Added breaking change note for @export_file behavior in 4.4 #11075
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This PR updates the "Upgrading to Godot 4.4" documentation to include a breaking change notice for the
@export_file
annotation.As of Godot 4.4, setting a value via the Inspector stores it as a
uid://
reference instead of the familiarres://
path. This causes mixed path formats and may break assumptions in GDScript or serialized.tscn
/.tres
files.Based on issue #11065
Details
@export_file
behavior changed, and there's no built-in way to retainres://
paths from the Inspector..tscn
or.tres
files to preserve the old path style.@export_file_path
was introduced to restore the original behavior explicitly.This documentation update helps users understand:
References
@export_file_path
to export raw paths (no UID) godot#105414Let me know if this needs formatting changes or should be placed in a different section.