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[Solution] How manually fix problems from files you've deleted that Godot still tries to import (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by ICastFist@programming.dev to c/godot@programming.dev

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Since I'm currently dealing with this problem, I'm gonna leave this info here, so anyone that comes across it knows what to do to fix it. Currently working on 4.1.1, should work on 3.x too

This is a problem that happens if you rename or delete files outside the Godot editor. Godot may warn you, or it may simply keep a cached copy and keep you completely unaware of it until you export the game and try to play it. It's always a good thing to check for these once in a while.

HOW TO FIX:

Create a dummy file, it can be a.PNG or whatever
Open the problematic scenes with a text editor
Change the path of the offending files to the dummy. They're usually at the top of the file, loaded as [ext_resource type="Texture" uid="" path=res://graphics/missing.png" id="10_0y2mn"
After saving, try to load the scene again. Be sure to run the Debug console version of Godot
If everything went well, it should open. Delete the dummy file from within the editor.

If that doesn't work, try this instead:

Open the problematic scenes with a text editor
Remove any lines that point to the offending files.
Run the Godot with the debug console
Attempt to open the scene in the editor. If it gives an error, check the debug console, the most likely error will be something like res://scenes/problemscene.tscn:3815 - Parse Error: Can't load cached ext-resource id: 10_0y2mn
Back in the text editor, look for that id within the scene. It'll likely be something similar to texture = ExtResource("10_0y2mn"). Delete it
Repeat the last 2 steps until the errors stop.

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[–] Feyter@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not removing the import and the reference in the problematic file directly once opened with text editor?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what I listed in the second part. Simply removing the references at the top without removing every attempt to load said resource will make the scene impossible to open

[–] Feyter@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Ah yes. I think I oversaw it. Personally I think this is not a big deal but people not very familiar with editing config files in editors maybe are afraid of doing this.

[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

if I get this error I just open the project in Visual Studio Code and remove the references manually. It's dangerous and requires a bit of knowledge of the tscn format.