From b51bfe61bde48d3ec1c370ee4b392fa85614edc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: QuickBASIC <quickbasic@quickbasic.xyz>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:32:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add build script

---
 .gitignore                  |  8 +++++++-
 .vscode/tasks.json          | 11 +++++++++++
 scripts/build-assets-mod.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .vscode/tasks.json
 create mode 100755 scripts/build-assets-mod.sh

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 86badfe..5b970f7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ bin/
 out/
 
 # VS Code
-.vscode/
+.vscode/*
+
+# VS Code (include tasks)
+!.vscode/tasks.json
 
 # NetBeans
 nbproject/private/
@@ -49,3 +52,6 @@ nbdist/
 
 # Linux
 *~
+
+# build artifacts
+dist/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a1add5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "tasks": [
+    {
+      "label": "Build Hytale Asset Mod",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "./scripts/build-assets-mod.sh",
+      "group": "build"
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/build-assets-mod.sh b/scripts/build-assets-mod.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..705ab46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-assets-mod.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(pwd)"
+
+MANIFEST="$PROJECT_ROOT/src/main/resources/manifest.json"
+RESOURCE_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/src/main/resources"
+DIST_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/dist"
+
+mkdir -p "$DIST_DIR"
+
+NAME=$(jq -r '.Name' "$MANIFEST")
+VERSION=$(jq -r '.Version' "$MANIFEST")
+SERVER=$(jq -r '.ServerVersion' "$MANIFEST")
+
+ZIP_NAME="${NAME}-${VERSION}_${SERVER}.zip"
+
+echo "Building $ZIP_NAME"
+
+cd "$RESOURCE_DIR"
+zip -r "$DIST_DIR/$ZIP_NAME" .
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