hytale-custom-assets

Creating Custom Hytale Assets

Complete guide for creating and managing custom assets including models, textures, sounds, and particles.

When to use this skill

Use this skill when:

• Creating asset packs for plugins
• Adding custom textures and models
• Configuring sounds and music
• Creating particle effects
• Setting up animations
• Managing asset inheritance and tags

Asset System Architecture

Hytale uses a hierarchical asset system:

AssetPack
├── Server/          # Server-side assets
│   └── Content/     # Game content definitions
│       ├── BlockTypes/
│       ├── Items/
│       ├── Entities/
│       └── ...
└── Client/          # Client-side assets
    ├── Models/
    ├── Textures/
    ├── Sounds/
    ├── Particles/
    └── ...

Asset Pack Structure

my-plugin/
└── assets/
    ├── pack.json                    # Pack metadata
    ├── Server/
    │   └── Content/
    │       ├── BlockTypes/
    │       │   └── custom_block.blocktype
    │       ├── Items/
    │       │   └── custom_item.item
    │       ├── Entities/
    │       │   └── custom_entity.entity
    │       ├── Recipes/
    │       │   └── custom_recipe.recipe
    │       └── Sounds/
    │           └── custom_soundset.soundset
    └── Client/
        ├── Models/
        │   └── custom_model.model
        ├── Textures/
        │   ├── blocks/
        │   │   └── custom_block.png
        │   ├── items/
        │   │   └── custom_item.png
        │   └── entities/
        │       └── custom_entity.png
        ├── Sounds/
        │   └── custom/
        │       └── sound.ogg
        ├── Particles/
        │   └── custom_particle.particle
        └── Animations/
            └── custom_animation.animation

Pack Metadata

File: pack.json

{
  "Name": "MyPlugin Assets",
  "Id": "MyPlugin",
  "Version": "1.0.0",
  "Description": "Custom assets for MyPlugin",
  "Author": "Your Name",
  "Priority": 100,
  "Dependencies": ["Hytale:Core"]
}

Pack Properties