Textures in CSM

[matyilona200]

Looking through client_lua_api.txt I don't see any mention of textures. I tried adding them in the textures folder like in a ssm, but it did not work, I get "Could not load image xyz while building texture; Creating a dummy image". Is there any way of adding new textures in a csm, for use with formspecs/hud? I added a mwe, which just tries to adds a hud element with an image.

[Lone_Wolf]

You may have to put the textures in a texturepack (Inside Minetest/textures) for it to work

[matyilona200]

That's a good workaround, but I'd like to have it bundled in the mod.
The example file structure of a csm suggests that it can have textures, although the client_lua_api.txt does not seem to show it.

An other problem which I think is related is using dofile() in a csm.
In a server side mod, I can use get_modpath() with get_current_modname() and append the filename that I want to include.
I tried

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dofile("file.lua")
dofile("modname/file.lua")
dofile("clientmods/modname/file.lua")

All return "Coudln't find script" errors.

It all seems connected to how clientmods are interpreted, I'll try looking into it a bit more and see if there are any issues on github that could be related.

[Lone_Wolf]

That's a good workaround, but I'd like to have it bundled in the mod.
The example file structure of a csm suggests that it can have textures, although the client_lua_api.txt does not seem to show it.

A lot of the CSM doc is just copied from the SSM doc. This has lead to a few confusing cases like this

[PolySaken]

As far as I know you'll have to use a full path for everything since a dump of the core table doesn't seem to give a get_path function for mods or worlds
there is a get_builtin_path function, but it doesn't seem to lead to the builtin folder or root folder of minetest

[Miniontoby]

Just move the textures into the textures folder of mt and enable it and then you can use it.

I also use that method