Load resources from outside of asset..?

[Aureulus X]

Hi,

I often want to load resources (images etc.) during the prototyping process with PlayN. Usually these files are outside of my project and I am forced to copy them to assets in order to use them. This is merely for testing purposes and the resources should be removed later.

Am I missing something? Maybe it is possible (especially when only prototyping in Java) to load some resources from outside? Directly via a path from my file system?

Unrelated: I just read something in the forum about clipboard support? Is it already in Playn2.0?

Auri

[Michael Bayne]

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Aureulus X <aureolus.vo...@googlemail.com> wrote:

I often want to load resources (images etc.) during the prototyping process with PlayN. Usually these files are outside of my project and I am forced to copy them to assets in order to use them. This is merely for testing purposes and the resources should be removed later.

Am I missing something? Maybe it is possible (especially when only prototyping in Java) to load some resources from outside? Directly via a path from my file system?

Yes, use JavaAssets.addDirectory(). For example:

public class HelloGameJava {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    LWJGLPlatform plat = new LWJGLPlatform(new LWJGLPlatform.Config());

    File home = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));

    File tempAssets = new File(home, "tempAssets");

    plat.assets().addDirectory(tempAssets);

    new HelloGame(plat);

    plat.start();

  }

}

Then, in your game, when you request, for example:

plat.assets().getImage("test.png")

it will first search the standard location, and then look for $HOME/tempAssets/test.png.

Unrelated: I just read something in the forum about clipboard support? Is it already in Playn2.0?

Nope.

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