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# godot-cpp
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> **Warning**
>
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> This repository's `master` branch is only usable with
> [GDExtension](https://godotengine.org/article/introducing-gd-extensions)
> from Godot's `master` branch.
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>
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> For users of stable branches, switch to the branch matching your target Godot version:
> - [`4.0`](https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/tree/4.0)
> - [`4.1`](https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/tree/4.1)
>
> Or check out the Git tag matching your Godot version (e.g. `godot-4.1.1-stable`).
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>
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> For GDNative users (Godot 3.x), switch to the [`3.x`](https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/tree/3.x)
> or the [`3.5`](https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/tree/3.5) branch.
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This repository contains the *C++ bindings* for the [**Godot Engine** ](https://github.com/godotengine/godot )'s GDExtensions API.
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- [**Versioning** ](#versioning )
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- [**Compatibility** ](#compatibility )
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- [**Contributing** ](#contributing )
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- [**Getting started** ](#getting-started )
- [**Included example** ](#included-example )
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## Versioning
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This repositories follows the same branch versioning as the main [Godot Engine
repository](https://github.com/godotengine/godot):
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- `master` tracks the current GDExtension development branch for the next Godot
4.x minor release.
- `3.x` tracks the development of the GDNative plugin for the next 3.x minor
release.
- Other versioned branches (e.g. `4.0` , `3.5` ) track the latest stable release
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in the corresponding branch.
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Stable releases are also tagged on this repository:
[**Tags** ](https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/tags ).
**For any project built against a stable release of Godot, we recommend using
this repository as a Git submodule, checking out the specific tag matching your
Godot version.**
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> As the `master` branch of Godot is constantly getting updated, if you are
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> using `godot-cpp` against a more current version of Godot, see the instructions
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> in the `gdextension` folder to update the relevant files.
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## Compatibility
**Warning:** The GDExtension API is brand new in Godot 4.0, and is still
considered in **beta** stage, despite Godot 4.0 itself being released.
This applies to both the GDExtension interface header, the API JSON, and this
first-party `godot-cpp` extension.
Some compatibility breakage is to be expected as GDExtension and `godot-cpp`
get more used, documented, and critical issues get resolved. See the
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[Godot issue tracker ](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Atopic%3Agdextension )
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and the [godot-cpp issue tracker ](https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/issues )
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for a list of known issues, and be sure to provide feedback on issues and PRs
which affect your use of this extension.
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## Contributing
We greatly appreciate help in maintaining and extending this project. If you
wish to help out, ensure you have an account on GitHub and create a "fork" of
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this repository. See [Pull request workflow ](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/community/contributing/pr_workflow.html )
for instructions.
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Please install clang-format and copy the files in `misc/hooks` into `.git/hooks`
so formatting is done before your changes are submitted.
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## Getting started
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You need the same C++ pre-requisites installed that are required for the `godot` repository. Follow the [official build instructions for your target platform ](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/contributing/development/compiling/index.html#building-for-target-platforms ).
Getting started with GDExtensions is a bit similar to what it was for 3.x but also a bit different.
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This new approach is much more akin to how core Godot modules are structured.
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Compiling this repository generates a static library to be linked with your shared lib,
just like before.
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To use the shared lib in your Godot project you'll need a `.gdextension`
file, which replaces what was the `.gdnlib` before.
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See [example.gdextension ](test/project/example.gdextension ) used in the test project:
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```ini
[configuration]
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entry_symbol = "example_library_init"
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compatibility_minimum = "4.1"
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[libraries]
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macos.debug = "res://bin/libgdexample.macos.debug.framework"
macos.release = "res://bin/libgdexample.macos.release.framework"
windows.debug.x86_64 = "res://bin/libgdexample.windows.debug.x86_64.dll"
windows.release.x86_64 = "res://bin/libgdexample.windows.release.x86_64.dll"
linux.debug.x86_64 = "res://bin/libgdexample.linux.debug.x86_64.so"
linux.release.x86_64 = "res://bin/libgdexample.linux.release.x86_64.so"
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# Repeat for other architectures to support arm64, rv64, etc.
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```
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The `entry_symbol` is the name of the function that initializes
your library. It should be similar to following layout:
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```cpp
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extern "C" {
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// Initialization.
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GDExtensionBool GDE_EXPORT example_library_init(GDExtensionInterfaceGetProcAddress p_get_proc_address, GDExtensionClassLibraryPtr p_library, GDExtensionInitialization *r_initialization) {
godot::GDExtensionBinding::InitObject init_obj(p_get_proc_address, p_library, r_initialization);
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init_obj.register_initializer(initialize_example_module);
init_obj.register_terminator(uninitialize_example_module);
init_obj.set_minimum_library_initialization_level(MODULE_INITIALIZATION_LEVEL_SCENE);
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return init_obj.init();
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}
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}
```
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The `initialize_example_module()` should register the classes in ClassDB, very like a Godot module would do.
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```cpp
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using namespace godot;
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void initialize_example_module(ModuleInitializationLevel p_level) {
if (p_level != MODULE_INITIALIZATION_LEVEL_SCENE) {
return;
}
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ClassDB::register_class< Example > ();
}
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```
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Any node and resource you register will be available in the corresponding `Create...` dialog. Any class will be available to scripting as well.
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## Examples and templates
See the [godot-cpp-template ](https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp-template ) project for a
generic reusable template.
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Or checkout the code for the [Summator example ](https://github.com/paddy-exe/GDExtensionSummator )
as shown in the [official documentation ](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/scripting/gdextension/gdextension_cpp_example.html ).