“load_texture” feature not existing in Ursina Engine

Question

I recently started to use Ursina Engine (Python) but when i try to load a texture via 'load_texture()' command, it doesn't work. Here's what it says.

ursina version: 3.5.0 package_folder: C:\Users\minec\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\ursina asset_folder: D:\Voxel blender_paths: {'default': WindowsPath('D:/Blender/blender.exe')} screen resolution: (1920, 1080) Traceback (most recent call last): File "D:\Voxel\voxel.py", line 4, in <module> texture = load_texture('assets/texture/cobblestone.png') File "C:\Users\minec\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\ursina\texture_importer.py", line 40, in load_texture t = Texture(filename.resolve()) File "C:\Users\minec\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\ursina\texture.py", line 23, in __init__ self._texture = loader.loadTexture(Filename.fromOsSpecific(str(value))) NameError: name 'loader' is not defined

Any help?

Answer 1

Had exactly the same problem, don't know still how to fix it but managed to find a way around it. Instead of going for example:

x = load_texture('x.png')
[...]
texture = x

I did right away:

texture = ('x.png')

EDIT

Run the

app=Ursina()

prior to importing/loading the textures

Answer 2

Solution and Explanation

If you want to use the texture importer, you need to import another part of Ursina ...

from ursina.texture_importer import load_texture

This allows you to use the texture importer.

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Using Custom Textures the Easy Way

If you want to use a custom texture map, you don't need to texture import, but simply do...

from ursina import *
app = Ursina()

model = Entity(model='cube', texture='my_image.png')

app.run()

(where, of course, my_image.png is your texture, you can change the my image part to any name of an image)