
 		StringName mapped_var_name = name_str.get_slicec('/', 1);
-		ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!has_var(mapped_var_name), false);
+		StringName value = p_value;
-		parent_scope_mapping[mapped_var_name] = p_value;
+		if (value == StringName()) {
+			parent_scope_mapping.erase(mapped_var_name);
+		} else {
+			parent_scope_mapping[mapped_var_name] = value;
+		}
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -137,16 +141,25 @@ void BlackboardPlan::_get_property_list(List<PropertyInfo> *p_list) const {
 	if (is_mapping_enabled()) {
 		p_list->push_back(PropertyInfo(Variant::NIL, "Mapping", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "mapping/", PROPERTY_USAGE_GROUP));
 		for (const Pair<StringName, BBVariable> &p : var_list) {
-			p_list->push_back(PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING_NAME, "mapping/" + p.first, PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT));
+			// Serialize only non-empty mappings.
+			PropertyUsageFlags usage = has_mapping(p.first) ? PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT : PROPERTY_USAGE_EDITOR;
+			p_list->push_back(PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING_NAME, "mapping/" + p.first, PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", usage));
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 bool BlackboardPlan::_property_can_revert(const StringName &p_name) const {
+	if (String(p_name).begins_with("mapping/")) {
+		return true;
+	}
 	return base.is_valid() && base->var_map.has(p_name);
 }
 
 bool BlackboardPlan::_property_get_revert(const StringName &p_name, Variant &r_property) const {
+	if (String(p_name).begins_with("mapping/")) {
+		r_property = StringName();
+		return true;
+	}
 	if (base->var_map.has(p_name)) {
 		r_property = base->var_map[p_name].get_value();
 		return true;
@@ -382,7 +395,7 @@ Ref<Blackboard> BlackboardPlan::create_blackboard(Node *p_node, const Ref<Blackb
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(p_node == nullptr && prefetch_nodepath_vars, memnew(Blackboard));
 	Ref<Blackboard> bb = memnew(Blackboard);
 	bb->set_parent(p_parent_scope);
-	populate_blackboard(bb, false, p_node);
+	populate_blackboard(bb, true, p_node);
 	return bb;
 }
 

bt/behavior_tree.cpp

@@ -48,14 +48,17 @@ void BehaviorTree::set_blackboard_plan(const Ref<BlackboardPlan> &p_plan) {
 		blackboard_plan->connect(LW_NAME(changed), callable_mp(this, &BehaviorTree::_plan_changed));
 	}
 
-	_set_editor_behavior_tree_hint();
 	_plan_changed();
 }
 
 void BehaviorTree::set_root_task(const Ref<BTTask> &p_value) {
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
 	_unset_editor_behavior_tree_hint();
+#endif // TOOLS_ENABLED
 	root_task = p_value;
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
 	_set_editor_behavior_tree_hint();
+#endif // TOOLS_ENABLED
 	emit_changed();
 }
 
@@ -88,18 +91,22 @@ void BehaviorTree::_plan_changed() {
 	emit_changed();
 }
 
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
+
 void BehaviorTree::_set_editor_behavior_tree_hint() {
 	if (root_task.is_valid()) {
-		root_task->data.behavior_tree = Ref<BehaviorTree>(this);
+		root_task->data.behavior_tree_id = this->get_instance_id();
 	}
 }
 
 void BehaviorTree::_unset_editor_behavior_tree_hint() {
 	if (root_task.is_valid()) {
-		root_task->data.behavior_tree.unref();
+		root_task->data.behavior_tree_id = ObjectID();
 	}
 }
 
+#endif // TOOLS_ENABLED
+
 void BehaviorTree::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_description", "description"), &BehaviorTree::set_description);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_description"), &BehaviorTree::get_description);

bt/behavior_tree.h

@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ private:
 	Ref<BTTask> root_task;
 
 	void _plan_changed();
+
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
 	void _set_editor_behavior_tree_hint();
 	void _unset_editor_behavior_tree_hint();
+#endif // TOOLS_ENABLED
 
 protected:
 	static void _bind_methods();

bt/tasks/bt_task.cpp

@@ -377,18 +377,22 @@ void BTTask::print_tree(int p_initial_tabs) {
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
+
 Ref<BehaviorTree> BTTask::editor_get_behavior_tree() {
 	BTTask *task = this;
-	while (task->data.behavior_tree.is_null() && task->get_parent().is_valid()) {
+	while (task->data.behavior_tree_id.is_null() && task->get_parent().is_valid()) {
 		task = task->data.parent;
 	}
-	return task->data.behavior_tree;
+	return Object::cast_to<BehaviorTree>(ObjectDB::get_instance(task->data.behavior_tree_id));
 }
 
 void BTTask::editor_set_behavior_tree(const Ref<BehaviorTree> &p_bt) {
-	data.behavior_tree = p_bt;
+	data.behavior_tree_id = p_bt->get_instance_id();
 }
 
+#endif // TOOLS_ENABLED
+
 void BTTask::_bind_methods() {
 	// Public Methods.
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("is_root"), &BTTask::is_root);
@@ -410,7 +414,9 @@ void BTTask::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("print_tree", "initial_tabs"), &BTTask::print_tree, Variant(0));
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_task_name"), &BTTask::get_task_name);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("abort"), &BTTask::abort);
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("editor_get_behavior_tree"), &BTTask::editor_get_behavior_tree);
+#endif // TOOLS_ENABLED
 
 	// Properties, setters and getters.
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_agent"), &BTTask::get_agent);

bt/tasks/bt_task.h

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ private:
 		double elapsed = 0.0;
 		bool display_collapsed = false;
 #ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
-		Ref<BehaviorTree> behavior_tree;
+		ObjectID behavior_tree_id;
 #endif
 	} data;
 

bt/tasks/decorators/bt_new_scope.cpp

@@ -11,28 +11,45 @@
 
 #include "bt_new_scope.h"
 
+#include "../../behavior_tree.h"
+
 void BTNewScope::set_blackboard_plan(const Ref<BlackboardPlan> &p_plan) {
 	blackboard_plan = p_plan;
 	if (blackboard_plan.is_null()) {
 		blackboard_plan.instantiate();
 	}
+
 	_update_blackboard_plan();
+
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
+	if (Engine::get_singleton()->is_editor_hint()) {
+		callable_mp(this, &BTNewScope::_set_parent_scope_plan_from_bt).call_deferred();
+	}
+#endif // TOOLS_ENABLED
+
 	emit_changed();
 }
 
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
+void BTNewScope::_set_parent_scope_plan_from_bt() {
+	ERR_FAIL_NULL(get_blackboard_plan());
+	Ref<BehaviorTree> bt = get_root()->editor_get_behavior_tree();
+	ERR_FAIL_NULL(bt);
+	get_blackboard_plan()->set_parent_scope_plan(bt->get_blackboard_plan());
+}
+#endif // TOOLS_ENABLED
+
 void BTNewScope::initialize(Node *p_agent, const Ref<Blackboard> &p_blackboard, Node *p_scene_root) {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(p_agent == nullptr);
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(p_blackboard == nullptr);
 
 	Ref<Blackboard> bb;
 	if (blackboard_plan.is_valid()) {
-		bb = blackboard_plan->create_blackboard(p_agent);
+		bb = blackboard_plan->create_blackboard(p_agent, p_blackboard);
 	} else {
 		bb = Ref<Blackboard>(memnew(Blackboard));
-	}
-
 		bb->set_parent(p_blackboard);
-
+	}
 	BTDecorator::initialize(p_agent, bb, p_scene_root);
 }
 

bt/tasks/decorators/bt_new_scope.h

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ class BTNewScope : public BTDecorator {
 private:
 	Ref<BlackboardPlan> blackboard_plan;
 
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
+	void _set_parent_scope_plan_from_bt();
+#endif // TOOLS_ENABLED
+
 protected:
 	static void _bind_methods();
 

bt/tasks/decorators/bt_subtree.cpp

@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ void BTSubtree::_update_blackboard_plan() {
 		set_blackboard_plan(Ref<BlackboardPlan>(memnew(BlackboardPlan)));
 	}
 	get_blackboard_plan()->set_base_plan(subtree.is_valid() ? subtree->get_blackboard_plan() : nullptr);
-
-#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
-	get_blackboard_plan()->set_parent_scope_plan(get_root()->editor_get_behavior_tree()->get_blackboard_plan());
-#endif // TOOLS_ENABLED
 }
 
 String BTSubtree::_generate_name() {

editor/blackboard_plan_editor.cpp

@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ void BlackboardPlanEditor::_add_var() {
 		var_name = String(default_var_name) + itos(suffix);
 	}
 
-	BBVariable var(Variant::Type::FLOAT);
+	BBVariable var(default_type, default_hint, default_hint_string);
 	plan->add_var(var_name, var);
+	reset_defaults();
 	_refresh();
 }
 
@@ -127,10 +128,18 @@ void BlackboardPlanEditor::edit_plan(const Ref<BlackboardPlan> &p_plan) {
 	_refresh();
 }
 
-void BlackboardPlanEditor::set_next_var_name(const StringName &p_name) {
+void BlackboardPlanEditor::set_defaults(const StringName &p_var_name, Variant::Type p_type, PropertyHint p_hint, String p_hint_string) {
-	if (String(p_name).is_valid_identifier()) {
+	default_var_name = p_var_name;
-		default_var_name = p_name;
+	default_type = p_type;
-	}
+	default_hint = p_hint;
+	default_hint_string = p_hint_string;
+}
+
+void BlackboardPlanEditor::reset_defaults() {
+	default_var_name = "var";
+	default_type = Variant::FLOAT;
+	default_hint = PROPERTY_HINT_NONE;
+	default_hint_string = "";
 }
 
 void BlackboardPlanEditor::_show_button_popup(Button *p_button, PopupMenu *p_popup, int p_index) {
@@ -233,7 +242,7 @@ void BlackboardPlanEditor::_drag_button_gui_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_event
 void BlackboardPlanEditor::_visibility_changed() {
 	if (!is_visible() && plan.is_valid()) {
 		plan->notify_property_list_changed();
-		default_var_name = "var";
+		reset_defaults();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -367,7 +376,7 @@ void BlackboardPlanEditor::_notification(int p_what) {
 }
 
 BlackboardPlanEditor::BlackboardPlanEditor() {
-	default_var_name = "var";
+	reset_defaults();
 
 	set_title(TTR("Manage Blackboard Plan"));
 

editor/blackboard_plan_editor.h

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ private:
 
 	Ref<BlackboardPlan> plan;
 	StringName default_var_name;
+	Variant::Type default_type = Variant::NIL;
+	PropertyHint default_hint = PROPERTY_HINT_NONE;
+	String default_hint_string;
 
 	VBoxContainer *rows_vbox;
 	Button *add_var_tool;
@@ -99,7 +102,8 @@ public:
 	_FORCE_INLINE_ static BlackboardPlanEditor *get_singleton() { return singleton; }
 
 	void edit_plan(const Ref<BlackboardPlan> &p_plan);
-	void set_next_var_name(const StringName &p_name);
+	void set_defaults(const StringName &p_name, Variant::Type p_type = Variant::FLOAT, PropertyHint p_hint = PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, String p_hint_string = "");
+	void reset_defaults();
 
 	BlackboardPlanEditor();
 };

editor/editor_property_bb_param.cpp

@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void EditorPropertyBBParam::update_property() {
 void EditorPropertyBBParam::setup(PropertyHint p_hint, const String &p_hint_text, const Ref<BlackboardPlan> &p_plan) {
 	param_type = p_hint_text;
 	property_hint = p_hint;
-	variable_editor->setup(p_plan);
+	variable_editor->setup(p_plan, false);
 	variable_editor->set_name_split_ratio(0.0);
 }
 

editor/editor_property_variable_name.cpp

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void EditorPropertyVariableName::_update_status() {
 		BUTTON_SET_ICON(status_btn, theme_cache.var_empty_icon);
 		status_btn->set_tooltip_text(TTR("Variable name not specified.\nClick to open the blackboard plan."));
 	} else if (plan->has_var(var_name)) {
-		if (type_hint == Variant::NIL || plan->get_var(var_name).get_type() == type_hint) {
+		if (expected_type == Variant::NIL || plan->get_var(var_name).get_type() == expected_type) {
 			BUTTON_SET_ICON(status_btn, theme_cache.var_exists_icon);
 			status_btn->set_tooltip_text(TTR("This variable is present in the blackboard plan.\nClick to open the blackboard plan."));
 		} else {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void EditorPropertyVariableName::_update_status() {
 			status_btn->set_tooltip_text(TTR(vformat(
 					"The %s variable in the blackboard plan is not of the same type as this variable (expected %s).\nClick to open the blackboard plan and fix the variable type.",
 					LimboUtility::get_singleton()->decorate_var(var_name),
-					Variant::get_type_name(type_hint))));
+					Variant::get_type_name(expected_type))));
 		}
 	} else if (name_edit->get_text().begins_with("_")) {
 		BUTTON_SET_ICON(status_btn, theme_cache.var_private_icon);
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void EditorPropertyVariableName::_update_status() {
 void EditorPropertyVariableName::_status_pressed() {
 	ERR_FAIL_NULL(plan);
 	if (!plan->has_var(name_edit->get_text())) {
-		BlackboardPlanEditor::get_singleton()->set_next_var_name(name_edit->get_text());
+		BlackboardPlanEditor::get_singleton()->set_defaults(name_edit->get_text(), expected_type, expected_hint, expected_hint_string);
 	}
 	BlackboardPlanEditor::get_singleton()->edit_plan(plan);
 	BlackboardPlanEditor::get_singleton()->popup_centered();
@@ -131,10 +131,12 @@ void EditorPropertyVariableName::_update_property() {
 	_update_status();
 }
 
-void EditorPropertyVariableName::setup(const Ref<BlackboardPlan> &p_plan, bool p_allow_empty, Variant::Type p_type_hint) {
+void EditorPropertyVariableName::setup(const Ref<BlackboardPlan> &p_plan, bool p_allow_empty, Variant::Type p_type, PropertyHint p_hint, String p_hint_string) {
 	plan = p_plan;
 	allow_empty = p_allow_empty;
-	type_hint = p_type_hint;
+	expected_type = p_type;
+	expected_hint = p_hint;
+	expected_hint_string = p_hint_string;
 	_update_status();
 }
 
@@ -226,14 +228,18 @@ bool EditorInspectorPluginVariableName::_parse_property(Object *p_object, const
 	}
 
 	Ref<BlackboardPlan> plan;
-	Variant::Type type_hint = Variant::NIL;
+	Variant::Type expected_type = Variant::NIL;
+	PropertyHint expected_hint = PROPERTY_HINT_NONE;
+	String expected_hint_string;
 	if (is_mapping) {
 		plan.reference_ptr(Object::cast_to<BlackboardPlan>(p_object));
 		ERR_FAIL_NULL_V(plan, false);
 		String var_name = p_path.trim_prefix("mapping/");
 		if (plan->has_var(var_name)) {
 			BBVariable variable = plan->get_var(var_name);
-			type_hint = variable.get_type();
+			expected_type = variable.get_type();
+			expected_hint = variable.get_hint();
+			expected_hint_string = variable.get_hint_string();
 		}
 		plan = plan->get_parent_scope_plan();
 		ERR_FAIL_NULL_V(plan, false);
@@ -242,8 +248,8 @@ bool EditorInspectorPluginVariableName::_parse_property(Object *p_object, const
 	}
 
 	EditorPropertyVariableName *ed = memnew(EditorPropertyVariableName);
-	ed->setup(plan, is_mapping, type_hint);
+	ed->setup(plan, is_mapping, expected_type, expected_hint, expected_hint_string);
-	add_property_editor(p_path, ed, type_hint);
+	add_property_editor(p_path, ed, expected_type);
 
 	return true;
 }

editor/editor_property_variable_name.h

@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ private:
 	Ref<BlackboardPlan> plan;
 
 	bool allow_empty = false;
-	Variant::Type type_hint = Variant::NIL;
+	Variant::Type expected_type = Variant::NIL;
+	PropertyHint expected_hint = PROPERTY_HINT_NONE;
+	String expected_hint_string;
 
 	LineEdit *name_edit;
 	Button *drop_btn;
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ public:
 	virtual void _update_property() override;
 #endif
 
-	void setup(const Ref<BlackboardPlan> &p_plan, bool p_allow_empty = false, Variant::Type p_type_hint = Variant::NIL);
+	void setup(const Ref<BlackboardPlan> &p_plan, bool p_allow_empty, Variant::Type p_type = Variant::FLOAT, PropertyHint p_hint = PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, String p_hint_string = "");
 	EditorPropertyVariableName();
 };