Easier resourcing!

[Dwatring]

Hello facepunch! Here is some code that makes resourcing so much easier!

function resource.AddModel(path)
	resource.AddFile(path..".mdl")
	resource.AddFile(path..".sw.vtx")
	resource.AddFile(path..".dx90.vtx")
	resource.AddFile(path..".dx80.vtx")
	resource.AddFile(path..".vvd")
end

function resource.AddMaterial(path)
	resource.AddFile(path..".vtf")
	resource.AddFile(path..".vmt")
end

function resource.AddFolder(folder)
	for i,v in pairs(file.Find("../"..folder.."*")) do
		if !(string.find(v,"bz2") or string.find(v,"exe") or string.find(v,"xbox") or string.find(v,"jpg") or string.find(v,"db")) then
			resource.AddFile(folder..v)
		end
	end
end

The code makes adding models, materials, and even whole folders, simple!

You can add a model like this:

resource.AddModel("models/rubicon")

NOTE: All files associated with the base name will be downloaded. (Example, .mdl, .vvd, .dx90.vtx, .dx80.vtx)

You can add a material like this:

resource.AddMaterial("materials/models/props_foliage/spikeplant01")

NOTE: A .vmt and .vtf will be downloaded when adding a material.

You can add a whole folder like this:

resource.AddFolder("sound/marker/")

NOTE: Everything inside that folder will be downloaded.

I really hope this helps some smaller communities with adding resources! I know how hard it can be adding every single file!

[leiftiger]

Sorry to burst your bubble but:

[b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Resource.AddFile]Resource.AddFile [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b]
[quote=Wiki]For convenience, this function will automatically add any other files that are related to the selected one, and throw an error if it can't find them. For example, a .vmt file will automatically add the .vtf with the same name, and a .mdl file will automatically add all .vvd, .ani, .dx80.vtx, .dx90.vtx, .sw.vtx, .phy and .jpg files with the same name, with a separate error for each missing file. If you do not want it to do this, use resource.AddSingleFile. [/quote]

And your AddFolder function will not filter out anything, you have written the syntax badly, I assume you want it to not add those file endings you are specifying. It would probably be better to check the end of the filename with string.sub.

[Dwatring]

[QUOTE=leiftiger;27594433]Sorry to burst your bubble but:

[b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Resource.AddFile]Resource.AddFile [img_thumb]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img_thumb][/url][/b]

And your AddFolder function will not filter out anything, you have written the syntax badly, I assume you want it to not add those file endings you are specifying. It would probably be better to check the end of the filename with string.sub.[/QUOTE]
Darn! Makes more sense to do it that way, yes. Sorry for the shitty, useless code then!