Jeremy LaumonMar 15, 2025
Jeremy Laumon
I'm working on adding Python-style string slicing to AssetCooker Command Variables, meaning you'll be able to do something like this: { File[0:3] } to get the first 3 letters of the file name (and concatenate it in the path of the output or something). github.com/jlaumon/Asse...

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GitHub - jlaumon/AssetCooker: Asset Cooker is a build system aimed at game assets, for custom engines. It's FAST! It leverages Windows' USN journals to robustly track which files change, and only cook what needs to be cooked.

Asset Cooker is a build system aimed at game assets, for custom engines. It's FAST! It leverages Windows' USN journals to robustly track which files change, and only cook what needs to be c...

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Show threadJeremy LaumonMar 15, 2025
It also means that { Dir_NoTrailingSlash } could just be replaced by { Dir[:-1] } (though I will probably leave it for backwards compatibility and because it's clearer for anyone not knowing how slicing works)
Show threadRonflaixMar 15, 2025
@jeremy.laumon.name *2 months later*
"Oh, by the way I also added f-string, don't ask me how it binds the variables, it just works"
Show threadJeremy LaumonMar 16, 2025
@Ronflaix @jeremy.laumon.name haha not likely, but I did implement the AssetCooker DepFile format which was mentioned in the doc since day one but was left as a todo for a year!