ERROR: Missing file hashes.json

tomes · August 21, 2020, 8:09am

hello,
i publish a project to a zip file. if i want to import this project-zip file again, i get this error message.

any idea what goes wrong?

thanks for help
tomes

update… exporting project over dashboard “project” “export project” works. publishing to zip is as it seems something other…

so problem is solved. maybe it helps others

yaustar · August 21, 2020, 8:48am

Exporting the Project gives you an import-able zip for backup purposes.

Publishing to a zip is for self hosting the application on your own server.

The two zips are not interchangeable.

ckhoo · January 28, 2021, 9:44pm

I’m also having the same issue where it complains about the ‘missing file hashes.json’

I’ve checked that the exported project is properly exported but the import still fails.

Attached is the screenshot of the exported zip file structure.

What are the next steps?

yaustar · January 28, 2021, 10:22pm

Can you DM a link to the project and add yaustar to it and I have a look tomorrow when I give it a try.

ckhoo · January 28, 2021, 10:31pm

Hi, @yaustar. How do I DM you directly?

Unfortunately, I can’t add you to the project because the project doesn’t get created when the project import fails.

yaustar · January 28, 2021, 10:59pm

Do you not access to the original project? If not, I shoot you a DM with an email to send the zip to and I have a look at it.

yaustar · January 29, 2021, 11:30pm

Followed up with ckhoo in DMs.

Turns out the actual contents were in a subfolder as when compressing a folder on Mac, it puts it into a subfolder in the zip.

Solution is to unzip, select the folder contents and zip. This new zip is now importable into PlayCanvas.

Kapture 2021-01-29 at 23.26.34