Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Update windows changing application icon page for Godot 4.4
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
  • Loading branch information
skyace65 committed Jan 12, 2025
1 parent 80c8eea commit 4287e8f
Show file tree
Hide file tree
Showing 7 changed files with 9 additions and 8 deletions.
17 changes: 9 additions & 8 deletions tutorials/export/changing_application_icon_for_windows.rst
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ is running.
.. image:: img/icon_taskbar_icon.png

To change the taskbar icon, go to
**Project → Project Settings → Application → Config → Windows Native Icon**.
Click on the folder icon and select your ICO file.
**Project > Project Settings > Application > Config**, make sure
**Advanced Settings** are enabled to see the setting, then go to
``Windows Native Icon``. Click on the folder icon and select your ICO file.

.. image:: img/icon_project_settings.png
.. image:: img/icon_project_settings.webp

This setting only changes the icon for your exported game on Windows.
To set the icon for macOS, use ``Macos Native Icon``. And for any other platform,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ You can download it `here <https://github.com/electron/rcedit/releases>`_.

After downloading, you need to tell Godot the path to the rcedit executable
on your computer.
Go to **Editor Editor Settings Export Windows**.
Go to **Editor > Editor Settings > Export > Windows**.
Click on the folder icon for the **rcedit** entry.
Navigate to and select the rcedit executable.

Expand All @@ -96,13 +97,13 @@ Navigate to and select the rcedit executable.
On macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later, make sure to use a 64-bit version of
both WINE and rcedit since 32-bit applications aren't supported anymore.

.. image:: img/icon_rcedit.png
.. image:: img/icon_rcedit.webp

You should now have everything in place to change the file icon.
To do that, you will need to specify the icon when exporting.
Go to **Project Export**. Assuming you have already created
Go to **Project > Export**. Assuming you have already created
a Windows Desktop preset, select your icon in ICO format in
the **Application Icon** field.
the **Application > Icon** field.

.. warning::

Expand All @@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ the **Application → Icon** field.
If you provide invalid metadata in the export preset, the application icon
won't change as rcedit will fail to change the executable's metadata.

.. image:: img/icon_export_settings.png
.. image:: img/icon_export_settings.webp

.. note::

Expand Down
Binary file removed tutorials/export/img/icon_export_settings.png
Binary file not shown.
Binary file added tutorials/export/img/icon_export_settings.webp
Binary file not shown.
Binary file removed tutorials/export/img/icon_project_settings.png
Binary file not shown.
Binary file added tutorials/export/img/icon_project_settings.webp
Binary file not shown.
Binary file removed tutorials/export/img/icon_rcedit.png
Binary file not shown.
Binary file added tutorials/export/img/icon_rcedit.webp
Binary file not shown.

0 comments on commit 4287e8f

Please sign in to comment.