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Where should I store textures for a game?
I am currently creating a game in SFML using C++ and I'm wondering: what is good practise for a location for textures? Should I store it with my project? Or my executable? Or even in something like ...
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Cannot find folder when building game to .jar LibGDX
Whenever I run my game from my IntelIJ IDEA the game runs fine. It finds every folder and every asset in there. But whenever I build my game with :desktop:dist and ...
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Importing audiofile into Unity3d gets shown after ending playmode
I am working on a game where the user has the possibility to import custom audio tracks that can be listened to during the game.
For this I am making use of System.IO.File.Copy method. This works, ...
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Load Unity game launch options from file
I have a need to disable the resolution dialogue when the game launches, but have a config file that will have all of the dialogue options (resolution, quality, monitor (monitor is most important, ...
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Unity3D : Where to put external files?
I want my game to be user-translated friendly.I put .text file to Data folder from where strings will be read. What is Editor alternative for data folder ? Also i know compiler ignore some files, how ...
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How to use SDL_RWops and SDL_RWseek to read text files, line by line?
I'm right now looking for alternative ways to read text files on a line-by-line basis, for cross-platform compatibility (Windows / Linux).
My current solution is to go look for (or seek out) the ...
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Let player upload text file in-game Unity
How would I create a button for the user to click and be able to upload a text file from his desktop let's say?
I'd like to know about both, computer and mobiles.
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How to make a string[] from the words of a file in Unity?
I have .txt file containing all the English words separated by line breaks.
I want to turn them to a string[] so I can easily pick a random one from them.
The way I would do that in normal C# is ...
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How do I remove 'playerachievementcache.dat' from my GMS project?
I am working with a GameMaker: Studio project that outputs a file called "playerachievementcache.dat". It isn't used for anything, and I can't seem to remove it from my project. Is it possible that ...
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Import Unity Package Into Specific Folder
Everytime i do import custom unity package file, I alwasy get Messy Folder and files in root of Asset Folder.
Any Idea how to solve this ?
Many Thanks in advance.....
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Errors when calling functions from File class?
When I try something like File.Delete("Assets/a.txt"); it gives me a error saying
Unknown identifier: 'File'.
In Unity Documentation https://docs.unity3d.com/...
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MonoGame “couldn't find a default importer” for .txt file?
I'm trying a solution in MonoGame to create levels from a .txt file, but the pipeline tool fails when trying to build the Content.mgcb correctly:
❌ Skipping HighResolutionContent\Backgrounds\...
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LibGDX search for file types in local file system
I'm building a system that allows users to upload files to LibGDX's local directory to play them in the game. How can I search recursively through the local file system for a specific file type and ...
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Loading settings files better?
I have recently been working on a small game project and decided to implement settings loading at game startup. The problem is that my method seems to be too hard coded and not scalable without having ...
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How to implement large data files without using up a lot of space at runtime?
Say I have a bunch of images that I want to use with my game; I want the image files to be external, so overall I have the game's executable and a directory full of images. Let's say there are 100+ ...
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How do you save the rendering of a tiled map to an image?
Im currently using LibGDX and drawing a tiledmap with the OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer. Is there a way to save one rendering and put it into some file as an image? If you know of a method that doesnt ...
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Unity - Where should downloaded level data be stored?
I've been looking around and it appears suggestions are only to store data to UserPrefs, or PersistentDataPath.
I intend to have map files streamed to the client on demand, and saved for reuse. ...
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AudioSource not working. Empty Exception
I'm trying to load and play an wav file that exists in my Application.dataPath but when the game gets to the line ...
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Unity DirectoryInfo not working in OSX standalone build
So I'm building an application in unity which I hope to use at a market day coming up soon at my school (it's not a game, it's basically like a checkout app, kind of...) Anyway, I'd like to be able to ...
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Java .dae file loader problem
I am making a COLLADA parser in Java, and I have made a loader that reads a .dae file, and saves it's content in a string. But, when I load a specific file, it doesn't get read correctly. Specifically ...
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LibGdx: search through text file without lots of String garbage
I'm reading a text file from Gdx.files.internal in LibGdx. This is essentially streaming a file from a compressed Jar file so random access is not possible.
I want ...
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How to save variables into a file unity
I've wanted to save progress of my game (i don't have the code , sorry)
without using PlayerPrefs.
If it's possible ; with UnityEngine.
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How to read a custom binary file made with Adobe air into Unity 3D & C#
I have a custom data file from a project that was authored in actionscript some years ago by another developer. I am porting parts of the project over to Unity 3D. I don't have any documentation for ...
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How do i play mp3 files in Unity Standalone?
I am making a game in Unity in which the player can select music files in their hard drive to use them in-game. I use the WWW class to load the sound files, but this only works for OGG, WAV and ...
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Reading from txt causes null pointer exception [closed]
I'm reading from this text file called beatSheet.txt.
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How can I get direction or link of file in computer
I want to import an .obj file in my Engine or open some files : To do that I write a link or direction of that file in my computer. Like this
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In Unity, on an Android device, CaptureScreenshot writing to Phone, but persistentdatapath linking to the external card
I'm using CaptureScreentshot() to get an image. But when I try to access it on an Android device it's giving me:
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storing game options in java
I'm making a game using java. I'm wondering what would be the best way to store games options (like screen height and width, full screen boolean and many other similar options the user can select) at ...
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Why can't I read .ttf file when running Android configuration?
When running or debugging my game on Android device, I get this error in the logcat:
com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException: Error reading file: data/fonts/myFont.ttf (Internal)
Which is ...
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How to make a function in Haxe that reads content from text file and does something with each line?
How can I make a function in Haxe that reads a line from a text file, prints it/saves it to a variable, and then goes to the next line?
My objective is to make the dialogues on a text file, having ...
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How to read a data from text file in unity
Can anybody help me out with giving the steps needed for reading data from the text file in unity and how can the script be added.
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How do I serialise a mesh to a text file?
I'm building a game engine in OpenTK (OpenGL for C#). Is it ossible to take a terrain mesh (in any format) and convert it into a text file (or a really small character-filled file, no more than a few ...
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How to encode game files or pack to one file like game_data.dat [duplicate]
I am a beginner C++ programmer. I am creating a custom Open Tibia Server and I use the alternative Tibia client (OTClient).
I want encode game files (image, sound, lua, etc.) or pack all files into ...
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Loading dynamically created files with XNA
I'm trying to implement a structured save/load functionality so if the user saves, it will take up one of 10 slots, and if the user loads, they would select one of these slots.
To do this, I need ...
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Which Unreal Engine 4 project files can I ignore in source control?
I want to put an Unreal Engine 4 project under source control with git. (I know the editor has Perforce and Subversion support, but I don't care for those.)
What folder and files do I include in the ...
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SDL sprite animation problem
I'm currently drawing my character from a single file, and my sprite class handles it taking the file path as an argument. Now, I need to add a simple animation, cycling between two frames. The ...
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Unity3d reading profiler binary information
So I'm using Unity's profiler to help debug some of my code in the standalone. I've got it running smoothly, and writing all it's data to a .data file which I can read.
However, the binary file Unity ...
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Making a Video Splash Screen for an Android Based Game
I'm planning to make a video-based splash screen for the simple game app for Android under client's cigarette brand project. I was thinking if can this video file type, AVI, run on Android or not? ...
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Optimization of Storage of Spells a Character Knows
I need to store which spells a character knows. While the game is executing I have them stored in a vector. Obviously storing this many values is either going to take a lot of computing to get the ...
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How to pack the game files into one without using any file compressor?
Well, one example is this file of the game The Sims 2 for PS2: quickdat.arc.
The file contains this .arc extension, but it's no one an archive file and it contains some data of the game inside. How ...
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3d objects in binary files
Currently I have 11 3d spheres created at runtime in my application. The application runs well as it is, but I'm anticipating some garbage collection hiccups due to camera panning. Would performance ...
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How do I store level-data in Android?
I'm building a game where enemies come in waves. I want to create a file where I can define data about the waves (# of enemies, spawn times, speeds, etc.). I come from a background in iOS and would ...
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Good map file structure?
I need a map file structure for my game but does anyone know a good way to map it out? I was thinking something like this:
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In Unity, can I load a local (/Resources folder) website to safari on an ipad
In Unity, can I load a local (/Resources folder) website to safari on an ipad?
This works fine on a Mac, opening up a wepage from my Resources folder.
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Loading files while running game
I am curious as to what technique(s) are used to load files in while a game is running. For example, Minecraft will load chunks as you get within a certain range of them. How is this achieved without ...
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File Path Characters
I have a simple question that I can't find a answer to:
With the .NET Framework what is the difference in saying "folder1/folder2/file" and ...
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How i can sign and/or group a specific set of vertices in a 3D file container like OBJ ? - in Blender
I would like to export a 3D model with each part having a name or a label if you will.
For example i would like to export a model of an human body and name each part in specifics vertex groups like: ...
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UDK dedicated server project. How to create user information files
Now I know how to launch my dedicated server in udk.
But now I need to know, that how can I put the server to make a information file for every registered user in my server(whitch stores information ...
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Export information to a custom file type from Air
So I have an engine (air application) that basically (for now) is loading some windows on the screen/stage, and you can drag them around. And later on, I'll be able to add other objects onto the stage....
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xml file save/read error (making a highscore system for XNA game)
i get an error after i write player name to the file for second or third time (An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Xml.dll
Additional information: ...
