Create file in "_Data" folder / Preserve file from Assets folder, during build ?

[anon_16843845]

Hi there!

When building a project, unity creates a _Data folder.

Is it possible to have unity MOVE files from the Assets folder to this _Data folder, during build?

I have two files, which I need POST-build:

1: A simple .txt file with a url to a server inside.
2: A customisable gamedata file, which i can edit to tweak the gameplay.

At the moment i manually copy / paste them after building, which is kind of lame

The problem is, that I want to be able to edit the two files AFTER build, so during a build, i just want unity to copy those two files into the _Data folder, instead of whatever it is actually doing

I cant be the first person with this kind of problem.

[JRavey]

Yes, it’s simple. We do this for our project as it uses custom level files instead of Unity scenes.

Unity - Scripting API: BuildPipeline.BuildPlayer

[anon_16843845]

@JRavey

Yes, it’s simple. We do this for our project as it uses custom level files instead of Unity scenes.

http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/BuildPipeline.BuildPlayer.html

Nice to hear there is a solution, but could you give me abit more information?
I dont quite see how the BuildPlayer can do this.

[JRavey]

Somehow, I just knew there would be a “can you…you know…point me in the right direction?”

This is the part where I explain that you should read a little bit about copying files about in C#.

That is your cue to just ask somebody to show you “an example” which conveniently does exactly what you need.

[anon_16843845]

@JRavey

Somehow, I just knew there would be a “can you…you know…point me in the right direction?”

This is the part where I explain that you should read a little bit about copying files about in C#.

That is your cue to just ask somebody to show you “an example” which conveniently does exactly what you need.

I am not looking to be guided step by step, i was just hoping that somewhere in the huge unity API, there was a neat little feature to actually do this, without having to code it all “from scratch”

From your first post, the only “direction” you actually gave me, was to create a whole new “build settings”-dialog.
I could do that, sure, but thats just a waste of time and not really what im looking for…

I’ll stick to copy / pasting manually, as the feature does not seem to exist…

Thanks !!

[JRavey]

@anon_16843845

From your first post, the only “direction” you actually gave me, was to create a whole new “build settings”-dialog.
I could do that, sure, but thats just a waste of time and not really what im looking for…

I’ll stick to copy / pasting manually, as the feature does not seem to exist…

Thanks !!

sigh…just…sigh

[anon_16843845]

@JRavey

sigh…just…sigh

Please… Correct me if im wrong, or are you just on the forums to be a big shot?
What a waste of time, christ…

[JRavey]

What part of “We do this for our project as it uses custom level files” did you not get? It’s the same thing as you are doing. I even told how we do it. Implement it in a way which complies with your requirements and you are set.

[anon_16843845]

@JRavey

What part of “We do this for our project as it uses custom level files” did you not get?

I get it.

@JRavey

It’s the same thing as you are doing.

Yeap… Great !

@JRavey

I even told how we do it.

Nope.

@JRavey

Implement it in a way which complies with your requirements and you are set.

Implement what… You linked a… “…function to programatically create a build of your project.”

With this function, I can set the scenes, a path, build target and build options.
Uhm… Yea, as i politely said previously, I dont see how this can solve my problem, without creating a whole new build-settings-dialog, (a dialog to actually set a build-destination, select which scenes to include, and so on).

But this is the only thing you’ve actually shown me so far, after 5 posts…

[JRavey]

OK, since you really do just want to be shown how to do it rather than pointed in the right direction.

public static class CustomBuilds{

static string buildDir = “…/Builds/”;
static string targetDir;
static string scenesDir = “Assets/Scenes/”;
static string levelsDir = “Assets/Levels/”;
static string exeName = “WarehouseWest”;

private static string[ ] getUnityStages()
{
string[ ] stages = {
scenesDir + “Startup.unity”,
scenesDir + “Main.unity”,
scenesDir + “Play.unity”
};

return stages;
}

[MenuItem(“Builds/Windows”)]
public static void BuildWindows()
{
targetDir = buildDir + “Windows/”;
if(!Directory.Exists(targetDir))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(targetDir);
}

Debug.Log(“Building Windows”);
BuildPipeline.BuildPlayer(getUnityStages(), targetDir + exeName + “.exe”, BuildTarget.StandaloneWindows, BuildOptions.None);
CopyLevels(targetDir + exeName + “_Data/Levels/”);
}
}

Simple. Week one programming.

As I said…

read a little bit about copying files about in C#

[anon_16843845]

@JRavey

OK, since you really do just want to be shown how to do it rather than pointed in the right direction.

Simple. Week one programming.

As I said…

Guy please… Don’t patronize me, and dont call it the “right direction”, when ive said multiple times that i dont want to recreate the whole build-dialog…

You have hardcoded parameters… No thanks…
If you use the build-in “build-settings”-dialog, it wont work (aka. you remade the whole build-functionality).

So get off your high horse… If you had just shown me what you actually ment ealier, I could have said “meh…” and moved on…

Thanks for your “effort” tho’… gl hf…

[JRavey]

You could actually write a dialogue if you were so inclined, I just needed a nice simple thing for my purposes.

Anyway, make yourself a dialogue to do what you need to do, I seriously doubt you can do it though.