Reimporting assets checker_pattern_dark.png when refocusing window

[xndyz]

Issue description

Get an annoying "reimporting checker_pattern_dark.png" popup everytime the window is focused. after uninstalling phantom camera, it goes away.

Steps to reproduce

fresh install of 4.3

(Optional) Minimal reproduction project

No response

[ramokz]

Have tried installing the addon on two fresh projects on two different OSs (Linux and Mac), and cannot seem to trigger the issue.
But generally, I don't recall ever coming across a popup like that for texture imports. Might occasionally see an editor warning log, but nothing beyond that, and have usually attributed that as an engine quirk as it comes and goes.

What OS are you using?

[jeremy-breidenbach]

Hi @ramokz , I'm experiencing the same popup described in this issue. Here are the version details:

• Godot version: v4.3.stable.official [77dcf97d8]
• MacOS version 12.7.6
• Phantom Camera version 0.8

[BalaguerRC]

Hi @xndyz the same thing happened to me. The only solution I found is to delete the example folder of the plugin

[ramokz]

For clarity's sake, I am interested in resolving this.
The problem is that I still cannot replicate the issue, so I have no way of knowing what change is needed to resolve it.

Open to any help with figuring out what's causing this and figuring out a solution.

[ramokz]

Does the issue look / sound similar to either of these two?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mLSqk4VTVs
• https://reddit.com/r/godot/comments/uvi504/stopping_godot_from_importing_assets_all_over/

[BalaguerRC]

@ramokz similar to the video but without output errors

[ramokz]

Have you tried:

1. Closing all example scenes that uses that asset
2. Move the asset out of Godot
3. Save the Godot project
4. Move the asset back in again (same directory it was in before)
5. Resave the project

Starting to suspect it might be a potentially broken importation when I initially added it, but where it is only an issue on select machines rather than an universal one.

[jeremy-breidenbach]

I tried the recommended steps but the popup still shows.

1. Closed all scenes in the Godot project
2. moved the asset (checker_pattern_dark.png) out of the Godot project. I found the asset in .addons/phantom_camera/addons/phantom_camera/examples/textures/3D/checker_pattern_dark.png
3. Saved the Godot project
4. Moved the asset back into the same directory
5. Resaved the Godot project

[ramokz]

What happens if you close the Godot project and replace the PNG with another, random, PNG file?
Does it still trigger the popup even when the asset is entirely different?

[jeremy-breidenbach]

I was able to resolve the issue by deleting the .import file for the checker_pattern_dark.png asset (i.e., deleting addons/phantom_camera/examples/textures/3D/checker_pattern_dark.png.import). Then, when opening the Godot editor again, it reimports the png and the issue is resolved.

I noticed that the png file did not show a "type" when hovering the mouse cursor over it in the Godot editor (see screenshot):

Then, after deleting the .import file for the png and allowing Godot to reimport the asset, the type correctly shows CompressedTexture2D (see screenshot):

Hope this helps debug the issue!

[ramokz]

Interesting! But also odd.

Both the tooltip and .import text file show the type as CompressedTexture2D when testing it on a freshly made project with the addon installed.

However, a few things do change when deleting the .import file and letting it regenerate.

Has the change in the path also occurred in your .import file?