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The above code in my main.lua works on 4 different PC's (Windows) but doesn't work on a fifth PC and I'm running out of options. It's even harder because I don't own the 5th PC and me making different EXE's and sending is challenging the friendship (not really but you know what I mean.

This is the error when launching:

error loading module 'lsqlite3' from the file '.\lsqlite3.dll':
The specified module could not be found.

The dll is distributed in the zip file. This i literally the 3rd line in main.lua:
The traceback points to the sqlite3 line. Remember - this works on 4 out of 5 Windows boxes. Run as Administrator has been tried.

I know some ppl don't like EXE's but the zip file with EXE and dll is here: https://github.com/togfoxy/TacticalGridIron/releases

Here is the folder structure - it's flat. No subfolders.
What could this possibly be? Are there any VisualStudio or SQLite3 packs that need to also be installed?

Try copying the DLL to the game's save directory.

That wouldn't explain why distribution works on 4 of the 5 PC's.

I'm leaning towards those PC's having a .net distribution that this one PC does not have.

Works on my pc too, with win7 so i couldn't reproduce the issue... though the exclusive fullscreen thing did scare the hell out of me.

The whole traceback would be interesting, to see if ./lsqlite3.dll has been tried. Also, the current working directory from the point of view of the application (edit: as returned by love.filesystem.getWorkingDirectory()). Lastly, I don't know whether Windows will always look in ./ for a DLL, but it's something to look into as well.

So what is the ./ in ./lsqlite3.dll ?? I thought that Is that the location the EXE is in? You can see above that the dll co-exists with the EXE. If I'm misunderstanding what ./ is then this might be super simple to solve.

Photo of a screen because I'm getting this info 2nd hand:



@zorg - thanks for trying and lol at the full screen. Glad it works for you. That means it works on 5/6 machines.

PS: exe in the repository is a temporary thing while I can work out how to deploy this before moving to itch.io - when it works.

togFox wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:36 am That wouldn't explain why distribution works on 4 of the 5 PC's.

The point is that the current working directory might be something else than the directory where the .exe is stored. I haven't used Windows in a while so I don't know what kind of error message you would see in that case, but I had this exact problem before. Copying the dll into the save directory should work in any case I think, if love.filesystem.getCRequirePath() contains that directory (I can't remember).

If all else fails, search for "dependency walker", download it and see if there's a missing dependency. Maybe it's one of those seven million different MSVC dlls.

I've never used the walker before but it did display this when I profiled the exe while executing:

LoadLibraryA(".\lsqlite3.dll") called from "LUA51.DLL" at address 0x00007FF85439683D.
Loaded "LSQLITE3.DLL" at address 0x00007FF8485D0000. Successfully hooked module.

Could my friend have a LUA 5.1 installation/pathing issue?

IDK if this helps - this is on my machine that works. Maybe my friend should run this on their machine?

Corrupt dll during unzip?

Lua is part of LÖVE, that can't be the issue. Try adding MSVCR100.DLL to the game, it's the only thing that could be it if it's a missing dependency.