Importing Resources

 

 

When importing exported resources, you get a different dialog to respond to depending on whether you are importing one, or multiple

 

 

Fields and Controls on the single Resource Import (Resource Details) dialog

Type

 TypeID of the resource to be imported - you can edit this

Group

 GroupID - you can edit this

Instance

 InstanceID - you can edit this

Replace Duplicates

 If a resource already in the package has the same combination of TypeID, GroupID and InstanceID (aka TGI), the existing resource will be flagged as deleted leaving the replacement as the one to keep.

Reject Duplicates

 If a resource already in the package has the same combination of TypeID, GroupID and InstanceID (aka TGI), the resource will not be imported.

Compress

 The new resource should be compressed

Use resource name

 Add the name, if any to the namemap.  This will create a namemap resource in the package if there was not already one.

Rename if present

 Name mapping is done by InstanceID.  If the Instance already has an entry in the namemap, ticking this box will allow you to choose a new name for all resources with that same InstanceID.  If unticked, and the Instance is already known in the name map, your new name will be ignored.
Name Edit this field if you wish to change the resource name associated with that Instance ID for resources in the current package.
FNV64, FNV32, CLIP IID Will create relevant hash from the string in the Name field, and write it into the Instance field.
Copy, Paste RK Grabs whole resourcekey from, or pastes it to, the appropriate fields

 

 

Fields on the multiple Resource Import (Import Files) dialog

Replace Duplicates

 If a resource already in the package has the same combination of TypeID, GroupID and InstanceID (aka TGI) as any of the resources being imported, the existing resource will be flagged as deleted leaving the replacement as the one to keep.

Reject Duplicates

 If a resource already in the package has the same combination of TypeID, GroupID and InstanceID (aka TGI) as any of the resources being imported, that resource will not be imported.

Compress

 The new resources should be compressed

Use resource name

 Name mapping is done by InstanceID.  If the Instance already has an entry in the namemap, ticking this box will allow you to apply a new name to all resources with that same InstanceID.  If unticked, and the Instance is already known in the name map, any new name will be ignored.  When importing a batch of resources, each one will be acted upon in turn, so if they contradict each other, the one that is added later will "win".
File List A chance to check that the right resources are due to be imported.

 

 

Fields on the Package Import (Import Files) dialog

Replace Duplicates

 If a resource already in the package has the same combination of TypeID, GroupID and InstanceID (aka TGI) as any of the resources being imported, the existing resource will be flagged as deleted leaving the replacement as the one to keep.

Reject Duplicates

 If a resource already in the package has the same combination of TypeID, GroupID and InstanceID (aka TGI) as any of the resources being imported, that resource will not be imported.

Compress

 The new resources should be compressed

Use resource name

 Disabled, because if there is a name map in the package/s to be imported, it will be copied as is into the target package.
File List A chance to check that the right files are due to be imported.