How to run a scene from command line?

itgiawa

I'm trying to get Godot to run a scene from the command line from outside the project directory.

I've tried commands like this: /Applications/godot-3.3.2-stable/bin/godot.osx.tools.x86_64 -v --path /Users/admin/Documents/Demeria Users/admin/Documents/Demeria/project/blocky_game/blocky_game.tscn

But I always get errors like this:

Loaded builtin certs Loading resource: res://Users/admin/Documents/Demeria/project/blocky_game/blocky_game.tscn ERROR: load_interactive: Cannot open file 'res://Users/admin/Documents/Demeria/project/blocky_game/blocky_game.tscn'. At: scene/resources/resource_format_text.cpp:1233. ERROR: _load: Failed loading resource: res://Users/admin/Documents/Demeria/project/blocky_game/blocky_game.tscn. Make sure resources have been imported by opening the project in the editor at least once. At: core/io/resource_loader.cpp:283. ERROR: start: Failed loading scene: res://Users/admin/Documents/Demeria/project/blocky_game/blocky_game.tscn

casual-garage-coder

I think you must use the internal resources path. For example, if your project.godot file is located in /Users/admin/Documents/Demeria/project/ and the scene in /Users/admin/Documents/Demeria/project/blocky_game/blocky_game.tscn, use the following command:

/Applications/godot-3.3.2-stable/bin/godot.osx.tools.x86_64 --path /Users/admin/Documents/Demeria/project/ blocky_game/blocky_game.tscn

itgiawa

@"Casual Garage Coder" Thanks! that worked. However I'd like to be able to get it to work without using the --path variable (Visual Studio Code doenst like it for some reason).

I'm trying to use this syntax in the terminal:

/Applications/godot-3.3.2-stable/bin/godot.osx.tools.x86_64 /Users/admin/Documents/Demeria/project/project.godot /blocky_game/blocky_game.tscn

It opens the project in the editor, but godot complains that it cant find the block_game_tscn resource.

Error loading scene, it must be inside the project path. If I remove the leading slash in the last argument, then Godot doesnt complain, but doesnt do anything else...

casual-garage-coder

I guess it's because of the editor mode.

Can you create a script to invoke the complete command via Visual Studio Code ?

I see you're developing under OSX which I'm not familiar with. But I know there's some similarities, like shell scripts perhaps ?

itgiawa

@"Casual Garage Coder" Thats an idea. Thanks. I'll try asking in the Visual Studio Code forum