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Understanding what goes where

Let's start from your PC, where DimensioneX is already installed.

Under your webserver application folder (Usually C:\tomcat\webapps) there should be your DimensioneX folder, named dimx.

Below you see the folder structure of a typical DimensioneX installation

The most important folders for you to consider are:

• dimx      this is where everything is kept
• system   we call it the DimensioneX system folder. This is where we will create a new game soon, which we will call Testland.
• pics        this is where the graphics for demo games (such as The Beach) are kept. In this tutorial you shouldn't use this one (we don't want files to be messed up) so you have to create now in the dimx folder a subfolder named testland
• testland   will contain all the graphics for our tutorial game. Surely it won't be there after installing DimensioneX: you have to create it now as part of this tutorial.

Remember: for each game you develop, you should create a separate folder (such as testland) where to keep the game pictures and media files.

Have you understood everything in this page? Have you created the testland folder? Okay, let's proceed.