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Processus d’importation

Importing assets in Godot

To import assets in Godot, place your assets (image files, scenes, audio files, fonts, etc) directly in the project folder. There are 2 ways to achieve this:

  • For any file type: Copy files manually with your operating system's file manager.

  • For file types that can be imported by Godot: Drag-and-drop files from the operating system's file manager to the editor's FileSystem dock. This only works with resource file types (i.e. file types that Godot can import).

Godot will automatically import these files internally and keep the imported resources hidden in a res://.godot/imported/ folder.

This means that when trying to access imported assets through code, you need to use the Resource Loader as it will automatically take into account where the internal files are saved. If you try and access an imported asset using the FileAccess class, it will work in the editor, but it will break in the exported project.

However, the Resource Loader cannot access non-imported files. Only the FileAccess class can.

Changer les paramètres d’importation

Note

Import parameters are only present in non-native Godot resource types. This means Godot's own scene and resource file formats (.tscn, .scn, .tres, .res) don't have import options you can select in the Import dock.

To change the import parameters of an asset in Godot, select the relevant resource in the FileSystem dock:

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After adjusting the parameters, click Reimport. Be careful: if you select another file in the FileSystem dock before clicking Reimport, changes will be discarded. After clicking Reimport, the chosen parameters will only be used for this asset and on future reimports.

Changer les paramètres d’importation pour plusieurs assets en même temps est possible également. Sélectionnez-les toutes ensemble dans l’onglet ressources et les paramètres exposés seront appliqués à chacune d’entre elles lors de leur réimportation.

Réimporter plusieurs assets

En travaillant sur un projet, vous pouvez constater que plusieurs assets doivent avoir les mêmes paramètres modifiés, comme l'activation des mipmaps, mais que vous ne voulez que ces paramètres spécifiques uniquement soient modifiés. Pour ce faire, sélectionnez chaque asset que vous souhaitez réimporter dans le système de fichiers. Dans l'onglet d'importation, il y aura désormais une case à cocher à gauche de chaque paramètre d'importation.

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Cochez la case des paramètres que vous souhaitez modifier sur vos assets importés, puis modifiez les paramètres normalement. Enfin, cliquez sur le bouton de réimportation et chaque asset sélectionné sera réimporté avec uniquement les paramètres modifiés.

Réimportation automatique

Lorsque que la somme de contrôle MD5 d’une ressource change, Godot effectuera une réimportation automatique de celle-ci, en appliquant les paramètres configurés pour cette ressource spécifique.

Fichiers générés

Importing will add an extra <asset>.import file next to the source file, containing the import configuration.

Make sure to commit these files to your version control system, as these files contain important metadata.

$ ls
example.png
example.png.import
project.godot

Additionally, extra assets will be present in the hidden res://.godot/imported/ folder:

$ ls .godot/imported
example.png-218a8f2b3041327d8a5756f3a245f83b.ctex
example.png-218a8f2b3041327d8a5756f3a245f83b.md5

If any of the files present in this folder is erased (or the whole folder), the asset or assets will be reimported automatically. As such, committing the .godot/ folder to the version control system is not recommended. While committing this folder can shorten reimporting time when checking out on another computer, it requires considerably more space and bandwidth.

The default version control metadata that can be generated on project creation will automatically ignore the .godot/ folder.

Changer le type d’importation de ressource

Some source assets can be imported as different types of resources. For this, select the relevant type of resource desired then click Reimport:

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Changer les paramètres d’importation par défaut

Different types of projects might require different defaults. Changing the import options to a predefined set of options can be achieved by using the Preset... Menu. Besides some resource types offering presets, the default settings can be saved and cleared too:

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The default import parameters for a given resource type can be changed project-wide using the Import Defaults tab of the Project Settings dialog:

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Further reading

This workflow takes a little time to get used to, but it enforces a more correct way to deal with resources.

There are many types of assets available for import. Continue reading to understand how to work with all of them: