Anatomy of an Asset Repository

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Asset Management

Overview and Setup  •  Download an Asset Repository  •  Using Asset Importer  •  Using Asset Packager  •  Team Development

Reference

Anatomy of a Repository  •  Asset Definition Files  •  Asset List Files

An asset repository contains all the 3D models, art, and other media, as well as scripts and UI files required by a world. All Multiverse asset repositories contain the same directories and organization.

Directories:

• AssetDefinitions - Asset Definition Files (.asset) files.
• Fonts - font (.ttf) files.
• GpuPrograms - shaders, also called vertex and fragment programs: .program files, .cg and .hlsl scripts. See Built-in Shaders.
• Icons - .ico files.
• Imagefiles - binary .tga files referenced by imageset files.
• Interface - Files for the user interface.
  • FrameXML - XML files defining UI widgets, related Python script files, and files that define key bindings.
  • Imagesets - XML Imageset Files that reference files in the Imagefiles directory.
• Materials - Material Scripts.
• Meshes - .mesh files that define 3D models.
• Misc
• Movies - video files.
• Particles - Particle Scripts
• Physics - .physics files that define collision volumes.
• Scripts - Python scripts.
• Skeletons - models' .skeleton files.
• Sounds - sound files. See Working with Sound.
• SpeedTree - SpeedTree .tre files.
• Textures - texture files such as .dds files.

Files:

• Asset list files; for example Sampleworld has SampleAssets.assetlist, ClientUIAssets.assetlist, and WorldEditorAssets.assetlist are Asset List Files for Sampleworld, the minimal Client UI, and the Multiverse tools.
• mv.patch - the asset repository manifest file