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# Template System

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If you are looking for documentation regarding the usage of the template system from a nuget package see [Dev Wiki: Red Type Template Service](https://wolvenkit.github.io/WolvenKit/code-documentation/Subprojects/WolvenKit.Common/RedTypeTemplateService.html).
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### Templates as Reusable Components

Templates are designed to make reusing game structures possible in a streamlined and portable manner. 

This allows you to create for example templates for entity components or materials that you use frequently so you do not have to manually copy paste them from other files. 

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Core to the system is the RedTypeTemplate (or simply "Template") which contains the json serialized data and metadata including author, description and version. \
Almost anything in the game files can be templated except for primitives (elementary types like strings, numbers, etc.)

### Applying a Template

Whenever you are creating a new instance of something like in the "New File" dialog or the yellow "+" button in the tree view you will have an option to select a template if any are available.

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Templates named "default" will be preselected and can be auto applied in certain cases if it is the only template available without confirmation. 
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### Managing and Editing Templates

Just like wscripts, templates have a template manager that is for the most part analogous to the script manager. \
Here you can create a new template, delete or edit existing ones.&#x20;

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### Creating new Templates

New templates can either be created using the template manager or via right click > create template in the tree view.

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### Sharing Templates&#x20;

User templates are stored in `%appdata%\REDModding\WolvenKit\Templates` and can easily be copy pasted between devices.&#x20;

If you have a template that you want to share to be part of the system templates set distributed to every WolvenKit user feel free to open a pull request on [WolvenKit/WolvenKit-Resources](https://github.com/WolvenKit/Wolvenkit-Resources).

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Only the root "Templates" folder is scanned, sub folders are deliberately not considered.&#x20;
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