Asset path on deployment

Troubleshooting import-assets
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Hey,

I am using the town.zip scene from the tutorials for a simple application. I put the .zip file in the Scenes subfolder of the project assets. I load it with

[java]assetManager.registerLocator("assets/Scenes/town.zip", ZipLocator.class);

sceneModel = assetManager.loadModel("main.scene");[/java]

In the SDK it works fine, but when I deploy the programme in a .jar it throws an AssetNotFoundException, but the town.zip is in the assets.jar in the lib directory of the deployment.

Which path do I have to use in the code?

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registerLocator() is used for registering files outside of the assets folder, which can then be used with the assetManager

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So what do I have to use instead?

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No asset will ever start with “assets”. I don’t know enough about the ZipLocator to know if it will relookup a resource but I assume so.



Try changing “assets/Scenes/town.zip” to just “Scenes/town.zip” like any other asset.

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@pspeed said:
No asset will ever start with "assets". I don't know enough about the ZipLocator to know if it will relookup a resource but I assume so.

Try changing "assets/Scenes/town.zip" to just "Scenes/town.zip" like any other asset.

Doesn't work.
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a quick search yielded this from momoko_fan (1 year ago):


There might be a way to support loading zip files inside the assets .. although I don’t see the point


http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/groups/android/forum/topic/assetmanager-problem-with-android#post-139399
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So then your options are to expand town.zip into the assets folder or distribute it separately and use the resource locator to point to it.

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Just unpack the zip to the assets folder and omit the locator.

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Or you can expand the town zip into the assets folder and omit the locator. :wink:



:evilmonkey:

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^^

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I have unpacked all files to a new folder town and put it in the assets/Scenes directory. If I run the programme in the IDE using

[java]assetManager.loadModel(“Scenes/Town/main.scene”);[/java]

without any locator it works correct. But if I distribute the project both the .jar file and .exe file crashes because they are unable to find the scene.

If I use just [java]assetManager.loadModel(“main.scene”);[/java] it doesn’t work…

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The ogre files are excluded as you should convert them to j3o. Just double-click the .scene file and then change the name to “Scenes/Town/main.j3o”.

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@normen said:
The ogre files are excluded as you should convert them to j3o. Just double-click the .scene file and then change the name to "Scenes/Town/main.j3o".

That fixed it, thank you very much for this!