lets try this

assets/SConscript

@@ -63,23 +63,24 @@ assetsenv.Install("${LIB_DIST_DIR}", assetslib)
 
 if assetsenv["IS_BASE_FIRMWARE"]:
     # External dolphin animations
-    dolphin_external = assetsenv.DolphinExtBuilder(
-        assetsenv.Dir("#/assets/resources/dolphin"),
-        assetsenv.Dir("#/assets/dolphin"),
-        DOLPHIN_RES_TYPE="external",
-    )
-    assetsenv.NoClean(dolphin_external)
-    if assetsenv["FORCE"]:
-        assetsenv.AlwaysBuild(dolphin_external)
-    assetsenv.Alias("dolphin_ext", dolphin_external)
+    # dolphin_external = assetsenv.DolphinExtBuilder(
+        # assetsenv.Dir("#/assets/resources/dolphin"),
+        # assetsenv.Dir("#/assets/dolphin"),
+        # DOLPHIN_RES_TYPE="external",
+    # )
+    # assetsenv.NoClean(dolphin_external)
+    # if assetsenv["FORCE"]:
+        # assetsenv.AlwaysBuild(dolphin_external)
+    # assetsenv.Alias("dolphin_ext", dolphin_external)
     # assetsenv.Clean(dolphin_external, assetsenv.Dir("#/assets/resources/dolphin"))
 
     # Resources manifest
     resources = assetsenv.Command(
         "#/assets/resources/Manifest",
-        assetsenv.GlobRecursive(
-            "*", assetsenv.Dir("resources").srcnode(), exclude="Manifest"
-        ),
+        assetsenv.GlobRecursive("*", "resources", exclude="Manifest"),
+        # assetsenv.GlobRecursive(
+            # "*", assetsenv.Dir("resources").srcnode(), exclude="Manifest"
+        # ),
         action=Action(
             '${PYTHON3} "${ASSETS_COMPILER}" manifest "${TARGET.dir.posix}" --timestamp=${GIT_UNIX_TIMESTAMP}',
             "${RESMANIFESTCOMSTR}",