PACKING YOUR ASSETS

Asset packs turn one or several images into a file that Dungeondraft can read an use on several maps.

More info on premade packs HERE.

PROS AND CONS

PROS

  • Can be used for importing a lot of assets at once

  • Way more stable than drag and drop

  • Assets can be used in the various tools

  • Assets are in the library and can be used on multiple maps

  • You have more control over what you do

  • You can share your packs with other users

CONS

  • Takes a bit of time

  • Needs to be done properly or it won't work

  • Doesn't work with accents and special characters

  • No worth the time if you only have a single asset to import

The following section is a crash course on how to pack assets.

We will focus on objects only.

For more in depth packing, check out this video.

PACKING BASICS (OBJECTS ONLY)

While I'd suggest to create a new pack from scratch, you can get a template file from the Package Custom Assets menu to help you with the folder structure.

If you use it, make sure to remove any file and folder you're not using before you repack it. Keeping files (especially data files) might cause your pack to break.

  1. Download Ryex's Go Packager and unzip it.

We won't use the built-in packing tool as it's a bit outdated and can be confusing.

  1. In your explorer, create a series of folders following precisely this structure: Pack Name\textures\objects\

Make sure you didn't use capital letters for the folder names (except for the Pack Name folder)

  1. Place your assets inside the objects folder.

You can add subfolders if you want (no name restriction)

  1. Open GoPackager and drag and drop your root folder (Pack Name) into GoPackager, or look for the folder with the Open Folder button

  1. Click on YES to load your pack

  1. Click on Create a pack.json file if there isn't one

  1. Edit the fields you want and click on Save

  1. Choose a destination folder (where the pack will be exported)

  1. Click on Generate Thumbnails

  1. Click on Generate Tags , then Generate , then OK

If there are several folders inside the objects folder, the tags will be the names of the folders

  1. Enable Replace Existing Files

  1. Click on Package and then on OK when it's generated

Your pack has now been created, you can now load it into Dungeondraft!

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