stride3d.stride-docs/en/manual/engine/solution.md

Solution

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In Stride Studio, the Solution Explorer displays the hierarchy of your game.

The content of each package is grouped into two categories: Local packages and External packages. Local packages are the ones that you have created. External packages are the one that you have downloaded from the Internet; for example, the default Stride package. If you open a package file (.sdpkg), a single package of the local package category is visible. If you open a solution file (.sln) and the solution contains more that one package, you can see several packages.

Each package contains the following three base elements:

• Assets: The assets element comprises all the assets contained in a package. You can expand the Assets element to see the same hierarchy among the assets that is on the file system. When you select the Assets folder, the Asset View displays the assets contained in this folder.

• Code: The code element contains the code libraries and executables in the package. Each of them corresponds to a single .csproj file. By right-clicking an executable, you can set it as the current project. This action enables you to compile the assets for the related platform and launch the game.

• Dependencies: The dependencies element lists all the other packages that are referenced by a package. The packages in the Dependencies list have their assets accessible to this package.

[!Note] You can change the hierarchy in the Solution Explorer by creating folders and renaming or deleting objects.

Stride uses Visual Studio solution files to list all the packages and code project related to a game. Thus, you can easily integrate Stride Studio and Visual Studio for your project because they use the same root file. By default, Stride Studio creates a new solution file when you create a new project, and manages references to both C# projects and packages.