"Failed to create a new project" (Solution posted)

[FrenPat]

Hi,

When I try to create a new project (In My Documents, subfolder), the program gives the error "Failed to create a new project" right when it gets to creating/exporting the img files for the new project. It does create several files and folders that can be found, but it won't finish the job.

I have already reinstalled the program. The program should be able to write to the My Documents folder, and it does. It just stops when it reaches a certain img file.

Is there anything else I could try? Is there an error log somewhere so I can post more information?

Thanks in advance!

[FrenPat]

Found the debug log.

0706/183040:WARNING:resource_bundle.cc(286)] locale_file_path.empty()

[FrenPat]

I've found a solution. There are two things I've done that could have caused the fix. I didn't test in between so I'll have to list both:

||Anti Virus Exception||
Avast has a setting that's called 'File system shield'. It monitors files and scans them upon excecution, and may block them.
I've added both the RPG Maker VM install folder in the Steam folder, and the folder I install new projects in as exceptions.

||Manually delete 'NewData' folder and run Verify integrity of files in Steam||
Like the title says, browse to the install folder, find the 'New Data' folder and delete it by hand (backup first). Have Steam verify integrity of files. Steam will redownload and place back these files.

My PC runs Windows 7.
Before those two steps I had already updated the graphics drivers, set RPGMMV to run as administrator, and executed the WMI service, it didn't have an effect. My money is on the Antivirus Program getting trigger happy all of a sudden.

Hope this helps!

[luc45]

Got the same error here, your post was the first i saw in the internet, your fix didnt worked for me and i couldnt find much info about it looking here and in other foruns (i didnt looked hard anyway lol ), but in my case the error was because i had "non-latim" letters in my nick, so, if the fix listed up here dont work see if thats not the problem...

[Nael Darnus]

Yeah, Avast is getting worse and worse.