Asset Packs

Our asset packs come in the form of archive files with the .paq extension. You can install, uninstall and update asset packs inside engon preferences. There, you will also find a list of all your installed asset packs.

Watch how to install an Asset Pack

Multi-part Asset Packs

Our packs are full of high-quality resources and some of them can take a lot of space because of it. To make downloads manageable we split these packs into multiple files with the .paq.xxx extension (.paq.001, .paq.002,...). This is doubly necessary because both BlenderMarket and Gumroad limit the size of files we can upload.

Extracting Asset Packs

As any archive files, asset packs can be extracted. We do not recommend extracting to unexperienced users, but doing so can bring some benefits to advanced users. For more information, check out Asset Pack Search Paths in Advanced Topics.

Installation

Click the Install Asset Pack button in engon preferences and a file browser will appear. Select either a .paq or a .paq.001 file.

Multi-part Asset Pack Installation

If the pack you want to install comes in multiple parts, have all the parts inside one folder.

engon will gather the necessary information about the asset pack and it will present you with an installation dialog. You can select a custom installation directory or use the default one.

After confirmation, engon will install the asset pack into the chosen directory. This means that the contents of the asset pack will be copied and moved into the installation directory and registered into engon.

After successful installation, you will see your new asset pack listed in the preferences.

Some asset packs also unlock new features for engon. You can access them from the polygoniq tab in the N-panel.

Info messages

During installations, updates and unistallations, the dialog windows will inform you about the state of the operation. If something goes wrong you will get a list of error messages.

Install Path already contains an unregistered copy of this Asset Pack

This warning message shows up if you try to install an asset pack that was installed before but was not uninstalled correctly. This can happen when you re-install engon without first uninstalling asset packs or when you reset your Blender preferences. However, in this situation you will have an option to re-install your asset pack. Just check the Try Re-installing option and confirm the dialog window. The installation process will automatically delete the already present pack and install the new one.

A lower version of this Asset Pack is already installed

This warning message shows up if you try to install a newer version of an already installed asset pack. The correct way of updating asset pack is described in the Updating section. However, in this situation you will have an option to switch to Updating instead. Just check the Try Updating option and confirm the dialog window. The window will automatically switch to Update dialog.

Updating

You can update any installed asset pack if you own a newer version.

Find the installed asset pack you want to update in engon preferences and click on the Update button.

Select the newer version of the asset pack. You can select in the same manner as during installation.

engon will check if the selected asset pack is a newer version of the installed asset pack. If so, you will be presented with a dialog window showing the specs of the asset pack including changed version. Confirm the dialog to finish the update.

After successful update, you will see the updated asset pack listed in the preferences.

See "What's new" in the asset browser

When an existing asset pack is updated to a newer version, engon browser shows you the What's new button that you can use to check what assets were introduced since the last update.

When you update engon, the "What's new" feature won't show up. This is a limitation of the current update system, we will fix this in follow-up release.

Uninstalling

You can uninstall any previously installed asset pack.

Find the installed asset pack you want to uninstall in engon preferences and click on the Unistall button.

You will be presented with a dialog window to confirm the uninstallation.

After successful uninstallation, you should no longer see the asset pack listed in the preferences window.