Toolchain Extension
Synopsis
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Helped develop an automated asset build tool that processed source assets into runtime-ready chunkfiles.
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Designed new
.assetdesc file types; files which would describe the asset type, relative source
path of the asset, asset import settings, and references to asset dependencies.
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Used
std::filesystem to recursively scan a source assets directory for asset descriptor files,
generating .assetbin chunkfiles in a mirrored asset binaries directory.
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Extended the toolchain in a flexible and scalable way where extensions to import settings could be easily
implemented by updating the asset descriptor build logic on the tool side.
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Improved team workflow by making assets accessible immediately once submitted through perforce via an asset
manager which loaded specific asset manifests and made automatically them accessible via their directory URI.
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