Can't make an .exe file work :(

[nuno]

Hi everyone,

I've been using the love-release script, but also tried manually as is described in the wiki, but still can't get an exe file to work.
I pack everything properly, and when I run the .exe the screen goes blank (as if it is trying to load the game) and then crashes to the desktop without any error.
The strange thing is, if I open a command line and run the exe from there to check if there is any output, instead of this behaviour I get the Love baby Inspector screen.

Any hints? :/

PS - yes, I packed the zip file properly. If I drag it to the love executable the game runs fine

[slime]

Can you upload your .love and the fused .exe?

[nuno]

Can you upload your .love and the fused .exe?

sent by PM

[slime]

After running the game via cmd.exe and outputting stdout to a file (e.g. C:\game\game.exe > output.txt), it gives this error:

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Error saving data.
Error saving. Sorry, can't start the game :(

Error: chest.lua:936: Could not open file chest.dat. Does not exist.
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'lines'
	chest.lua:936: in function 'load'
	main.lua:46: in function 'load'
	[string "boot.lua"]:407: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:399>
	[C]: in function 'xpcall'

Normally LOVE will automatically set the game's save directory if the identity (t.identity in conf.lua, or [wiki]love.filesystem.setIdentity[/wiki]) isn't set, but in some cases when the game is fused in Windows it doesn't for some reason.
I believe explicitly setting the identity should fix things.

[nuno]

that's it! its fixed thanks slime!

strange, though, because in my previous game I used the same method, and I'm also saving files in the same way and didn't got any problems running it on windows...

[nuno]

that's it! its fixed thanks slime!

strange, though, because in my previous game I used the same method, and I'm also saving files in the same way and didn't got any problems running it on windows...

ah, nevermind I noticed that in the previous game I set the identity in conf.lua to nil.. somehow it helped!