Packaging game - custom files

[Ogniok]

Hi

In my game I am reading some data from text file. I store it in “Content/Data/” directory and access it through path: FPaths::GameDir() + FString(“Content/Data/unlocks.dat”)

Loading code:

FFileHelper::LoadANSITextFileToStrings(*(FPaths::GameDir() + FString("Content/Data/unlocks.dat")), NULL, lines);

Everything is working fine when I’m playing inside editor, but when I package the project, my game is unable to load the this file. Is it even added to the .pak file beign created? If it is, how do I access it? I want to have it in .pak file because I don’t want users to modify it(At least not easily :D).

How should I deal with this situation?

[Hans_im_Wahn]

Answering here even if it’s very old because this is something I stumbled on google looking for the answer myself.
I found the solution via this post: https://forums.unrealengine.com/deve…kage-txt-files

It’s a bit tricky to find. But all you have to do is go to the project’s packaging setting’s:

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Then you have to expand the first section to find the “Additional Non-Asset Directories to Package” option.
There you just add the directory with the custom/non-asset files you want to include in the package.
It’s really easy. You just have to know about it (and find it).

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