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Missing file

by Charmaine Webb · in Torque Game Builder · 03/03/2007 (2:56 pm) · 3 replies

After scripting and set up my game in Torque Game Builder Version 1.1.3 all I am getting is a black screen when trying to play it. When I look at the console I am getting Missing file: Monkey Mountain/gameScripts/game.cs! When I look in my folder for the game I see a game.cs and game.cs.dso and when I look in Torsion it is there. Now I have tried to close both and just open Torque Game Builder by itself and still I receive the same message. I also tried deleting all of the script files and rebuilding them and still the same problem. I also tried taking out all the script files except the game.cs and still the same problem. The last thing I tried was to delete all the script files except the game.cs and also deleted the game.cs.dso and tried just changing the game.cs and then saving it to get a new game.cs.dso and then put the other scripts back same result with the console saying the game.cs file was missing.

Is there anything else I can do?
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Torque Owner Arthur Ogawa
#1
03/09/2007 (12:11 pm)
Sorry you are having trouble, but goodo on you for examining the console log! That is where the solution will be found. You saw
Quote:Missing file: Monkey Mountain/gameScripts/game.cs
If you quote the actual log, with a bit larger context, it might be possible to help you better. But in the meantime, it's clear that the engine is trying to open a file, but it is failing to do so, hence the message.

You might exhibiting the code that is trying to read that file; in the usual case, it is your main.cs.

Are you running under the Level Editor, or have you packaged you game up?

Here, for reference, is the log for my TGB 1.1.3 as it opens a game in the Level Editor:
Torque Game Builder (v1.1.3) initialized...
Loading compiled script TGB/main.cs.
Loading compiled script TGB/managed/resources.cs.
Loading compiled script resources/particlesArt/resourceDatabase.cs.
Loading compiled script resources/starterArt/resourceDatabase.cs.
Loading compiled script TGB/managed/datablocks.cs.
Loading compiled script TGB/managed/persistent.cs.
Compiling TGB/managed/brushes.cs...
creating path TGB/managed/brushes.cs.dso
Loading compiled script TGB/managed/brushes.cs.
Loading compiled script TGB/gui/mainScreen.gui.
Loading compiled script TGB/gameScripts/game.cs.
Loading compiled script TGB/data/levels/fallingPlanes.t2d.
You can see where the game.cs file is read in. Here is the relevant portion of main.cs:
function initializeProject()
{
   // Load up the in game gui.
   exec("~/gui/mainScreen.gui");
   
   // Exec game scripts.
   exec("./gameScripts/game.cs");
...
}
In the above, the "~/" and the "./" are a bit of black magic (I don't feel I really understand them well). What does yours look like?

Can the space character in "Monkey Mountain" be a factor? Just a vague thought.

Torque Owner Charmaine Webb
#2
03/09/2007 (1:53 pm)
Thanks for your response. A couple of hours after posting this I relized I did something stupid. I had deleted all the .cs or script files and then started a new project and instead of keeping the game.cs that is made when you start a new project I deleted it and then added my old one back. Torque does not like you to do this. So after deleting the project again and seeing that the game.cs is automaticly there I was able to get it to work okay.

Torque Owner Arthur Ogawa
#3
03/09/2007 (8:53 pm)
@Charmaine: Glad you got it all working!