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Hi, just getting into particles and having a hell of a time getting my JAR to find the xml files i'm using,

I'm using code like this to send the file to the component i use to make particles:

File file = new File("data/particles/explosion.xml");
e.AddComponent(new ParticlesRenderComponent("explosion", file, 60, 60)); -> where 60, 60 is the x and y offset respectively

which works in Eclipse but not in the JAR i make using JarSplice. Images and animations use the exact same referencing system but come up fine in the JAR, and I have used a variety of try...catch -> print statements to make sure finding the XML is the problem.

I've tried a lot of combinations of / in the filepath, as well as referencing a fixed C:/ location (which works), but is there some kind of special format one has to use for referencing files? Or any kind of workaround? Thanks

Don't use File for resources inside of a JAR. If you can, avoid loading with File altogether and instead utilize Slick's ResourceLoader:
http://slick.cokeandcode.com/javadoc/or ... oader.html

Also, check out the ParticleIO class for loading/saving Slick particles -- you can pass a string (instead of input stream) and Slick will use the ResourceLoader for you.
http://slick.cokeandcode.com/javadoc/or ... cleIO.html

thanks a lot, i was using ParticleIO but missed the string constructor. Works perfectly now