p3d not extracting file

[loblao]

I want to include tools.zip inside my p3d, that I turn into a standalone. Here’s my pdef:

import sys

add the working directory to the path so local files and modules can be found

sys.path.insert(0,’’)

class mygame(p3d):
    require('panda3d') # include some other packages
    require('audio')
    require('fmod')
    require('morepy')
	
    config( 
        version="0.0.1", 
        display_name="mygame") 
 
    module('gamedata.*')
    module('gzip')
    dir('data',newDir='data') # include a folder called data
    file('tools.zip',extract=True)
    mainModule('main') # include and set the main module that runs when the p3d is run
    #file('data.mf') # include a text file

But it won’t extract the tools.zip to %appdata%/Panda3D/start folder! (I mean to extract the file not its content, of course)

The IS included as its listed when I do multify -v -f mygame.p3d

[rdb]

From a different thread:

Hum, on hindsight, the extract parameter isn’t supported for p3d files, since they don’t have an extract directory in the same sense that packages do. This has been a bit of a problem with other kinds of p3d features that would be nice to extract, like dll’s and the such.

Hm. Well, in the meantime, there exists a workaround: you have to put some or all of your application in a package, and then reference the package with a p3d file. I realize this is a terribly clumsy workaround if all you want to do is change the mouse cursor; my apologies.

David