Managing your Files

Project Files

By default Modus will look for all project files under your "User\Documents\ModusVR\[email protected]" while modus can open files from places outside this directory we strongly advise to keep all modus files under this file system

Custom Content

When locating custom content such as images or models modus has 3 ways of remembering where the content is located in relation to the project

Project Relative

If the custom content files are located in the same folder or a subfolder of the project file the path will be remembered as such

EG: I have a project located in User\Documents\ModusVR\[email protected]\MyProjects with content located in User\Documents\ModusVR\[email protected]\MyProjects\CustomImages

I would be able to zip up the MyProjects folder and send it to another machine and the custom content would load properly

Modus Files Relative

If the custom content is not located in the same folder or a subfolder of the project file but the content is still in a subfolder of the Modus file system it, the path will be remembered as such

EG: I have a project stored in User\Documents\ModusVR\[email protected]\MyProjects

And I have my Custom image stored in User\Documents\ModusVR\[email protected]\CustomImages

I would be able to send over a copy of the .modus file and a copy of my custom image, the recipient would load the custom image file into a folder named "CustomImages" after which, the custom images would load properly if they opened the modus project file.

Absolute Path

If neither of the above systems are valid then the absolute path of the content will be remembered

EG: my project is located in

User\Documents\ModusVR\[email protected]\MyProjects

and my custom images are located in

C:\Users\JohnDoe\Downloads

I could send over my images but the recipient would have to match the file path exactly, including the windows user name and drive letter. In this case the recipient would most likely have to manually point all pieces of custom content back to the correct location, making this option the least appealing for sharing projects.