as usual - when i think i will finally finish my game i run into a major problem.
maybe someone can help.

i have been able to export working standalone builds just fine until about 2 weeks ago.
in the last weeks i was just working slowly and did not test standalone of my current build.

today i exported standalone and when i tried to play it crashed on loading the game.
i tried my older builds and it was the same. crash on loading- weird because i have working standalones of the same builds.
removed some scripts, replaced win zones... tried again with all my builds but none works as standalone. (they all work in test)

tried another old random level from another game and the standalone worked.
made a new mini game and it worked. but my current project refuses to work.

restarted pc , verified game-files and even re-installed game-guru but standalones still crash on loading.

any ideas what it could be?

hello!
now it got worse- any standalone i save exports without .exe file
not sure whats going on... can anybody help? would be much appreciated.

tested again with different levels- all standalones now save without exe file.

i was very close to finish the project... took me years lol

No .exe for any standalone? Well, you might need to clean up some folders? [[done?]]
Or verify on steam? [[done?]] I just tried a very simple one level standalone (no veg or grass or custom screens). About 30 unique objects (~100) total? Worked and executed normally. Perhaps there's some media that gives it a rash? Virus software?
Do you have records of your progressive saves? If so, you can try simpler maps and see if anything pops out. [[done?]]

Did you re-install in a completely empty folder (after media backup)?
Might try some bigger maps when I can...

hey thanks GubbyBlips
verified steam files and also re installed game guru
what you mean with clean up folders?

atm whatever i try to save as standalone is broken- without exe. small or big maps- new or old

i´ll make an backup of all media and delete the whole game-guru folder and install again.

No .exe for standalone usually means your map file is saved in a location other than the mapbank, all map saves need to be in mapbank (or a sub folder of mapbank) for standalone to process them properly. Did you save your map somewhere else?

Never had that before .. Map in the wrong place usually just puts a default water map in its place but the .exe is usually there in the standalone. This does sound like a it could be something in Windows ?

hello good morning

thank you so much for helping!
all my maps are in the mapbank... maybe my mapbank is getting a bit too full?
i cleaned it out a bit but maybe i will try in an empty fresh folder or sub-folder.

the levels in question work in test mode so it is weird.

it could be a windows thing sure. i got the feeling that it has to do with the gg update but thats probably not it since nobody reports anything similar.

will look into it again right now.

edit :
ok something was indeed very wrong.. the whole GameGuru file was hidden. please do not ask how i managed to hide the whole GG file. i was looking into file properties and must have accidentally hit the hide button....
so the missing exe thing is solved.

but my levels still crash on load...

hello folks! thank you for all your help- i think i solved it. not ideally but i will recover quickly from the set-back. (and hopefully learn )

i cleaned everything out and re-installed GG in an empty folder (after making backup of media ofc)
but the builds i have been working on in the last weeks continue to fail in standalone.

so i recovered an older version of my dev-build from a backup and voilá: it safes and works as standalone.

luckily most important work is done in that build and it won´t be so bad to do all the details,changes and additions i made in the last weeks again.
a hard-backup of all GG files after every working session - or at least every few days would be wise...

i won´t give up and the Murmia saga continues.
thanks all of you for the support!

"backup of all GG files after every working session "
Yeah for me, I try to get all my maps and scripts backed up
onto a thumb drive every few days (and try to use 3 thumb
drives)-- in fact just in case....