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I'd like to create node groups which behave a little differently depending on whether particular input nodes are wired or not. Is there a way to test if they are wired or not?

I'd prefer not to use the "sentinel value" method, because I want to use the defaults as reasonable values that are set when I first place the group node, before I wire anything up, and also as a reasonable value to reset the input to when I need to. If I set the default to a sentinel value, then I have to make that value something outside of the expected input range in order to avoid accidentally tripping it during normal use.

I'd like a Is Input Wired(InputName:str) -> Boolean node. Does such a thing exist?

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  • $\begingroup$ You might want to try your luck with python scripting, I don't think what you're after is available to vanilla Blender $\endgroup$
    – Gorgious
    Feb 22 at 18:52

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Reroute thingie can be connected to multiple other nodes and if nothing is connected to it, whatever it is connected to retains default value. If you use a Compare node with both compared values set to equal unrealistic value like 9999 it will detect the difference when something else is connected to it.

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It doesn't work with all available kinds of nodes, but it might be useful for some things.

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  • $\begingroup$ thanks for the answer, but I think this is the same as the "sentinel value" method, which I said I'd not like to use. $\endgroup$
    – rothloup
    Feb 23 at 2:03
  • $\begingroup$ OK, this doesn't work with Cycles, just with EEVEE on further testing. so you cannot do anything like that with nodes alone. Do you want a Python solution? $\endgroup$
    – Martynas Žiemys
    Feb 23 at 7:24
  • $\begingroup$ You can use Python with app handler same as here $\endgroup$
    – Martynas Žiemys
    Feb 23 at 7:27

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