Cant load resources

[BadChoice]

I'm trying to load resources and it seems it is not working

I tried different ways, but always same error
Full path, with the file referenced as as folder

        let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "JandaManateeSolid", ofType: "ttf", inDirectory: "Assets/Fonts")!
        let font:Font? = GD.load(path: path)

ERROR: No loader found for resource: /Users/crypto/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/godotest2-gpffnlaboxbwjxfsoygydhlmxanz/Build/Products/Debug/godotest2.app/Contents/Resources/Assets/Fonts/JandaManateeSolid.ttf (expected type: )
at: _load (core/io/resource_loader.cpp:281)

Or added as a reference group into the project as well, and event trying to use the res:// syntax, all with same error

        let font:Font? = GD.load(path: "res://" + path)
        let font:Font? = GD.load(path: "res://JandaManateeSolid.ttf)

[PadraigK]

You're on the right track with the second approach, I think it's just returning something that's not a Font.

let resource = GD.load(path: "res://JandaManateeSolid.ttf)
GD.print(resource)

and see what type it's giving you

[BadChoice]

Hi
I tried this 4 cases,

let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "JandaManateeSolid", ofType: "ttf", inDirectory: "Assets/Fonts")!
let resource = GD.load(path: path)
print("[TBD] Resource: \(resource)")
          
let path2 = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "JandaManateeSolid", ofType: "ttf")!
let resource2 = GD.load(path: path2)
print("[TBD] Resource: \(resource2)")
  
let resource3 = GD.load(path: "res://JandaManateeSolid.ttf")
print("[TBD] Resource: \(resource3)")

let resource4 = GD.load(path: "res://Assets/Fonts/JandaManateeSolid.ttf")
print("[TBD] Resource: \(resource4)")

all of them returned nil

This is how I store the files (one as reference folder and the other one as group)

[migueldeicaza]

Is this SeiftGodotKit or SeiftGodot?

[PadraigK]

When I do this:

let font = GD.load(path: "res://assets/Kenney Thick.ttf")
GD.print(font)

It produces: // Optional(<FontFile#-9223372004793514644>)

so I would have expected your fourth option to work 🤔

Is your project.godot at the root? Anything unusual about the font file itself? If you try opening the godot project once, does the ttf file appear in resources?

[BadChoice]

I'm using SwiftGodotKit, so no editor or project.godot file

[PadraigK]

Ah, I see. I've used this in my SceneGen project like this: https://github.com/PadraigK/SceneGen/blob/b57e157fef771275da6c9b94efbab389c69f19ce/Sources/SceneGen/Helpers/GodotTools.swift#L26-L35

I found I did need a project file to be able to access resources at all, but it can probably be very minimal.

[migueldeicaza]

I suspect SwiftGodotKit needs some initialization to establish the base directory to load files from when using res://

[BadChoice]

I added a simple project.godot

; Engine configuration file.
; It's best edited using the editor UI and not directly,
; since the parameters that go here are not all obvious.
;
; Format:
;   [section] ; section goes between []
;   param=value ; assign values to parameters

config_version=5

[application]

config/name="Godot name"
config/features=PackedStringArray("4.0")

[debug]

gdscript/warnings/unused_parameter=0

[display]

window/size/resizable=true

[importer_defaults]

texture={
"compress/channel_pack": 0,
"compress/hdr_compression": 1,
"compress/high_quality": false,
"compress/lossy_quality": 0.7,
"compress/mode": 0,
"compress/normal_map": 0,
"detect_3d/compress_to": 0,
"mipmaps/generate": false,
"mipmaps/limit": -1,
"process/fix_alpha_border": true,
"process/hdr_as_srgb": false,
"process/hdr_clamp_exposure": false,
"process/normal_map_invert_y": false,
"process/premult_alpha": false,
"process/size_limit": 0,
"roughness/mode": 0,
"roughness/src_normal": ""
}

[rendering]

2d/snap/snap_2d_transforms_to_pixel=true
2d/snap/snap_2d_vertices_to_pixel=true
textures/canvas_textures/default_texture_filter=0

and loaded the godot like this

runGodot(
    args: ["--path", Bundle.main.resourcePath ?? ""],
    initHook: registerTypes,
    loadScene: loadScene,
    loadProjectSettings: { settings in
        settings.set(property: "application/config/name", value: "TBD Property")
    }
)

where bundle.main.resourcePath is where the project.godot file are, as well as the Assets

But still all the different load methods return nil,
I also tried with resource loader itself, and with another filetype with no luck

let a = ResourceLoader.load(path: "res://Assets/Music/8bits-retro.mp3")

[PadraigK]

Is the ResourceLoader.load running inside the loadScene callback?

[BadChoice]

yes, I have a Game.setup() method that ends up calling the ResourceLoad.load

[pcbeard]

From my understanding GD.load() only works with "res://" URLs. You have to import resources into a Godot project before you can access them with GD.load(). You can then export your Godot project as a .pck file and resources can also be loaded from that. This is how you'd want to ship your game.

[hyouuu]

I have a similar issue when trying to run the Dodge sample: https://gist.github.com/hyouuu/94a59fc5a5dbe071c736a39c68678325

Thoughts @migueldeicaza ?

[BadChoice]

I still haven't been able to get resources working on a pure swiftgodokit app, anybody got any luck with that?
I creted a godot project, imported the files there, and trying to use it, but no luck either