What to do when the plugin was not packaged correctly, and godot doesn't recognize it as an addon

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4.2.2

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What to do when the plugin was not packaged correctly, and godot doesn't recognize it as an addon

Now look, this is how it looks currently

Now I made a folder called addons and put the entire unzipped folder there.

I went to the project plugins, and there is still no option to activate the addon.

I already went through what the documentation says, the problem is precisely that it is not working as it should be. Paraphrasing the documentation, my problem would be: the plugin was not packaged correctly. So, what can I do now?

The guy in the video tutorial was able to download the template from the asset store within Godot itself.

In my case, it didn’t appear, and I was forced to download it from the repository and manually move it to the folder I have in use in godot

this is the video tutorial

The package plugin is absolutely correct. The reason why you can’t see and install it is because it is for Godot 4.4

and you have

So, what do I do? Do I download the latest version? And what do I do with the one I already had? Do I uninstall it? Or can both coexist?

Sometimes, when you download the latest version, the tutorials you’re looking for suddenly become somewhat outdated and useless, and that happened to me a lot with Blender

What do you mean now? If different versions of Godot, they coexist just fine. I have 7 of them now (from Godot 3.6 to 4.5 dev4) and they don’t interfere with each other.

Oh, okay? So, give me a moment. I’ll come back and tell you if it went well or if I ran into a problem :+1:

Yeah, that’s right. You need to look at the changelogs to be aware of the current state.

hey dude, what does this mean?

Resave all scenes and assets to use UIDs. Starting with Godot 4.4, scenes and assets use UIDs to reference scripts and shaders. Updates are applied to the next save of each scene/asset. To save time, this tool can open and save each of these files. Depending on the size of the project, this may take several minutes. Restart and Refresh Cancel More Information

:thinking::thinking::thinking:do I press restart and update or cancel?

Universal UID support

I’m using a translator and can’t answer quickly.

Just save the original project (old version) somewhere!!!

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now, I have this error of download, and I think I know where is it coming from:

I only can download this in its github repository for that reason

If the addon is removed from the Asset library — then there is something wrong with it. And it is better not to contact with such an addon!

you mean, virus?

No, a virus is extremely unlikely. Just does not work properly.

can you try and see if it works for you?

I already looked. It’s not working.

HEY TOM, CHECK IT OUT :backhand_index_pointing_down:

it says it works installing manually, but how?

Well, keep an eye on the problem. When it’s resolved, then we can try it. But I guess they removed the plugin from the assets for a reason.

It is installed in the project folder, but it doesn’t appear in the settings. You can’t enable it.

hey tom, do you still right there? because I was trying to use the extension:


But the most common problem I’ve had is that it says that such parameter is never used, and even when I fix it and it doesn’t warn you about that, when running and just when everything could start working, the execution window closes, without showing in the debugger console any trace of having written something as simple as print(“hello world”)


It’s as if it was never allowed to print any line of code in the first place, as if it refused to function.

I believe this plugin is best left untouched until the author fixes it. It is better to try alternative solutions.

изображение This icon and yellow color are usually used to display warnings that do not interfere with work, unlike errors, which are red.

Thanks fella, I post a more detailed explanation right there:

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