How can I get the NodePath that points to the property, rotation, of the parent node?

Question

The 2nd arg in interpolate_property takes a NodePath, but str of a path to a prop seems fine too. So I'd expect this to work:

var rotation_node_path = "/root/Main/Boid1/InitialRegion/Bird:rotation"

but I'm getting the error

ERROR: interpolate_property: Condition ' !prop_valid ' is true. returned: false

func lerp_rotation():
    add_child(tween)

    var rotation_node_path = str(parent.get_path()) + ":rotation"
    var current = Math.smallest_equal_angle(parent.rotation)
    var target = Math.smallest_equal_angle(target_rotation)
    var duration = 1
    print(current, ' ', target, ' ', rotation_node_path)

    tween.interpolate_property(parent, rotation_node_path, current, target, 1, Tween.TRANS_LINEAR, Tween.EASE_IN_OUT)
    tween.start()

Answer 1

It seems that Tween.interpolate_property does not look at the path before the resource. You should just pass the target node (parent) as the first argument, and a pure resource path as the second:

tween.interpolate(parent, ":rotation", ...)

I believe this stems from an of set_indexed in Object:

The trouble with supporting this with set/get_indexed directly is that they are defined in Object, and not in Node, and Object shouldn't really know about Node. Maybe the method could be overridden in Node, but this could have performance implications.

• bojidar-bg, on a proposal I made

Answer 2

isolated & minimal project w/ solution: the triangle rotates counter-clockwise forever

Child.gd

extends Node2D

onready var parent = $"../"
onready var tween = Tween.new()
onready var target_rotation = parent.rotation

func _ready():
    add_child(tween)
    tween.start()
    tween.connect("tween_completed", self, "_on_tween_tween_completed")
    lerp_rotation()

func lerp_rotation():
    var current = parent.rotation
    target_rotation += -PI / 2
    var duration = 1
    print(current, ' ', target_rotation, ' ')

    tween.interpolate_property(parent, "rotation", current, target_rotation, duration, Tween.TRANS_LINEAR, Tween.EASE_IN_OUT)

func _on_tween_tween_completed(object, key):
    lerp_rotation()