Licensing

I've lost my license key!
The download link in the purchase email does not work anymore.

Please visit the Lost License Form and enter the email address that you used to purchase TexturePacker. A new license key will be sent to you immediately.

On how many computers can I use TexturePacker?

You can use TexturePacker on up to 2 computers as long as you are the only person using it.

Can I use my license on Mac and Windows?

The licenses work on both systems. You can use it on Windows and Mac as long as you are the only person using it and you don't install it on more than 2 computers.

Do you have discounts if I ... ?

I set TexturePacker to a low price to give independent developers a chance to buy a license. The drawback for this is that I can't give big discounts. Sorry.
I do, however, offer a 20% discount to schools, colleges, and universities.

I've bought TexturePacker and missed the bundle, can I get PhysicsEditor at a reduced price?

I can give you a discount code which will give you nearly the same price as in the bundle. Please contact me at support at codeandweb.com.

I did not receive a license key.

There are some possible reasons for this:

• Your spam filter caught the license emails (please check your spam folder).
• A typo in your email address was entered during purchase. In this case you won't have any emails from me or fastspring. Please contact orders@fastspring.com and supply all data that might help them find your account.

Can I use TexturePacker for commercial products?

Sure. You can use all data that you've created with TexturePacker in commercial and other products. No additional fees apply. But you must not ship a TexturePacker license as part of your product without my permission.

How will the licensing change from 2.x.x to 3.x.x?

With 2.x.x you got all updates within the major release for free. With 3.x.x and the future versions you will get all updates within one year after purchase for free. After that you can use the latest version that was released during your upgrade period.

Why did you change the licensing scheme from 2.x.x to 3.x.x?

I constantly work on my tools and add new features. This requires a lot of time and effort on my part.

The usual way most software developers use - is creating major releases and charging some fee for this upgrade. But this comes with a big drawback: It requires holding back new features to justify a major release. That's a disadvantage for all users.

The advantage of the 1-year upgrade period is that you get new features as soon as they are available - whether it's a major release or not.

Where can I get an invoice for my purchase?

A link to your invoice should be contained in one of the emails you get from fastspring. The invoice is also available from this link:
https://sites.fastspring.com/codeandweb/order/invoice/<your-order-number>

Is there a trial version?

Yes, there is a 7-day trial mode with unrestricted features.
After that period TexturePacker goes into "Essential" mode. It is restricted to basic features. If you use "Pro" features it randomly turns two of the sprites in your sheet red.

Why are some (or all) of the sprites in my texture atlas red?

Some sprites are red because TexturePacker is in "Essential" mode and you're using a feature of the "Pro" version of TexturePacker. During publishing you will get a list which contains all the features you've used that triggered the red sprites.

Can I get a multi-user license?
What about business/volume licenses?

Simply enter the amount you need during the purchase process. The license will have the name of the person who bought the license.
You can use the license for the matching amount of users.

Where is the license agreement (EULA) on Windows?

The license agreement is inside TexturePacker's program folder.

Where is the license agreement (EULA) on Mac?

The license agreement is inside TexturePacker's .dmg file.

I want ... changed/added/removed from the license agreement (EULA).

I can give you a custom license agreement (depending on your needs). Since you have to agree to the license agreement during installation/first start of TexturePacker, I need to give you a custom build including your license agreement. That means that I have to do a custom build for you with each update of TexturePacker, including testing, version control, packaging...
This complete procedure takes about 1 hour per release for which I would charge my usual fee.

Free versions

How can get a free version of TexturePacker?

I give free licenses to bloggers and developers of gaming frameworks.

What are the requirements for bloggers to get a free license?

You must have a game/development/art related blog with at least 5 recent posts.

Where can I get the free license?

Just fill out the Request Free License form. I'll have a look at your blog and if it fits the requirements you'll receive an email with the license keys.

Beta version

What is the beta version?

The beta version contains the brand new features which will be available with the next main release.
These features are usually quite stable but still might contain some bugs.

Why does a beta version expire?

The 3.0.0 beta expires because it contains new features which will be available in the release version of 3.0.0, but you can use them now with a 2.x.x license.

Features

Can you support framework ... ?

Sure. But you can already do quite a bit yourself. TexturePacker 3.0.0 contains a template-based exporter which you can adjust to your needs.
If you've created an exporter which would be interesting to the public, you can send it to me so I can add it to the official supported frameworks.
See next question for more details.

I need a slight change in the output format.

With 3.0.0 the exporters are template based. You should be able to do the adjustments to the exporter yourself.
See Using JavaScript to enhance your TexturePacker output format. A better description of the formats and features will be available with the 3.x.x documentation.
In the exporter folder (inside TexturePacker's program folder) is a plain text exporter which you can use as a base for your adjustments.
Some of the "old" exporters are still code modules inside TexturePacker. Only the new exporters are template based.

How does TexturePacker work with PhysicsEditor?

• Import your sprites into TexturePacker and create the sprite sheets as needed
• Import the sprites for which you need physics to PhysicsEditor and create the shapes.

There are also some tutorials:

• Corona SDK: Example using PhysicsEditor and TexturePacker
• Cocos2d: MonkeyJump

More tutorials can be found in the tutorials section.

Content Protection - What about Apple's requirements for encryption?

I am no lawyer & this is no legal statement! My understanding of Apple's iTunes Connect Guide and the Bureau of Industry and Security is that you don't need to get the ERN approval for your app/game if you use TexturePacker's Content Protection. The encryption is used to protect your intellectual property only and is not accessible to the user - excluding it from the regulations.
See the Bureau of Industry and Securitys Encryption FAQ - Question 15 (What is Note 4?)

I want to edit the registration/anchor point of a sprite.

This feature will be added with 3.2.0 - including an animation editor.

Mipmap support

Mipmap support is planned for 3.2.0.

Can you support flash (SWF) frame labels?

Support for frame labels will be added to the new flash importer after the 3.1.0 release.

Animation support

Animation support will be added with 3.2.0.

Packing of multiple textures at once

This feature is planned for 3.1.0.

Bugs

The flash importer (SWF) does not work on Windows.

Please check this blog post for more details on how to enable the flash importer on Windows: Fixing TexturePacker’s problems with Flash import on Windows
I am already working on a better implementation which should cause less trouble. It'll be available with 3.1.0.

The flash importer (SWF) does not work on MacOS.

Please check this blog post for more details on how to enable the flash importer on MacOS: Fixing TexturePacker’s problems with Flash import on MacOS
I am already working on a better implementation which should cause less trouble. It'll be available with 3.1.0.

The flash importer (SWF) only imports the first image.

To import frames from a flash movie the complete animation must be on the main timeline and must not use ActionScript and other features.

Wildcards (*.png) do not work on Windows.

Wildcards are not yet supported on Windows. You can, however, specify a complete list of image files or a directory containing images.

TexturePacker crashes immediately after launch (MacOS).

If you open the CrashLog you see something like:

Dyld Error Message:
  Symbol not found: _EVP_idea_cbc
  Referenced from: /usr/local/lib/libssl.0.9.8.dylib
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib

The reason for this is that you have MacPorts or Fink installed. Some packets of it install their own libssl which does not have all the symbols that the original Apple version has.
Ways to fix this (choose one):

• Remove the version of the libssl in /usr/local/lib and add a symlink to the standard location /usr/lib:

  cd /usr/local/lib
  sudo rm libssl*
  sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libssl.dylib libssl.dylib
  sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libssl.0.9.8.dylib libssl.0.9.8.dylib
  

• or: Re-order the library/executable search paths.
• or: Remove MacPorts' folder from your path when using TexturePacker.

Command line client (TexturePacker) not found

On MacOS please use the menu item "Install Commandline Tool" - this will prompt you for admin access to place a link to the executable.
You can, however, add this link from command line yourself:
sudo ln -s /Applications/TexturePacker.app/Contents/MacOS/TexturePacker /usr/local/bin/TexturePacker

TexturePacker 3.0.0-3.0.7 fills the "New" context menu (Windows)

Sorry for that. The bug is already fixed in 3.0.8. Please download and execute the tp-remove-entries-from-context-menu.reg to remove the entries from the menu.

Bugs - 2.x.x

Version 2.x.x will not be developed any further.

Bug fixes will be in Version 3.0.0. Please upgrade.

Using TexturePacker 3.x.x

New AutoSD behaves strangely - how can I use it?

Assume that your main sheet is a Retina display iPad. Name the texture and data files in blah-ipadhd.png and blah-ipadhd.plist.
Open AutoSD and set the main extension to -ipadhd.
Then create the other variants by pressing +:

• scale = 0.5, extension = -hd
• scale = 0.25, extension = empty

The result after publish is:

• blah-ipadhd.png, blah-ipadhd.plist
• blah-hd.png, blah-hd.plist
• blah.png, blah.plist

How do I use AutoSD with Cocos2d-X?

Just set the main extension to the part of the path for the highest resolution sprite sheet - e.g. /ipad/ and the extension of the lower resolution variant to /iphone/.

Documentation

Where is the documentation?

The Online Documentation is here on the website and is also linked from TexturePacker's "Help" menu.

Feature ... is missing in the documentation.

Sorry about that. I'll update the documentation at regular intervals. For a complete set of command line options use:

TexturePacker --help

Advertising, Affiliates, etc.

I would like to become an affiliate!

Nice. Please contact me about the conditions by email. You also need to sign up as a FastSpring Payee.

Do you do link exchange?

No. But if you have a page that has some value to the users of my tools (e.g. tutorials, podcasts, screen casts...) I might add a link to the tutorials section.

Still need help with TexturePacker? Fill out this form and I will get back to you as soon as I can. Due to the amount of emails I receive, it could take up some time for a response.

If your bug is simple and without further questions from my side, it'll be fixed in one of the next releases. In this case I usually do not write a reply mail. Check the release notes of the next release to see if your bug is fixed.

This form is for TexturePacker support issues only.