Importing Custom Assets into Dungeondraft

Our goal is create a custom asset folder, tell Dungeondraft where to find it, and then activate our asset packs.

1. Create your custom assets folder

Create a new folder anywhere on your computer where you would like to store your asset packs. The name and location do not technically matter. We’ll call this your “custom assets folder” for the rest of this guide.

I chose to call my folder “Dungeondraft Custom Assets” and placed it in my Documents:
C:\Users\Ross\Documents\Dungeondraft Custom Assets

You may also want to create a shortcut to this folder for your desktop. To do so, right-click the folder, select Create Shortcut, and move the shortcut that it creates to your desktop.

It’s not advised to put your custom assets folder in your program files, as this may lead to crashes and asset packs failing to appear.

2. Store your .dungeondraft_pack files

Move all of the asset packs (.dungeondraft_pack files) that you intend to use to your new custom assets folder. If you haven’t got any assets yet, you can click here to browse my collection of Dungeondraft assets.

3. Activate the custom assets in Dungeondraft

The final step is to boot up Dungeondraft and activate these asset packs.

1. From the menu at the top of the Dungeondraft window, click Assets. The Custom Assets panel will open.
2. In the Custom Assets panel, click Browse, navigate to your custom asset folder, and click Select Folder.
   The contents of the .dungeondraft_pack files you stored will now be listed in the Custom Assets panel.
3. Click the check-box next to each asset pack you wish to load to enable them.
4. Press Accept in the Custom Assets panel to activate your enabled asset packs.

Depending on your computer, loading too many asset packs may slow down Dungeondraft or even cause it to crash. If you experience any of these symptoms I recommend disabling any asset packs you don’t need in the Custom Assets panel.

Using Custom Assets in Dungeondraft

If you have followed the first part of this guide, you are now ready to begin using your active asset packs in Dungeondraft.

Some of my content may appear in the Terrain brushes, but you will find the large majority in the Object Tool. These assets will appear at the bottom of the Library > All panel on the right side of the Dungeondraft window, but I recommend you navigate them by using the “2M” (2-Minute) tags in the Tags panel on the left:

Congratulations. You’re now ready to start map making!

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