How to export all skins for one skeleton?

nikibobi

Currently I have one skeleton with two skins. But when I export to JSON it only exports the currently selected skin. I have tried to change some of the options, but nothing happens. But I am sure that this should be possible, because the goblins example project is with all the skins in one texture.

Pharan

What? It exports all skins by default. There's no option to export just one when you have multiple.

More info on what you did?
Have you seen how the goblins project and skeletons were constructed? I think there's also a example Unity scene with the goblins and how they work in code and the inspector.

Nate

I guess the OP is saying that the atlas only contains one skin. That does seem to be the case, due to the new loading images as needed stuff. Fixing... fixed!

nikibobi

Yes that is the case. I saw the Unity goblins example. But when I exported the goblins manually they were only the active skin. Also is it better if I have lik 5-6 skins to export them in one atlas or can they be separately exported? And if I reduce the max texture width/height how will the packer pack them? Will it pack them like all parts scattered everywhere so when I use one skin it will use all the textures, or will it be smart enough to split them by skin and then by space?

Also thanks for fixing it. I am using Spine for Ludum Dare so please hurry and post here again when you are done. Thanks again and Spine is awesome!

Nate

Fixed, uploading 1.5.25 now.

If you want to control exactly how the packing occurs, see how it works here:
http://code.google.com/p/libgdx/wiki/TexturePacker

nikibobi

Thanks a lot! That was fast. I will read that after Ludum Dare is finished. Thanks again!

Pharan

Ah, my bad. Good to know!

Having several skins in one atlas will be helpful for batching if you find yourself using multiple skins in the same scene often. If you don't use them together often, it'll be extra VRAM overhead (which will rarely be an issue unless you're developing for mobile.)

nikibobi

Hmm strange. You said you uploaded the new version, but I restarted Spine and it still remains v24
Is it uploaded and how can I force check for updates or something?

nikibobi

Oh its finally up! And it is working! Thanks again!

usernameHed

The link is broken, Can you create a new link ? Thanks you !

Erika

Hi usernameHed, I followed the link, which lead me to the new page: https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/wiki/Texture-packer

Nate

That is the right link for the libgdx texture packer (which was written by us and is used in Spine), but note we have Spine-specific texture packer docs here:
Texture Packing - Spine User Guide