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Assume the following: One theme is created via the Godot Editor (version 3.5) and saved under res://themes/my-theme.theme. Due to changes in the project's file ...
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Can I safely delete the following Unity-related files in order to clear up space? %APPDATA%\Local\Temp\unityhub......\UnitySetup64-2022.3.7f1.exe %APPDATA%\Local\Temp\unityhub.......\UnitySetup64-...
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I have a file which is created manually. In what folder should I put it so I can read it in a build? For example Application.dataPath in editor reads the file from ...
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I am trying to copy some files into the build directory after completing a build, but the path provided as an argument to OnPostProcessBuild does not exist. ...
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I am using Application.OpenURL to open pdf files in standalone desktop builds, but when I used iOS platform it simply did not work. Then, I found on official docs ...
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Trying to delete a c++ class (this should not be this difficult!) and I have deleted the .h, .cpp, and binaries. Next everybody says "now, right click on your .uproject file and select Generate ...
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I am trying to a simple thing, just like that, in a header file; #include <filesystem> #include <iostream> namespace fs = std::filesystem; And ...
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I am using Unity 2019.2.14f1 to build a game. As I am working with a team, we have decided to use Unity Teams for the collaboration. The project escalated and we ended up having to architecture a ...
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I asked this question on Godot Q & A: https://godotengine.org/qa/53521/godot-program-icons Basically, my problem is that I want My executable file's icon to display my own custom icon instead ...
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The title says it all I'm doing a test with my game and I need to know how to set it up where my game loads low-level drivers from a System32 Folder that is in another path instead of this example:...
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This is how I try to load my sprite images: ...
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So, I am making a game-like html file that needs to load a few assets. I have a loading animation which uses the timing of the loading files to create a progress bar. This all goes fine. The files all ...
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I am developing a binary file format to store my game's assets and I am thinking about how to implement the "file table". One option to would be to create a structure for file entries like this: <...
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I have 3 files. A JSON file, a PNG file, and a TXT file. Is there any possible way I can put all three inside a common file with a custom extension? (for example "fileName.abc") I searched the web a ...
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My create method looks like this: ...
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I am getting file path errors when a contributor is making commitments to GitHub. All of these errors are file path related or extra white space on the same lines. This should be something in the ....
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I am now creating a 64 bit and 32 bit executable of my game. How could I achieve so that the executable and dlls lie in a separate folder without changing all the path variables in the game? To ...
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My SFML 2.0 release build has a file path to game assets relative to the .exe file, so folders such as Fonts, SoundEffects, etc. are explicitly listed in Windows Explorer with the .exe. I'd like to ...
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I am creating a windows store game using unity . I want to save the current high score data . I most probably use StreamReader / StreamWriter for saving data but when i build the executable for ...
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If I wanted to create a chess game, for iOS, that tracked both player moves (for retracing the progression of a game and for player stats), what would be the simplest route to take? To clarify, I ...
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Is the data really modified that much during play? I'm assuming the longish pause between restarting a level is the entire level reloading. But it seems to me that a well implemented system should ...
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With a custom binary file format for archives that is structured similiar to Valve's VPK files I have a Game.index.gcf which holds information about all files and ...
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Here is my question. When making a game app for Android, I considered first the device. It's no problem to save progress everything (from levels to records) on a smartphone because it has an SD Card ...
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I'm developing with LWJGL and Java on a Windows 7 laptop. I've successfully set up saving to the %appdata%\gamename\saves\ or long form ...
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I've just made my first (very simple, ugly) game in Love2D. The game works fine when run directly off my hard drive. However, when I package it up as a .love file,...
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What is the usual method of storing 3D models, textures, sounds and scripts (e.g. Lua files) during development and in a release? I am developing a game with my friends in mainly C++; in the ...
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I've been thinking a lot about the best way to store and load assets in your filesystem. By this I mean where in the file system to store them, and how to retrieve them when loading etc., as opposed ...
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