Installing CORE

The safe route

Step 1: Downloading the CORE Manager

Before we install CORE, we first have to download the CORE Manager. It is responsible for installing CORE and downloading updates.

Windows: CORE-Manager.exe

Linux: CORE-Manager.elf

macOS: Use wine to run CORE-Manager.exe

Step 2: Using the CORE Manager

Launch CORE-Manager.exe or CORE-Manager.elf and type in the path to your Godot project (replace backslashes with regular slashes on Windows). Click on Install and wait until it's finished.

Note: If you are updating CORE, click on Update instead.

Step 3: Configuring your project

Launch your project in the Godot Editor and go to your project settings. You now need to set your startup scene to res://CORE/coreinit.tscn.

Step 4: Write your init script

Create a new GDScript file at res://init.gd (can be anything else, but you need to change the core_initscript variable accordingly!) and write this into it:

extends Node

@onready
var core = get_node("/root/CORE") #(1)!
@onready
var logger = core.get_module("Logger") #(2)!

func _ready() -> void:
    core.welcome() #(3)!
    config.logger_diagnostic = true #(4)!
    core.reload_config() #(5)!
    logger.diag("<your_script_name>","This is a diagnostic message. I can only be seen if diagnostic log messages are enabled.")
    logger.info("<your_script_name>","This is a informational message.")
    logger.warn("<your_script_name>","This is a warning message.")
    logger.error("<your_script_name>","This is a error message.")
    core.exit_safely() #(6)!

1. Imports the CORE "module" aka. /root/CORE
2. Imports the CORE's logger implementation
3. Makes CORE say hello :)
4. Overwrites the logger_diagnostic setting temporarily (in memory)
5. Applies all modified settings
6. Tells CORE to shutdown your application safely. Has to do with CORE's logger and Godot.

Now replace <your_script_name> with the file path of your script (preferably with .gd and without res://) and save it under the path you specified in the core_initscript variable.

Step 5: Start your project

Start your project and wait at least 500ms. You should see this output in your Godot console (with a few variations, of course):

coreinit -> "Fixing" busy setting up children issue #(1)!
coreinit -> Bootstrapping CORE
coreinit -> Checking CORE requirements
coreinit -> Loading modules
coreinit -> Constructing modules
coreinit -> Injecting modules
coreinit -> Updating dependency references
coreinit -> Applying configuration to base modules
coreinit -> Initializing base modules
(CORE/core.gd) [INFO] CORE (source 0) welcomes you! #(2)!
                      It seems like everything is working :)
(init.gd) [DIAG] This is a diagnostic message. I can only be seen if diagnostic log messages are enabled.
(init.gd) [INFO] This is a informational message.
(init.gd) [WARN] This is a warning message.
(init.gd) [ERR!] This is a error message.
(CORE/coreinit.gd) [DIAG] Bootstrapped CORE, exiting. #(3)!

1. These messages are printed anyway as CORE's logger implementation is not loaded at that point in time
2. That log messages comes from your init.gd!
3. tldr we enabled diagnostic messages "too fast". if we delayed the config reload by half a second, we wouldn't have seen that message.

If your project returns about the same output then CORE has been successfully installed. If not, look for your error here. For a quick start guide, click here

YOLOing the install

Do you want to play with fire? Do you like to live at the edge of what's possible? Or are you just a Arch Linux or Gentoo user? If yes, here's a guide on how to manually install and update CORE.

Note

This install method is only recommended for devs experienced with CORE, Godot 4 and Git. We are not responsible if you mess up something and break your project!

Installing CORE

1. Create your Godot Project and open the project folder in a terminal
2. Execute git clone https://git.staropensource.de/StarOpenSource/core.git CORE (even if you're planning/using a git repository already! Do NOT use git submodules!)
3. cd into the CORE folder and copy config.gd.example and rename it to config.gd. You may edit it to your liking now.
4. Create your init script at [project root]/init.gd (or some other path, update it in config.gd accordingly) and write this into it:

   extends Node
   
   @onready
   var core = get_node("/root/CORE")
   @onready
   var logger = core.get_module("Logger")
   
   func _ready() -> void:
       logger.info("init.gd","init.gd loaded.")
       core.welcome()
       core.exit_safely()
   

5. Go back to Godot and set your startup scene to res://CORE/coreinit.tscn
6. Launch your project, you should see something like this in your console:

   coreinit -> "Fixing" busy setting up children issue
   coreinit -> Bootstrapping CORE
   coreinit -> Checking CORE requirements
   coreinit -> Loading modules
   coreinit -> Constructing modules
   coreinit -> Injecting modules
   coreinit -> Updating dependency references
   coreinit -> Applying configuration to base modules
   coreinit -> Initializing base modules
   (init.gd) [INFO] init.gd loaded.
   (CORE/core.gd) [INFO] CORE (source 0) welcomes you!
                         It seems like everything is working :)
   (CORE/coreinit.gd) [DIAG] Bootstrapped CORE, exiting.
   

7. Congrats, you're not a idiot.

Updating CORE

1. Open your Godot project folder in a terminal
2. cd into the CORE folder and create a backup of your config.gd file
3. Run git pull
4. Check the breaking commits documentation page for breaking changes and update your code accordingly
5. Launch your project and look for any issues. If any arise re-check your code for any breaking commits or contact us.

Reverting a update

Reverting an update is unsupported and should only be used in special cases.

1. Open your Godot project folder in a terminal
2. cd into the CORE folder and create a backup of your config.gd file
3. Run git fetch && git checkout <COMMIT> (replace <COMMIT> with whatever commit you want to revert to)
4. Revert all changes made in all commits after. Checking the breaking commits page might be useful.

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Last update: August 25, 2023 12:34:57
Created: July 8, 2023 22:16:15