NoPipeline generating an odd structure for the MGCB file about nopipeline

[Martenfur]

Ok, first of all, your project is weird as hell. It couldn't even launch because global.json had net7 specified, but the csproj had net6. Lang version was set to 11 which net6 is not. Fixed all those issues, built the project on windows, this is what I got:

#----------------------------- Global Properties ----------------------------#

/outputDir:bin/$(Platform)
/intermediateDir:obj/$(Platform)
/config:
/profile:Reach
/compress:False

#-------------------------------- References --------------------------------#


#---------------------------------- Content ---------------------------------#

#begin Graphics/fire.png
/importer:TextureImporter
/processor:TextureProcessor
/processorParam:ColorKeyColor=255,0,255,255
/processorParam:ColorKeyEnabled=True
/processorParam:GenerateMipmaps=False
/processorParam:PremultiplyAlpha=True
/processorParam:ResizeToPowerOfTwo=False
/processorParam:MakeSquare=False
/processorParam:TextureFormat=Color
/build:Graphics/fire.png

#begin Graphics/jelly.png
/importer:TextureImporter
/processor:TextureProcessor
/processorParam:ColorKeyColor=255,0,255,255
/processorParam:ColorKeyEnabled=True
/processorParam:GenerateMipmaps=False
/processorParam:PremultiplyAlpha=True
/processorParam:ResizeToPowerOfTwo=False
/processorParam:MakeSquare=False
/processorParam:TextureFormat=Color
/build:Graphics/jelly.png

Looks like macos shenanigans to me, or the fucked up project. Check if the files exist at those weird paths - note that the folders are hidden since their names begin with a dot.

Your logs also show that NPL only finds two files at the correct paths and pulls dotted versions from an existing mgcb config - so delete the mgcb file and try again.

[jrasanen]

Thank you for your response and insights!

Ok, first of all, your project is weird as hell. It couldn't even launch because global.json had net7 specified, but the csproj had net6. Lang version was set to 11 which net6 is not. Fixed all those issues, built the project on windows

Good that you found at least a part of the issue to be the project’s structure. Fixing those will most likely fix the problem on macOS as well.

Check if the files exist at those weird paths - note that the folders are hidden since their names begin with a dot.

Yes, those files don’t exist on the file system and would be hidden if they did.

Your logs also show that NPL only finds two files at the correct paths and pulls dotted versions from an existing mgcb config - so delete the mgcb file and try again.

The reproduction repository doesn’t have an existing MGCB file, only the one generated by the NPL, hence this issue.

Thank you for taking the time to assess that the problem most likely is the project’s structure.

[jrasanen]

After making the proposed project template fixes, it generates the files successfully without the odd structure, so closing the issue.