How do I load an image from URL or non-res:// file path in Godot 4? | Godot Café | Page 1

cyan kettle Jun 5, 2023, 4:48 PM

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I couldn't find anything online. Apparently the option to load an image texture from file that is not inside the "res://" directory was removed in 4.0. Is there another way? (I'm using GDScript)

glad belfry Jun 5, 2023, 4:57 PM

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It's pretty similar to the way it worked in 3.5

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What have you tried?

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There's example code in the ImageTexture docs

cyan kettle Jun 5, 2023, 5:06 PM

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I've tried loading it with ImageTextures (with varios methods, such as loading buffer or straight up reading from file), I've tried loading it with load() function, I've even tried copying it from user:// to res:// and loading it from there, however it only works after restart

glad belfry Jun 5, 2023, 5:06 PM

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You don't need that second line

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https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_imagetexture.html

Godot Engine documentation

ImageTexture

Inherits: Texture2D< Texture< Resource< RefCounted< Object A Texture2D based on an Image. Description: A Texture2D based on an Image. For an image to be displayed, an ImageTexture has to be created...

#How do I load an image from URL or non-res:// file path in Godot 4?