Separate level editor needs two AssetServers?

[stijnfrishert]

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to build a simple level editor for my game's levels, and my initial plan is to create a separate app for this (instead of having it embedded in the game itself).

The editor would create/load a level with all its assets, but I'm running into issues with the AssetServer. The level files reside in an assets folder in a different repo, and reference other assets in that same folder structure. When the editor's AssetServer tries to load these sub-assets (textures, sprites, etc.), it uses the editor's AssetServer and its root folder. It can't find the sub assets there, of course.

As a solution I tried to create a separate struct ProjectAssetServer(AssetServer) and insert that as a resource into the app too, but it then doesn't know about any of the registered loaders. Even if I add those manually, it feels like I'm doing something I shouldn't in Bevy.

Since this mimics the idea of a future official Bevy editor built with Bevy, and since I'm sure there's more people building rudimentary editors for their games, I thought to ask here.

• How do I manage two different asset folders?
• How have you set up your separate editor?