Godot Version
4.4.1
Question
I have directory that contains +100 TRES asset files. These files are used in multiple scenes. I don’t want to drag all of these into a ResourcePreloader object in each scene & have to remember to update these objects every time I add a new asset. I’m using DirAccess.get_files_at(RESOURCE_DIR) to load the TRES files into the debug version of the game and it works great. It’s so simple and clean. Is it possible to continue this approach for the exported game?
Notes:
- When I export, I use ‘Export all resources in this project’.
- In debug mode, items show up in an admin menu as expected.
- In production mode (windows & mac), items are not in the menu.
- I want players to be able to mod the
TRESfiles so would rather not hide them.
Here’s my code for the admin menu:
class_name AdminGui extends Control
signal opened
signal closed
var isOpen: bool = false
var currentlySelected: int = 0
const RESOURCE_DIR: String = "res://Resources_Items/"
@onready var adminInventory: AdminInventory = preload("res://Resources_Other/admin_inventory.tres")
@onready var gridContainer: GridContainer = $NinePatchRect/GridContainer
@onready var guiSlots: Array[Node] = $NinePatchRect/GridContainer.get_children()
func _ready() -> void:
# get the files in the folder
var files: PackedStringArray = loadItems()
# resize the admin inventory array
adminInventory.slots.resize(files.size())
# load the items into the admin inventory resource file
for i in files.size():
var item: InventoryItem = ResourceLoader.load(RESOURCE_DIR + files[i])
adminInventory.slots[i] = InventorySlot.new()
adminInventory.slots[i].item = item
adminInventory.slots[i].amount = 1
# load the items into the admin gui
adminInventory.updated.connect(update)
update()
func update() -> void:
for i in range(min(adminInventory.slots.size(), guiSlots.size())):
guiSlots[i].update(adminInventory.slots[i])
func loadItems() -> PackedStringArray:
return DirAccess.get_files_at(RESOURCE_DIR)
# Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
func open() -> void:
visible = true
isOpen = true
get_tree().paused = true
opened.emit()
func close() -> void:
visible = false
isOpen = false
get_tree().paused = false
closed.emit()
Here’s what the menu looks like in debug mode when the items actually show up:
Any easy fix here that doesn’t require putting each asset into a preloader object one by one? Thanks for any help!