noble folder is empty
clonzeh opened this issue · comments
followed instructions, cloned this template, noble folder empty.
ok, got it. I read instructions too literally: "clone template instead of this one", so i guess i am still supposed to clone the main engine and place it correctly :)
You can do that, but the main Noble Engine project is already configured as a "git submodule" of this project, which makes it easier to pull changes to the engine without having to re-download or clone it every time there are updates. That way, your project is never handcuffed to a specific version of Noble Engine.
Submodules are not the most intuitive topic if you're not already familiar with it, but if you're using a git client with a GUI, like Fork or SourceTree, they're trivially easy to use.
If you're using git on the command line, and you've already cloned the template project, you can use this command to pull the Engine:
git submodule update --init --recursive
If you're cloning this project (or a new project which you created using this as a GitHub Template) for the first time, you can do it all in one go with this command, which clones the project with the "recurse submodules" flag:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/NobleRobot/NobleEngine-ProjectTemplate.git
Here's a GitHub article on the topic: https://github.blog/2016-02-01-working-with-submodules/