Godot doesn’t export dependencies

As of Godot 4.3, Export selected scenes (and dependencies) might make a non-working build because Godot doesn’t make a complete dependency graph. The following dependencies will not be included: ¹

• Localization files referenced by the Localization > Translations setting.
• .gdshaderinc files that another GDShader would #include.
• Resources that a script will preload and store in a const.
• Custom classes only referenced by other scripts, such as classes that contain functions (static or not) that are referenced by other scripts and not used in a scene.
• Bus layout files referenced by the audio/buses/default_bus_layout setting ²

These dependencies will also not be included, but I wouldn’t expect Godot to handle these: ¹

• Images embedded in RichTextLabel bbcode.
• Resources that are loaded during any execution path, including initialization.
• FileAccess does not work for res:// paths; use ResourceLoader instead. I’m guessing this is because when the game is built, the game resources are now in the .pck file and there is no file system to navigate. ²

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