exe file icon

glancedUp

Hello,

I've exported one of my game to Windows.

How do I change the exe file's icon from Godot's icon to an icon of my choice?

Thank you an advance for any input.

P.S.: I'm not sure where to put this type of question, so I ended up putting it in General Chat. I apologized in advance if it is a mistake. Cheers :smile:

BinaryOrange

If you go to File->Project Settings, in the "Application" section you should see the "icon" settings at the very bottom.

Hope that helps! :smile:

ron

I think Starck was asking how to change the icon in the exported game. What BinaryOrange is showing will not do this. At least I have never been able to get it to work. I have searched for an answer to this but it seems that Godot is not capable of changing the exported game icon on windows. You would have to either recompile the windows export template with your new icons or use another program to change the exported exe icon (this always corrupts the file for me). Hopefully the devs can implement this when they have the time.

glancedUp

Hello to BinaryOrange and ron, thank you both for your replies.

It is as ron said, I would like to change the icon in the exported game.

@ron said: You would have to either recompile the windows export template with your new icons

ron, would you mind showing me how to do that?

thanks in advance ;-)

Calinou

ron, would you mind showing me how to do that?

You need to set up a development environment to compile Godot for Windows first. Then, in the source directory, replace godot.ico which is located in platform/windows before compiling the export templates. You can create .ico files using software such as GIMP or ImageMagick.

bunnydefluff

Didn't know you have to compile the whole Godot itself to change the icon of your game. Thanks Calinou.

glancedUp

Hi Calinou, first of all thank you so much for the reply.

I've tried to compile the export templates and it gave me the "godot.windows.opt.32.exe" file along with two more files which are "godot.windows.opt.32.lib" and "godot.windows.opt.32.exp".

I've selected the "godot.windows.opt.32.exe" as the custom binary file in release section.

The resuted exported exe file cannot even be opened.

Hoping for further input on this > <

Thank you so much in advance for you insights and your time.

Calinou

@Starck said: I've tried to compile the export templates and it gave me the "godot.windows.opt.32.exe" file along with two more files which are "godot.windows.opt.32.lib" and "godot.windows.opt.32.exp".

I've selected the "godot.windows.opt.32.exe" as the custom binary file in release section.

The resuted exported exe file cannot even be opened.

The version of the export template you're compiling needs to match exactly the version of the editor you're using. If you're using 2.1.4, make sure you're compiling the source code from the 2.1 branch, not the one from the master branch – that branch contains the latest 3.0 developments, which aren't compatible with the 2.1 series. (You can switch between Git branches using git checkout <name of branch>.)

glancedUp

Hello Calinou, as always thank you for the answers.

So I downloaded the 2.1 source code and I tried to compile the export template again.

It cannot compile, and I got this warning --> "scons: warning: No version of Visual Studio compiler found - C/C++ compilers most likely not set correctly"

What does that mean? What can I do to fix it?

I am sorry for being such a noob and taking so much of your time for this. ;)

Calinou

It cannot compile, and I got this warning --> "scons: warning: No version of Visual Studio compiler found - C/C++ compilers most likely not set correctly"

You need to install Visual Studio 2015 (you can install just the C++ build tools, which you can find here). Then, compile Godot from a 64-bit Native Visual Studio command prompt (which you can find in the Start Menu, after installing the C++ build tools).

Instead of using the Start Menu entries, you may also be able to paste one of these call lines directly into any command prompt:

:: For 64-bit MSVC
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" amd64

:: For 32-bit MSVC
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86

glancedUp

Hello.

Thanks Calinou.

But..... There's another problem now. :/

Here it is:-

C:\godot\godot-2.1>scons platform=windows tools=no target=release scons: Reading SConscript files ... Detected MSVC compiler: amd64 Compiled program architecture will be a 64 bit executable (forcing bits=64). scons: done reading SConscript files. scons: Building targets ... [Initial build] rc /Icore /Icore\math /Ieditor /Idrivers /I. /Iplatform\windows /Iplatform\windows\include /Ithirdparty\zlib /Ithirdparty\rtaudio /Ithirdparty\glew /Ithirdparty\freetype /Ithirdparty\freetype\include /Ithirdparty\libpng /foplatform\windows\godot_res.windows.opt.64.obj platform\windows\godot_res.rc 'rc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. scons: *** [platform\windows\godot_res.windows.opt.64.obj] Error 1 scons: building terminated because of errors.

What to do?

glancedUp

Hello,

I managed to compile the Windows export template. I replace the godot.ico with the icon of my game before compiling it.

I got "godot.windows.opt.64.exe", "godot.windows.opt.64.exp" and "godot.windows.opt.64.lib" as the result after compiling.

In the Project Export Settings > Custom Binary > Release, I put the "godot.windows.opt.64.exe" as refference. Then, I export it but the icon is still the godot icon.

What should I do now?

Help. :/

glancedUp

Hello,

Just want to let you guys know that I succeeded in changing the icon for my window's exported game :smile:

But.. the icon on the upper left corner of the window still hasn't changed.

I hope somebody could offer their input on that.

Thank you in advance :smile:

UnknownUser

Wow not much response from this forum. Glad you could get the executable icon to change. I have yet to succeed at that but I can tell you how to change the icon at the top of the game window. You do this in the Project Settings/Application/Config/Icon.

Now if anyone could tell me how to change the exe icon, I would greatly appreciate it. I have followed the explanation at "https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/workflow/export/changing_application_icon_for_windows.html" NO JOY!

cybereality

I haven't tried this yet (I'm on Linux, and the icon works there) but I have heard reports that the rcedit method should be fine. Did you have a particular problem with any step on that webpage?