Have a scene get textures directly without importing

DanielKotzer

Hi, Is there a way to tell a Godot scene not to import a texture image into .import folder, but instead work with the original image file, without processing it, just stay linked to the original file, if a change is been done to the original file, it will show in the scene but without any importing, is that possible?

The default is that Godot is importing the image file, and it as long as it is in the .import folder, you can use it in your project, even if you delete the original one. in some cases it is good, as Godot is doing all kind of useful processes but in some cases, I don't want that. Is there a way to stay linked to the original file?

DanielKotzer

found the answer my self, you change the extension of the png or jpg file, so that Godot will not import it, like test.png -> test.tmb, now you use this code to import it as a poolbytearray and decode it with load_png_from_buffer like this:

var readFile = File.new()
	if readFile.file_exists("res://data/test.tmb"):
		readFile.open(("res://data/test.tmb"), File.READ)
		content = readFile.get_buffer(readFile.get_len())
		readFile.close()
		
	img.load_png_from_buffer(content)
	var itex = ImageTexture.new()
	itex.create_from_image(img)

	$Top_Menu/back.texture_normal = itex

Megalomaniak

Changed topic to question and marked the reply as answer. Hope you don't mind.