y3-ui-pipeline

To generate UI JSON and a node tree for Y3 game development, describe your UI requirement to the pipeline. It automatically produces UI JSON files and a lightweight node tree structure for Lua-based path traversal.

The Y3 UI pipeline provides a standardized entry point for creating game interfaces, ensuring a deterministic flow that outputs UI JSON for hot-reload and a node tree for fast Lua queries across panels like HUDs and menus.

You do not need to manually write Lua paths for UI elements. The pipeline generates a compact UI node tree structure that enables fast and consistent Lua path traversal automatically.

You can use this pipeline for any UI request workflow, including HUDs, menus, and panels. It ensures consistent structure and Lua-friendly paths across all generated UI JSON outputs.

The generated UI JSON output goes directly to the maps/EntryMap/ui directory for downstream hot-reload. The pipeline also outputs a lightweight node tree to ui_tree/*_Tree.json for Lua access.

Your UI workflow requires both because UI JSON defines the visual structure for hot-reload, while the separate node tree file provides a lightweight map enabling fast Lua path traversal in game code.