Content disappearing, what might be the cause?

Hey there

I finally started putting up a beta for my game and i immediately encountered a problem which I have yet no idea how to overcome.

I create a game file in my game root folder where all the content is located, I create a character, load all the animations, save the game and exit VS. I load it again and content that i loaded isn't there anymore. Even the frames for the animation and animation centers are there but no graphics.

What can be the cause? I read that this might happen when the game file is not located in the root folder of my project, but that's not the case - it goes like:

../PRPT/game.ved file
../PRPT/Characters/Main/Sprites/Ch1/walk/up/ch_walk_up.png
etc

Appreciate any input.

any errors mentioned in the visedit or messages log files?

are you on windows? mac? which os are you running? which editor version? etc...

Now that you mention it, lots of errors in the log about not being able to open files that i'm missing in the project

Along the lines of:

17:50:37: Error: Failed to open 'characters\Main character\sprites\ch1\walk\up\ch_walk_up_01.png' for reading (error 3: the system cannot find the path specified.)
17:50:37: Error: Failed to retrieve file times for 'characters\Main character\sprites\ch1\walk\up\ch_walk_up_01.png' (error 5: access is denied.)

I'm on windows 8 64x, using freeware version of VS 4.0.

Hm, does it handle spaces well? Can the "Main character" be an issue?

I believe filename bugs were supposed to be fixed in the RC version that came out a couple weeks back. I always join filenames up with _underscores - to be on the safe side - but it shouldn't really be an issue.

access denied?

is the project folder located in program files or somewhere that windows doesn't like? i.e: somewhere that requires admin access? I created a folder on my desktop in which I create/add project root folders to.

Are you running the beta or RC version of Visionaire Studio 4.0?
The new freeware RC version has a 10 scene limit cap, the beta version has no limit & comes with ttf font support.

I think the access denied error is a consequence of the path error, at least it's the only explanation because i have no access limitations and i work under the only admin account

I am using the RC version, downloaded it just yesterday Gonna buy a license soon.

I'm gonna do it all over again with a fixed path without any spaces and report back. Glad i figured it out before i've actually gone too far, haha.

So i tried it out and it seems like that definitely was the issue, so I guess spaces in paths are still not working Camel case it is then.

nice one. it's always best to add underscores & dashes to join up file names anyway. same goes for naming things inside the vs editor too, as it's useful/safer for when/if you want to access the object via lua script.