Game can't find content

[a-a-GiTHuB-a-a]

Hi! I'm on MacOS and trying to make a small game. The relevant directory structure looks something like this:

Clockwise
|
|-- Program.cs
|-- Resources
| |-- Fonts
|   |-- JetBrainsMono
|     |-- JetBrainsMono-Normal.ttf
|     |-- JetBrainsMono-ExtraBold.ttf
|     |-- JetBrainsMono-Light.ttf
|   …
|
…

Program.cs is where I actually load the assets. I took most of the code from the example category, but this is part of my LoadContent function:

	protected override void LoadContent()
	{
		Logger.LogInfo("Loading content…");

        contentManager = new ContentManager("Resources");

        if (contentManager.TryLoadFont("Resources/Fonts/JetBrainsMono/JetBrainsMono-Normal.ttf", out var defaultFont))
        {
            Logger.LogInfo("Loaded default font JetBrainsMono Normal");
            fonts.Add(FontIDs.Default, defaultFont);
            fontNames.Add("Default");
        } else
        {
            Logger.LogInfo("Loaded default font???");
            fonts.Add(FontIDs.Default, defaultFont);
            fontNames.Add("Default");
        }

        if (contentManager.TryLoadFont("Resources/Fonts/JetBrainsMono/JetBrainsMono-ExtraBold.ttf", out var jetMonoBoldFont))
        {
            Logger.LogInfo("Loaded font JetBrainsMono Extra Bold");
            fonts.Add(FontIDs.JetMonoBold, jetMonoBoldFont);
            fontNames.Add("JetBrainsMono Extra Bold");
        }
        if (contentManager.TryLoadFont("Resources/Fonts/JetBrainsMono/JetBrainsMono-Regular.ttf", out var jetMonoRegularFont))
        {
            Logger.LogInfo("Loaded font JetBrainsMono Regular");
            fonts.Add(FontIDs.JetMonoRegular, jetMonoRegularFont);
            fontNames.Add("JetBrainsMono Regular");
        }
	}

However, none of the resources in the method actually load, instead giving errors that look like this:

[13:48:25] [Error] Loading resource failed, file does not exist: Resources/Fonts/JetBrainsMono/JetBrainsMono-Regular.ttf

Any ideas on how to fix this issue?

[SoloByte]

Hi there, thank you for trying out Shape Engine :)

My first question would be if you are copying the resource folder to the output directory?
In your project file (.csproj) is there something like this:

<ItemGroup>
    <Content Include="Resources\**">
        <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
    </Content>
</ItemGroup>

[a-a-GiTHuB-a-a]

I wasn't! To be fair, this does align with my desperate tests that found that the actual program was hiding in the bin directory when being run.

Just tested it, and that fixed the issue! Thanks!