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OS

Inherits: Object

Provides access to common operating system functionalities.

Description

This class wraps the most common functionalities for communicating with the host operating system, such as the video driver, delays, environment variables, execution of binaries, command line, etc.

Note: In Godot 4, OS functions related to window management were moved to the DisplayServer singleton.

Tutorials

Properties

bool

delta_smoothing

true

bool

low_processor_usage_mode

false

int

low_processor_usage_mode_sleep_usec

6900

Methods

void

alert ( String text, String title="Alert!" )

void

close_midi_inputs ( )

void

crash ( String message )

int

create_instance ( PackedStringArray arguments )

int

create_process ( String path, PackedStringArray arguments, bool open_console=false )

void

delay_msec ( int msec ) const

void

delay_usec ( int usec ) const

int

execute ( String path, PackedStringArray arguments, Array output=[], bool read_stderr=false, bool open_console=false )

Key

find_keycode_from_string ( String string ) const

String

get_cache_dir ( ) const

PackedStringArray

get_cmdline_args ( )

PackedStringArray

get_cmdline_user_args ( )

String

get_config_dir ( ) const

PackedStringArray

get_connected_midi_inputs ( )

String

get_data_dir ( ) const

String

get_distribution_name ( ) const

String

get_environment ( String variable ) const

String

get_executable_path ( ) const

PackedStringArray

get_granted_permissions ( ) const

String

get_keycode_string ( Key code ) const

String

get_locale ( ) const

String

get_locale_language ( ) const

int

get_main_thread_id ( ) const

Dictionary

get_memory_info ( ) const

String

get_model_name ( ) const

String

get_name ( ) const

int

get_process_id ( ) const

int

get_processor_count ( ) const

String

get_processor_name ( ) const

PackedStringArray

get_restart_on_exit_arguments ( ) const

int

get_static_memory_peak_usage ( ) const

int

get_static_memory_usage ( ) const

String

get_system_dir ( SystemDir dir, bool shared_storage=true ) const

String

get_system_font_path ( String font_name, int weight=400, int stretch=100, bool italic=false ) const

PackedStringArray

get_system_font_path_for_text ( String font_name, String text, String locale="", String script="", int weight=400, int stretch=100, bool italic=false ) const

PackedStringArray

get_system_fonts ( ) const

int

get_thread_caller_id ( ) const

String

get_unique_id ( ) const

String

get_user_data_dir ( ) const

String

get_version ( ) const

PackedStringArray

get_video_adapter_driver_info ( ) const

bool

has_environment ( String variable ) const

bool

has_feature ( String tag_name ) const

bool

is_debug_build ( ) const

bool

is_keycode_unicode ( int code ) const

bool

is_process_running ( int pid ) const

bool

is_restart_on_exit_set ( ) const

bool

is_sandboxed ( ) const

bool

is_stdout_verbose ( ) const

bool

is_userfs_persistent ( ) const

Error

kill ( int pid )

Error

move_to_trash ( String path ) const

void

open_midi_inputs ( )

String

read_string_from_stdin ( )

bool

request_permission ( String name )

bool

request_permissions ( )

void

revoke_granted_permissions ( )

void

set_environment ( String variable, String value ) const

void

set_restart_on_exit ( bool restart, PackedStringArray arguments=PackedStringArray() )

Error

set_thread_name ( String name )

void

set_use_file_access_save_and_swap ( bool enabled )

Error

shell_open ( String uri )

Error

shell_show_in_file_manager ( String file_or_dir_path, bool open_folder=true )

void

unset_environment ( String variable ) const

Enumerations

enum RenderingDriver:

RenderingDriver RENDERING_DRIVER_VULKAN = 0

The Vulkan rendering driver. It requires Vulkan 1.0 support and automatically uses features from Vulkan 1.1 and 1.2 if available.

RenderingDriver RENDERING_DRIVER_OPENGL3 = 1

The OpenGL 3 rendering driver. It uses OpenGL 3.3 Core Profile on desktop platforms, OpenGL ES 3.0 on mobile devices, and WebGL 2.0 on Web.

enum SystemDir:

SystemDir SYSTEM_DIR_DESKTOP = 0

Desktop directory path.

SystemDir SYSTEM_DIR_DCIM = 1

DCIM (Digital Camera Images) directory path.

SystemDir SYSTEM_DIR_DOCUMENTS = 2

Documents directory path.

SystemDir SYSTEM_DIR_DOWNLOADS = 3

Downloads directory path.

SystemDir SYSTEM_DIR_MOVIES = 4

Movies directory path.