use panda's default model paths for other files?

General Discussion
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is it possible to use panda’s default model files, for example for audio files, video files, game save files, dialogue text files, etc.

I’m thinking there might be a function which accepts a string (file name) and returns a string which is the first matching file location in the default model paths.

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filename = getModelPath().findFile('basename')

Also note that most assets loaded via high-level Panda calls, including audio files, video (texture) files, font files, etc., automatically search the model-path. Strictly speaking, it should probably be called the resource-path or asset-path, but it is called the model-path.

David