When trying to "Build" my game using Visual Studio, some files and folders get left out of the build

Cedrus · October 12, 2022, 7:24pm

I’m trying to export my game using the “Build” function in VS however the build seems to always delete certain files and folders.
If anyone has any fixes or suggestions I would honestly appreciate it a lot. This is extremely frustrating.

Martenfur · October 13, 2022, 10:49am

What gets deleted, exactly and what problems does it cause?

Cedrus · October 13, 2022, 11:05am

Certain folders and json files. As result it crushes before booting

Martenfur · October 13, 2022, 11:07am

Check your csproj and your content config. If you didn’t set them to copy, they won’t be copied by default.

Cedrus · October 13, 2022, 11:19am

Can you explain how to do that?

Martenfur · October 13, 2022, 11:22am

This is the basics you can easily google. But if you don’t want to set the build action manually for every single content file you add, I recommend this. GitHub - Martenfur/Nopipeline: A Monogame Content Pipeline enhancer.

jonathanmcc · October 14, 2022, 9:42am

Right click the extra items you wish to include in your build in the Solution explorer panel in Visual Studio.
From there you can set Copy To Output Directory. I usually use “Copy if newer”.

Image belows sets up Readme.txt file to be copied.