Adding Custom Assets to DungeonDraft

[@EncounterLibrary]

Quick note on tagging that I forgot to mention around 00:27:58. When you're adding the opening quotation mark be sure you add the path to your objects so you'll want to replace it with: "textures/objects/your_prefix_here My apologies for the oversight!

[@evelync4930]

I wish I had looked in the comments sooner. I figured that out on my own. Noted for next time haha. Thank you for the video. It was super helpful!

[@torniz5006]

Wow... I feel dumber than ever. It took me like 4 hours to figure this out. Had I only scrolled down...

[@MrPatname]

Quick note that might save someone some time, you can copy and paste the objects.txt text into excel, then use these formulas to add all the required text around the objects. So in column A, paste your text (make sure each item is its own cell). In Column B, to add the quotation marks, paste this =""""&A1&"""," Then, in Column C to add the path, paste this =LEFT(B1,1) & "textures/objects/" & MID(B1,2,100) Lots of ways to do this but I found this the easiest. Hope it helps, should look something like this in column C "textures/objects/Alchemy Apparatus.PNG",

[@treyd1906]

Your foundry and dungeondraft videos are invaluable. Thank you for taking the time to make them!

[@jayvandendool2471]

Great vid. Thank you. I really like DungeonDraft and the ability to add custom assets is a long-awaited feature. That said, this currently looks like a royal pain in the butt. Hopefully, the process can become more streamlined in the future.

[@EncounterLibrary]

The video length makes it seem more complex than it is I think. For what I imagine most people will want to do they could just watch the section on objects and probably be fine. Doing that is pretty much just creating a few folders and copy pasting a bunch of images (and tagging them if desired). I imagine soon artists will be offering DD compatible asset packs and then everyone should have a much easier time!

[@AstralMarmot]

@@EncounterLibrary First, thank you so much for this! Can you say more about "DD Compatible asset packs"? I downloaded a bunch of 2 Minute Tabletop assets that say they're DD compatible. If that's the case, what do I need to do to use them? I tried dropping them in my DD Assets folder, and I can see the folder names when I open the Assets menu in DD, but they did not appear in the objects section. There is a file called (as an example) "2-Minute Tabletop Wizard Tower.dungeondraft_pack". Does that file allow me to skip any of these steps, or do I still need to do all of this? Thanks for explaining - this is all brand new to me so I appreciate the step-by-step a lot.

[@EncounterLibrary]

@@AstralMarmot I'm always happy to help a marmot, especially of the astral variety! So DD compatible asset packs will basically be assets that are already packaged up for use in Dungeon Draft. And you're exactly right in thinking that the "2-Minute Tabletop Wizard Tower.dungeondraft_pack" is what you want and with it you can skip almost all of the steps in this video. All you need to do is move that file (not even any of the assets) over to your DungeonDraft Custom Assets folder and then activate it like I show around 00:30:15 and it should appear in your objects near the bottom. I believe *most* of the 2 Minute Table Top assets that are packed currently are just objects not walls, terrain etc. but it should still be helpful! If you've got any other questions please let me know and I'd be happy to try and clarify :D.

[@midnightguard7599]

Awesome walk through! I was searching for tutorial videos for DungeonDraft discovered two things I did not realize I wanted or even existed... that Mike Schley had an asset pack and that you made this video. Going to enjoy DungeonCraft even more now. Thanks again for putting this together!

[@casconi5560]

dude i was just trying to add a asset to my dungeondraft and you teach me how to make one my own, youre not the hero i want you were the hero i need wtf thank u so much

[@xezazase]

Sir, you are a saint. Had I not found this video and sat following your example step by step, I wouldn't have bothered with dungeondraft. All the premade assets I've found including most of the paid ones have a cartoonish style that doesn't match the more realistic assets I use in roll20. Now I can take these same assets and feed them into dungeondraft to create a perfect match with so much less tedious work thanks to the brushes, walls, and tilesets. Thank you so much!

[@EncounterLibrary]

I'm so happy to hear that! I also have a new video on using pre-made asset packs from some big artists who have a more realistic style like Forgotten Adventures and Tom Cartos if you're looking for more assets :D. Hopefully they match the style you're going for :).

[@arcari13]

​@@EncounterLibrary Please, i'm trying to add more than one tileset to a asset pack, but it isnt working. This is the exact sintax: { "path": "textures/tilesets/simple/tileset_stonefloor.png", "name": "Basic Building Stone Floor", "type": "normal", "color": "d5d1c0" }, { "path": "textures/tilesets/simple/tileset_floorboards.png", "name": "Basic Building Wood Floor", "type": "normal", "color": "c2906e" } Is there any error in the code? Whats should happen is that the tileset should apear tainted with the "color" when i build the room, but it dosent, when i place the room the floor is white (as it is in both of the original textures). The first one behaves exactly like i intended but the second one dosent.

[@arcari13]

I got an answer, "you need to create a separate data file for each tile. e.g. TileName1.png -> TileName1.dungeondraft_tileset, TileName2.png -> TileName2.dungeondraft_tileset, and so on." it solved the problem. :D

[@WildVii]

This video was useful just to learn that Mike Schley has an asset pack!

[@rowanhawk9559]

Hope you're doing alright man, this stuff is incredibly helpful and I've defaulted to your advice on more than one occasion. The community is better with people like you around :)

[@loki3173]

Thank you so much I got some assets from a friend and could not for the life of me make them work, You're awesome!

[@LdapTv1969]

Great overview - Really like your style and love the wardrobe changes

[@ravensshadow2179]

Thank you. I would have never figured this out on my own and the the video was super easy to fallow

[@tigerland277]

Great tutorial. I had my hopes and doubts and this video explains everything you could possibly do for me. DungeonDraft is for me best explained encounter map software. Great job!

[@EncounterLibrary]

I agree, I love DD and I'm glad you liked the tutorial!

[@Moulk]

Man, each one of your videos helps me so much. Thanks a lot bro!

[@psusac]

Great work! Thanks for doing this.

[@castigo1986]

Your videos are helping me a great deal! Thanks man! Cheers from Italy!

[@drice8866]

just created my own Schley Asset pack, thanks to you for posting this! Very Helpful.

[@EncounterLibrary]

That's awesome! I'd love to see some more maps in his style posted in the DungeonDraft encounter map channel or on /r/battlemaps!

[@GreaseTrapWiz]

Thank you very much I was nearly tearing my hair out and this just saved me a lot of time!

[@PaulSmith2000]

Thank you so much for this video. I was able to add about 8 asset packs I puchased on roll20 to my dungeondraft assets.

[@frigginsepone446]

Awesome video, Encounter Library. Thx a lot. Would have been pretty complicated to sort this out on my own... And the nice trick with the command prompt is really cool!

[@idrisabdullah3492]

I appreciate the video and the effort put into it. The length means that you're being thorough, but it also makes this very hard to follow because there is so much talking and no real step by step instructions. I appreciate what you're doing and hope to see more videos from you soon!

[@EncounterLibrary]

I split each step into its own small section to record so I could try to reduce the amount of talking but to show a long and complex process for all custom asset types unfortunately takes a long time and a lot of explaining. It should be fairly easy to do if you follow along and the video is broken up into chunks based on each asset type to make it easier to do only the parts you want but the basic process boils down to: 1. Create folder structure 2. Place objects in their folder 3. Place terrain in their folder 4. Place walls in their folder (ensuring that you have a wall image and an end cap for the wall) 5. Place doors in their folder (ensuring that they don't exceed the maximum pixel height/width 6. Add lights 7. Add materials (ensuring you have both the repeating inside section and border 8. Add tags if desired 9. Access the folder through DungeonDraft and have it generate an asset pack 10. Activate that asset pack within DungeonDraft There are of course substeps for some of those but that's the broad overview and you only have to do the steps for the assets you want to import. You can also refer to Megasploot's GitHub documentation here: github.com/Megasploot/Dungeondraft/wiki/Custom-Assets-Guide. Hopefully that will be helpful as well!

[@idrisabdullah3492]

Encounter Library I managed to figure it out after some time, and the list you just made definitely is great! Again, this is by no means me saying the video is bad, because it’s not. A minor suggestion might be to see you make a map using it? Like add an object, then go into a map and drop them around. Then add a terrain and throw some in there. Just so we can see it exactly as it works. That would just help people like me understand the breakdown of each step a lot more easily

[@janthummler3548]

very detailed and helpful, thanks a lot!

[@mothsanchez944]

Wonderful tutorial, thank you so much!

[@LiquidDe8th]

Thank you, this was very helpful!

[@andreasolsen1402]

I doubt this will be seen by Encounter but it's worth a shot. I've followed as best I could and generally I've gotten what I want, the assets are in and working (I only needed objects so all the other folders are just empty) but the tags don't seem to work. It is quite frustrating as I've created all the tags I wanted yet none of them show up, and neither does the custom set I made with all of them in it. Please help me Encounter, or rather anyone for that matter. Thank You. Nevermind, there is a program for that shit now lol, and Encounter has linked it multiple times.

[@Sagadi]

I have the same proble. What is the name of the program that solved it?

[@jonathanturner4318]

Serious question here, it takes 30 minutes to explain how to add things to dungeon draft? That seems insane.

[@WorldAquariumSingapore]

dungeondraft able to create isometric battlemap instead of topview?

[@dogescout5868]

Hi, I followed the format you suggested, but my assets are not showing up at all in dungeondraft. Only some folders show up, but none others. I do not know why this is. How do I get it so that all my assets show up? It is super frustrating to try and figure all of this out >.

[@ccices01]

Great video! Not sure if this has been posted already but you can copy the file structure (without the files) of the example folder using xcopy. (xcopy source destination /t /e) So open a cmd prompt and type in xcopy (path to example folder) (Path to your new pack) /t /e

[@AlexnicholasBlakely]

Excellent tutorial ma man

[@sono_chi_no_sodium_chlorid7635]

Thank you so much for your videos

[@eadorin1554]

MacOS/Linux: 25minute mark- In a terminal window, use `cd` to go to the right directory, then use ls -A1 >> objects.txt -just gives the filenames in a file called 'objects.txt' printf '"%s", ' * > objects.txt -- this will double-quote and add the commas as well

[@EncounterLibrary]

Thanks so much for posting this! Do you mind if I add it to the description with a "Thanks to Eadorin"?

[@eadorin1554]

Not at all, be my guest. Might be better to use: printf '"%s", ' * > objects.txt as that will double-quote and add the commas as well.

[@EncounterLibrary]

@@eadorin1554 ​ Thank you! I just tested that in my Ubuntu VM and it worked great. As per usual Linux and Mac folk will have a better terminal experience hah.

[@favillionbellarion9655]

does seem very daunting as i have a lot of assets from different creators and i have to make a pack for every single one? or can i throw them all in together under objects tilesets ect?

[@maatlock]

Coming back to Dungeondraft- is the asset packaging process still as kludgy as it was when first released? Is there a better interface for handling packaging or is it still highly manual and working with folder structure directly? That said, thanks for the great video tutorial, Encounter Library. No way I would have had the time to reverse engineer this process myself.

[@konstantinkrastev4478]

love to see an inkarnate tutorial

[@simonv.6261]

Thank you, very useful.

[@RedDuckStudio]

Very comprehensive video. That being said, no way am I going to spend many, many hours importing all these things, editing files to make wall ends, etc. Hopefully people will start making asset packs for this tool. The tool has great potential, but for now, it'll be sitting on my digital shelf because there's not enough verity of objects.

[@EncounterLibrary]

I can totally understand that. You can check www.cartographyassets.com/assets/categories/dungeondraft.99/ for pre-made DungeonDraft asset packs. I will also hopefully have more information about sharing asset packs before too long!

[@RedDuckStudio]

@@EncounterLibrary Thanks, yeah, I found them. Pulled down one just to test it. One thing I could never get to work creating my own stuff was the tags. They didn't work no matter what I did. I even posted in the Discord channel. I'm guessing program bug.

[@toddrathier9977]

@@EncounterLibrary That link isn't working.

[@argonautilus9540]

The easiest way to make that object directory on a Mac is: - Open a blank Text Edit file - Go into the folder with your objects/assets - Select all, then copy - Go into your blank Text Edit file - In the menu bar, go to Edit-> Paste and Match Style

[@teslatrekker9496]

Best DungeonDraft content on youtube. Are there any community owned free asset libraries currently?

[@robertmiddleton6112]

Hey man how do you adjust the light clipping on walls? Like so the light clips at the top of the wall rather than 50%

[@berniefritts1572]

On a Mac it is super simple. Open up the folder where the files are and Command-A to select all. Command-C to copy and open up TextEdit and Paste and Match Style (Shift-Option-Command C). No need to use the Terminal.

[@EncounterLibrary]

That's awesome to know. I use a MBP for work so its nice to know a solution on that system. Thank you!

[@berniefritts1572]

@@EncounterLibrary By the way, your videos are great. I am an older GM (51) and your videos have allowed me to quickly learn DungeonDraft and Foundry. Thank you!

[@EncounterLibrary]

Thank you very much for saying that. All I wanted was to make DMing a little easier because trying to learn these things alone is a bit of a bear. I'm glad they're actually helping people :).

[@mikitta47]

Do you have this in follow along printed format like your DD basics?

[@nanettesage1112]

On my mac I usually just select all the files, then choose copy, then turn off Rich Text Format in Text Edit, then Copy. It copies all the FILE names into the Text Edit. Thus there is the list of all the files. From there I just do a find and replace on all of the files to add in what I want to have all the files to have. As long as they all have the "SS001 on them, I can Find the "SS001 and change to something like "Sage_SS001. Then of course save the file. No need to create special scripts or anything.

[@minibunnymama8748]

tyty! you are AWESOME

[@scorpiovenator_4736]

thanks very helpful

[@toddrathier9977]

Excellent video, technical material is hard to present well and you did a great job being thorough, easy to follow and using good presentation skills. I am trying to pack the Modular Mine tracks from Forgotten Adventures as practice. It downloads as a zipped tile_set. I followed your video and placed the unzipped images under tilesets and created the appropriate data file and tags. It compiled with no problem. When I go to use it, it can only be found as a pattern and when placed look weird. I am a noob at this so bear with me. Should those images be placed under objects and treated as objects in the data instead? Any help would be appreciated.

[@toddrathier9977]

Nevermind, it works as objects. Carry on!

[@AdeSant]

Firstly thankyou, i now have lots of tiles etc working, but my objects just do not want to tag and show up. here is the default dungeondraft tags file. { "tags": { "MSWeapons": [ "textures/objects/Axe_HI.png", "textures/objects/Coiled Rope_HI.png", "textures/objects/Dagger_HI.png", "textures/objects/Hammer_HI.png", "textures/objects/Knights Armour lying_HI.png", "textures/objects/Knights Armour standing_HI.png", "textures/objects/Saw_HI.png", "textures/objects/Shield_HI.png", "textures/objects/Sword_HI.png" ], "Colorable": [ ] }, "sets": { "Schley": [ "MSWeapons" ] } } any thoughts why it won't work, it's in the data folder. My folder hierarchy is Root inside which is data and textures, inside textures is objects, inside objects are the graphic files. I'm totally pulling my hair out. If tried it with and without the textures/objects path... Help?

[@KruzioBaal]

First of all, apologize for my English (google translator) I have many pngs but dungeondraft does not recognize them and I hardly understand English, I do not know what to do to read them or if I have to change the format from png to a different one), I would appreciate an explanation as for an 8 year old. Thanks.

[@smokumjames6510]

Concept for a new video I just want to import one picture of one thing into DungeonDraft. As it's not working for me it would be good to see how it works properly. Not looking to open 8 windows create 14 folders and move tons of stuff back and forth. Just want to import one thing and see it in custom assets.

[@EncounterLibrary]

Just as a note: I didn't choose to make it complex, it's what the program requires for asset packs to work. If you want to add a single asset then you can follow just the part about adding objects. I put together the video in a way that you can ignore the other sections if you're not using them. In a more recent version of DungeonDraft there is a better solution though. Take a look at my latest DungeonDraft update video, it goes over how you can add individual assets to a map (pretty much drag n' drop). If you want it added in properly as a custom asset though you'll need to follow this video.

[@ALitoBitofJapan]

Great work. I learned so much from your videos and they are very clear and in-depth. Yeah, and what an encounter! I wonder if that is set in a small village after the storm or something? It could be like an obstacle relay or something like that.

[@daisnowsn2369]

Is it possible to add paths, for the path tool, Im trying to create walls that have optional shadows.

[@mehmetalivat]

Hello, My question is; I have ready-made gridded maps(jpg formats). I want to add tokens on this map and move them with the keyboard. With which program can I do this?

[@Johnn84]

Which of the Mike´s assets where you using in this video? I downloaded Schelscapes:TerrainTiles and are a bit unsure where to put files.

[@tarraschparikesit5815]

Hello! If you dnt mind me asking, I've been trying to create a custom terrain assets for dungeoncraft. The thing is, the asset that I have are all in jpg. I've tried the simplest trick to convert it to png (jst renaming the thing), and when I put them in the terrain folder, the terrain texture does not shows up. Is there a specific types for PNG (if there is one, im sorry total newbie here) so that dungeondraft can read the PNGs? Thanks!

[@tygereyes]

So, I have a newbie question. In your example with walls and portals, I was wondering whether or not you need to create end pieces for each wall you want to import. (a) Walls: I noticed you only copied the 1 horizontal wall piece over to your package walls folder? How come you did not copy all the rest? (b) Walls: Relatedly, I noticed you created your end for only one of the horizontal pieces, but in my download I had 2 walls *SS001_T004_StWall_Ext_Lng_LG.png* and *SS001_T005_StWall_Ext_Lng_LG.png* - so, if they are/were different do I want _ends for each wall? (c) Same questions for portals... portals - did we only add one portal option on purpose? do you have to prep each piece?

[@specrtre]

Can we break the objects folder into subfolders I.E spiders, torches and weapons?

[@MossLyndon]

Hey man, your video has been crazy helpful for the asset pack I just created, however, I am still having issues with the tagging stage. None of my assets are coming up when I search the tag, neither are they coming up in colorable. In the file it looks like this { "tags": { "TeeJaxAssets": [ "textures\objects\TJ_Apple.png",

[@Sagadi]

Have you found the solution yet? I seem to have the very same problem.

[@MossLyndon]

@@Sagadi I think I used a custom tag adder. I'll try and remember to find it after work

[@DarkAthena76]

Mac Terminal code is: cd your/directory/path/here [enter] printf '"textures/objects/%s", ' * > objects.txt [enter]

[@quadcannon]

How does this method compare to using 8bits packing tool?

[@357Dejavu]

Awesome thank you!

[@Epsilon-5]

i want able to get mine to show up, i put all my files into the texture section under objects and i cant enable the pack

[@pauline_f328]

Say, what are the wall corners for? I keep hearing about the wall 'ends' but I don't know what to do with the 'corners' T_T

[@lozio8363]

Really nice tutorial, still usefull! I have just one question: I purchase the same Assets from Mike Schley (Great work indeed!), but I have some issues with the terrain: the resolution is too high, and when I draw a map, I can see the "pattern" of the textures. Any advice for that?

[@enkitechnoshaman758]

I've followed the directions and seem to be having a problem. All I want to do is add my own pngs as objects. I've created my source folder. Then added textures/objects/ and put the pngs in there. I then followed the directions for packaging them up, and it says it created and moved the new package into my assets folder, but they're not there. The folder or anything I made isn't in there. Cant seem to figure out what I might be doing wrong. Do basic objects as PNGs require a data entry, or what?

[@357Dejavu]

Does it work for DMing on a duel screen so I can play on one screen and my players on another?

[@EncounterLibrary]

DungeonDraft isn't really aiming to be a virtual table top unfortunately so you would need to use another program to display your maps to your users. Megasploot has gotten a bunch of requests for functionality like that but I don't think it's something he's planning on pursuing. I use a program called Foundry VTT that I also make videos about but it may be overkill for what you want to do though you can use as much or as little of its functionality as you want to.

[@357Dejavu]

Encounter Library hmm, that’s too bad. It looks like a good building tool.

[@kraegandragon]

@@357Dejavu It's compatible with Roll20 and as Encount Library stated, Dungeon Draft has the ability to export a Universal VTT file that can be loaded into Roll20 using an API script (Pro account required) which makes it a breeze to get maps in, loaded and already set for dynamic lighting. I was amazed by the simplicity.

[@hootie_o]

Dude! Your content is so helpful. Thank you! I was wondering if these steps are necessary if you already have assets that are 'DUNGEONDRAFT_PACK' files? I'm mainly referring to some of 2-minute tabletops assets that are in this file format. Thank you again!

[@EncounterLibrary]

Thank you! Thankfully no, if you have a dungeondraft_pack like from cartography assets or 2 minute tabletop you don't have to go through all this. You can just put it in your asset packs folder and activate it in Dungeon Draft and you'll be good to go :D.

[@janosszaboszepesi5094]

what if I want to have multiple walls? do i need multiple txt-s?

[@atc.8672]

Hi!! Thanks for the video! I just have one question, did you pack all portals? Or just the horizontal ones? I've only used the horizontal ones so far, but I've encountered plenty of assets that have too little or too much height when making the portals 256 wide.

[@EncounterLibrary]

I only packed a handful of portals from the Schley pack because, unfortunately, there wasn't enough assets for me to justify using the style with how different it is from core DungeonDraft so I just did enough to demo it. Working with particularly tall portals will definitely be a little tricky and will probably lead to some cropping since they all have to fit within that size :(.

[@danielherbera7522]

Nice tutorial ! I purchased the Mike Schley's SchleyScapes after seeing your video. Would you share your pack, with the purchased assets removed (so leaving the folders, connectors, data ... etc) ? People could then put their purchased objects back in it (and you would save countless hours for ungifted people like me) ... :-) Thanks in advance !

[@Zeteni]

So Forgotten Adventures just came out with a new pack of assets and when I tried to use the Package Custom Assets functionality it said a new package was created in the same directory I've placed all of my other FA files but nothing new appears in the folder.

[@EncounterLibrary]

If you're using the Forgotten Adventures asset packs then you don't have to go through the pack creation process. Just add the asset pack (named something like 'FA - Buildings & Structures v1.3.dungeondraft_pack') into your custom asset folder and then in DungeonDraft hit the diamond icon and it should see them and give you the ability to tick a checkbox to enable them!

[@Zeteni]

@@EncounterLibrary It wasn't already packaged into the .dungeondraft_pack files (I succeeded in getting those to work!), but a zip that contained a series of folders and image files.

[@Zeteni]

Which I had also extracted to a location and tried from various subfolders to package.

[@Zeteni]

Fortunately it's all moot now because there was a follow up release of the pre-packaged files. =P Though it'd be nice if I could figure out where I went wrong.

[@mudmud123]

@@EncounterLibrary A video of that would be very helpful. Forgotten adventures has a lot of really nice stuff.

[@tihi1521]

I cant fiind the schleyscapes_PNG files, how do i get them?

[@seanbraden8756]

So do you have to make an end piece for each wall and change each door to 256?

[@EncounterLibrary]

Yes, you'll need end pieces for each wall and to make each door 256.

[@rodgeratkin]

Having watched the video of how to place assets into dungeondraft, I now remember why I have not used this program. Too much trouble, what evewr happened to drag and drop?

[@EncounterLibrary]

Hey Rodger, it's a lot simpler now than it was when I made this video thankfully. In Megasploot's Discord the user 'EightBitz' created a tool for assigning tags and all that stuff to assets. There's also a bunch of artists that are packaging their assets for DungeonDraft now like Forgotten Adventures, Crosshead Studios, and 2 Minute Tabletop so it's just a quick download and a couple mouse clicks away. You can also just drag and drop assets onto the map now but they can make your map file quite large if you import all your assets that way. I just put out a video called "What's New in DungeonDraft 0.9.4" that goes over all the new features if you want to check it out :D!

[@Kikini96]

Hey, i've got a problem with my terrain. I did it the exactly way you showed in the video but my terrain is ending up beeing too small. It looks like it doesn't fit really in like it does in your video.. Do you know what i can do?

[@Kikini96]

okay i set the file to 2000x2000px and now it looks a lot better

[@BetterTagsWereTaken]

Wish I could figure out what I'm doing wrong. I can package the assets and they appear to be loaded (I can see the names scroll by on load) when I tick the new package, save and reload the map, but they aren't showing in the Object tool - none of my tags are, despite updating them with the information from the pinned comment.

[@EncounterLibrary]

There may be an issue with filenames not being correct or folder names being incorrect/in the wrong position. You can post the folder here if you'd like and I can take a look or they can probably help you more closely in the DD Discord which I believe is linked in the description.

[@Jonathan-kt5yr]

@@EncounterLibrary I had the same problem and I put texture instead of textures in the file path :X

[@mistamichal]

Do wall tiles need to be a specific height and width? I've followed your instructions and Dungeondraft crashes whenever I try to create a room using a wall?

[@EncounterLibrary]

That's an odd one. Walls don't need to be a specific height/width. Is the wall and the wall end piece named correctly? Does DD crash when you try to use a normal wall or only the custom one? If you'd like to upload your asset pack (if possible both a zip of the files and the actual asset pack made by DD) I can see if I can find any issues with it. It might be worth hitting up the DD Discord as well here: discord.gg/J9Czgpu

[@mistamichal]

@@EncounterLibrary Only when I use the custom one. They're both named correctly. I'll check the Discord, I asked on Reddit with no luck. I'm happy to upload to you as well. I'll upload to my google drive and then send you the link.

[@chromo5833]

Where do you get all of Schley's assets? I've bought a pack for 10 dollars at his site, but it only has the assets from The Forlorn Cottage. Are there not more assets by him available to us?

[@EncounterLibrary]

He has another couple packs that are available for purchase on ProFantasy's store. They're a fair bit more expensive than his Forlorn Cottage pack unfortunately :(.

[@chromo5833]

@@EncounterLibrary Hey, thank you for your fast reply. Do you mean the ones that they refer to as Dungeons of Schley ( and Cities of Schley)? They are about 23 dollars right now, but claim to have more than 1000 assets, so that would be worth it I guess.

[@EncounterLibrary]

Yep, those should be the correct packs! I don't *think* he sells assets anywhere else (or at least not that I've seen). It's definitely expensive but he does make high quality assets and if you like that art style there's not really too many other places you can get it unfortunately. That does mean you'll probably be limited to what's already out there though so it's something to consider. Someone like Forgotten Adventures supplies already made DungeonDraft asset packs to their patrons and has 3000+ assets (with more being made) and might be another good place to look at if you like their aesthetic.

[@sparkyswe396]

So how do you do the custom colorable asset?

[@jasonr.6123]

Thanks for your efforts but I got stalled 2 minutes in, since when I clicked Example Template the folder didn't appear, just the Dungeondraft exec file was there.

[@EncounterLibrary]

I would ensure you're on the latest version of DungeonDraft. When you launch it in the top right hand corner it should say 'Update-to-Date' or that there is an update available. If there isn't it sounds like a bug with DD and I would recommend reaching out to them in the Megasploot discord because I'm not sure what would be going on for the files to not be there. I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help!

[@jasonr.6123]

@@EncounterLibrary thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm starting to think that it might be because I'm on a Mac. I'm going to go to the Discord as you suggest. Still loving this software and plan on watching all your DD videos.

[@PeterFuentes-DigitalLife]

@@jasonr.6123 Were you able to get the example folder? Applications Folder> Right click on Dungeondraft> Contents> MacOS> example_template.zip

[@jasonr.6123]

Pogo Fun thanks for your reply. No it’s not there, unless it’s hidden somehow.

[@MrClwood77]

Any chance there's a limit to the number of assets. I have the exact same asset pack with some additional assets, about 255 objects for instance. It packages, I can select this but nothing appears?

[@EncounterLibrary]

Are you doing just objects or terrain and walls etc. as well? And I'm guessing by nothing appears you mean that none of the objects appear in the object picker? I'm curious if it works without the additional assets. As far as I know there's no object limit in asset packs but I guess there could be or at least a bug. If you're on discord feel free to message me in the DungeonDraft discord (I'm mattexdee) and you can send over a zip of your asset pack and I'll try to recreate the issue!

[@MrClwood77]

Correct I never see any of the content from the custom asset pack. Sorry but I can' t find the discord server for DungeonDraft or Megasploot. I'll try reducing the number of assets. Maybe even just adding 1 asset to see if that has anything to do with it.

[@EncounterLibrary]

@@MrClwood77 Here's a link to the Discord: discord.gg/J9Czgpu if you'd still like to send it over! If you're tagging the items did you see my pinned comment about including the path at the beginning? I'm curious if that's not done if they may not show up.

[@plumblood8567]

Great video, nice to have a visual guide instead of a word one! Greatly appreciate your contribution to the community. I followed to the end, but when I try to package my assets, it creates a .JSON file, not a .dungeondraft_pack. Am I missing a setting somewhere?

[@Radidactyl]

Can someone explain the step I'm missing with adding custom assets? Every guide I find tells me to do something with a ZIP file but every single custom asset file I download comes in a .DUNGEONDRAFT_PACK file and I don't know what to do with that.

[@enricopelizzari892]

same problem

[@EncounterLibrary]

This video goes over creating those .DUNGEONDRAFT_PACK files from the base assets. If you have those files you can just place them into whatever folder you've set as your custom asset folder and then activate them using the diamond in DungeonDraft. Let me know if that's still confusing!

[@EncounterLibrary]

@@enricopelizzari892 Hey, I responded to this comment about using DUNGEONDRAFT_PACK files and wanted you to get an alert as well since you were having issues!

[@Radidactyl]

@@EncounterLibrary Thank you very much. :) I appreciate your help.

[@Serevanth]

Fantastic video! I'm actually using the same Schley assets you're using in the video, which definitely helps on that front. However, I've been having an issue with the scaling of the assets, notably that the terrain textures are minuscule compared to how it looks in identical circumstances (at least, as far as I can tell) on the video. Have you had any similar issues on your end? Edit: I ended up scaling the Schleyscape terrains up to 2048x2048 in Photoshop, which resolves the issue. Looks pretty good!

[@EncounterLibrary]

I'm glad you were able to work it out! The only thing I could think of as an issue is if you maybe used a smaller version (not the print assets folder) which might be worth looking at. I haven't tried scaling these assets specifically but there's a tool called Waifu2x (which is a truly terrible name) that is a machine learning algorithm designed specifically for scaling drawn/animated styles that I've used to scale some low-res maps to good results. So if you see any quality issues with the PS scaled up versions it might be worth running it through that! Best of luck!

[@Serevanth]

​@@EncounterLibrary: It's a weird one, I used the same 300dpi prints folder you used in the video, but I'm not having any issues with scaling (apart from the odd tweak with getting all the portals aligned) after the scale-up! Either way, thanks for the video 👉👉

[@EncounterLibrary]

@@Serevanth That's so strange! I'm glad you got it figured out though, and I'm happy to help!

[@Mic-SD]

I don't seem to have an option to add new assets, as the diamond symbol in the top is not there. What could be my problem and how do i fix it?

[@EncounterLibrary]

I believe the diamond should appear by default on all versions of DD since custom asset support was added. When you first open DungeonDraft in the top right hand corner it should say 'Update to Date' if it's on the latest version. If it's not it will be a link that should take you to HumbleBundle where you can download the latest version. Let me know if that's not the case and you're still having an issue!

[@Mic-SD]

@@EncounterLibrary aww man you're right, i totally missed the update :D thanks for your help, this will upgrade my mapmaking by alot :) Have a nice week

[@EncounterLibrary]

@@Mic-SD No problem, I'm glad it was an easier problem than a complex one :D. You too!

[@jasonbennett6807]

Great video. I've watched 3 or 4 times at various points and it was instrumental in adding my own custom asset pack. Now I'm trying to add a roof asset and can't figure it out. Do you...does anyone...know how to add a roof asset?

[@girodleo31]

Is there a way to start a map with a white/blank canvas instead of the regular grey/dirt canvas?

[@EncounterLibrary]

You could create a custom asset that is just white and add that as a terrain and then fill the map with that terrain. Unfortunately, there has to be some terrain applied to the map but you could at least fake it this way.

[@girodleo31]

Encounter Library I guess I’ll try like that :D I’ll keep updating if that’s a valid option :)

[@kinan2934]

you can change the color filter to be "printer friendly" and then everything is white/black

[@donovantaylor5707]

Where is the assets folder? You had yours already open, so i have no idea where you found it.

[@batomow]

How would you add custom fonts?

[@RylanStorm]

Have you got a Pak file we can download please for these assets?

[@EncounterLibrary]

Since the assets aren't free I can't release the pack unfortunately :(. They can be purchased from Michael Schley's store but he doesn't include a DungeonDraft pack either but at least you'll have the assets!

[@Borgor_Eater]

i did it but the tiles are broken for me and dont match up with the other squares i still loved the video tho

[@rodgeratkin]

Where did the dungeondraft assets page come from?

[@EncounterLibrary]

I'm sorry Rodger, I have no idea how I missed this comment. It came from Megasploot's GitHub page which you can find here: github.com/Megasploot/Dungeondraft/wiki/Custom-Assets-Guide

[@willianyuri4527]

The only ting i don't know how to add are the roofs, does anybody know how to add them?

[@MrBildo]

Regarding the tagging, I created a simple little tool to help tag your objects: www.reddit.com/r/dungeondraft/comments/gj55io/i_created_a_simple_tag_manager_for_the_new_custom/

[@DougCoughler]

Can you add a links to sources for the assets you used?

[@EncounterLibrary]

Totally, I used Mike Schley's Schleyscapes available here: prints.mikeschley.com/p153402849 (and I'll add it to the description). The image only shows a few of them but it includes all of the assets I showed in the video (I think 300 or so). The site is really bad so it may not be super clear but that's where you can buy it. He also has a couple packs on Campaign Cartographer's store.

[@BrodyWoelke]

I've followed the steps 7 times now, the packaging doesn't effing work. I'm at my wits end with this shit.

[@eadorin1554]

I really expected the app to crash when you closed it (happens to me every time)

[@EncounterLibrary]

That certainly shouldn't happen haha. Have you posted a bug report in Megasploot's discord channel?

[@eadorin1554]

@@EncounterLibrary Not yet. i get plenty of other crashes; would rather other bugs / features get put in first :D

[@EncounterLibrary]

@@eadorin1554 You're a trooper then, hopefully an update will take care of the issue before too long!

[@DarkBunnyLord]

@.@ Jesus, I just wanted to know how to move over a custom downloaded asset pack to be accessable, this is to many hoops

[@EncounterLibrary]

Sorry for the frustration. This video is more about creating custom asset packs for DungeonDraft than using the pre-created ones. If you check out my latest "What's New in DungeonDraft" video I go over how to import existing asset packs. That's much easier and only takes about 30 seconds!

[@williamdickerson6187]

This is awesome, thank you so much! I did have trouble with the tags, since they weren't the right path apparently, but I found a way around. Open your object.txt file shown in the video. I use notepadd++, and you can use the replace feature with regular expression selected to insert at the front and end. Just enter ^ to find and replace it with "texture/objects/ and it will replace all the front with that. Then you do the same, but with $ as the find for the end. A helpful tutorial for anyone interested: code2care.org/pages/add-text-start-end-each-line-notepad-plus-plus/

[@EncounterLibrary]

I'm glad you like it! And yes, I realized that I messed that up in my new recording for the tag section. It was around 3:30 in the morning and I'd already redone the video a handful of times and I completely slipped up on including the path before the image name haha. I posted a pinned comment to hopefully let people know. Unfortunately I can't add anything to the video to make it more clear but I'm glad you were able to figure it out on your own and the regular expression solution you posted is great!

[@kevinking627]

I’m using this on a mac with wine is there a way to add my own assets?

[@EncounterLibrary]

If you're running in Wine you can always try to follow the same steps but I'm not sure how well it will work since there's directory weirdness and parsing stuff. It may work just fine but I don't have a way to test it unfortunately.

[@ashleyjamesbrown]

Im using this on crossover and have the same (and more) Mike Schley assets. It works (nearly - the walls arent). Only thing with the floor tile is that it doesnt tile the textures properly and seamlessly but thats DD using the tile i think. I made a material using the example acid_tile_border and just cleaned it up in gimp so that it would work ok.

[@ashleyjamesbrown]

fixed. didnt rename the data file from simplewall to match my file and also my file had PNG in caps. doesnt seem to like that.

[@markusnavergard2387]

i am sorry, but i do not get this at all. i´ve done the steps, i´ve uploaded the asset packs but they do not show up in Dungeondraft and i can not for the life of me see what i did wrong.

[@stuarthoffman1668]

Dungeondraft is supported on Mac

[@EncounterLibrary]

Now it is, at the time of this videos release it wasn't. But that is a good point! This may warrant revisiting soon.