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How to use

Using the app should be fairly simple, so hopefully this will be a walk in the park.

1. Locate your images

It's a good idea to consolidate the images you will be using in a singular folder, or at least remember the path to get to them. Otherwise, you'll have take very long time trying to find the images you want.

2. Using the app

Assuming you have already downloaded the program, run it and you'll be presented with a couple of options.

  • CatPack Name: The name of the CatPack, both in the JSON and the folder name. Be careful - if a folder with that name already exists and has a CatPack setup in it, the new JSON file will overwrite it.
  • Select Output Folder: Where the CatPack's folder will be located in.
  • Select Default Image (Optional): Allows you to select an image that will be set as a "default", which means it wll show if no other image can be shown. The default image will be previewed at a smaller size beneath the options.
  • Add Images: Adds images to your CatPack. Each image will ask you for a Start and End date/month. Be cautious: the program does not have sanity checks for the calendar dates, so be sure not to accidentally input the 31st of Febuary (or something of that vein)!
  • Confirm: Creates the CatPack using the above options.

Using the CatPack

Once your CatPack is created, you can move the folder with all the CatPack stuff into your Prism installation's catpacks folder. This should be located at ../PrismLauncher/catpacks, where .. varies depending on the form of Prism you are using:

"What would .. mean in my case?" If you are using a portable build of Prism, .. represents the directory where your portable build resides.

If you are using a fully installed build of Prism, .. is represented differently depending on OS:

- Windows: `%appdata%`
- macOS: `~/Library/Application Support`
- Linux: `~/.local/share`

However, if you use either of the following package managers, they will instead be located at:

- Scoop: `%HOMEPATH%/scoop/persist` - Note that the directory may be seen as `prismlauncher` instead of `PrismLauncher`. This is as intended.
- Flatpak: `~/.var/app/org.prismlauncher.PrismLauncher/data`