Skip to content
New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Project files & pk3 packager #89

Open
mrwonko opened this issue Aug 22, 2023 · 1 comment
Open

Project files & pk3 packager #89

mrwonko opened this issue Aug 22, 2023 · 1 comment

Comments

@mrwonko
Copy link
Owner

mrwonko commented Aug 22, 2023

While working on a mod, the files should not be in a pk3, but loose. PK3 is good for sharing, but the good old file system is better while things are still changing.

So just continue the tradition of putting loose files in the mod folder, but introduce project files to keep track of what's going into a pk3 together.

Then, a packager can create a pk3 release from that.

Support recursive asset dependency resolution to add all necessary files to the archive. Optionally repackage files from other pk3s, retaining attribution. Let mods opt out (and use that for vanilla assets). The goal is not to prevent intentional piracy, just accidental one.

@mrwonko mrwonko changed the title Project files Project files & pk3 packager Aug 22, 2023
@mrwonko
Copy link
Owner Author

mrwonko commented Mar 26, 2024

Each project will be an fs_game, possibly namespaced? PK3 files can be shared across projects via symlinks, with the original files stored in a repository. This way we can leave the original file names intact while being able to rename the symlinks to customize the load order.

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment
Labels
None yet
Projects
None yet
Development

No branches or pull requests

1 participant