YEP_GridFreeDoodads not working!

[CosmicKitsune]

I'm trying to use one of Yanflies plugins, but have come into a problem whenever starting the game to test the plugin and comes up with this:

Game has encountered a bug. Please report it.

Error: Failed to load: data/doodads/
at FunctionDataManager.checkError (rpg_managers.js:172:15)
at FunctionDataManager.isDatabaseLoaded (rpg_managers.js:97:10)
at FunctionDataManager.isDatabaseLoaded (YEP_CoreEngine.js:1164:49)
at FunctionDataManager.isDatabaseLoaded (YEP_ItemCore.js:557:49)
at FunctionDataManager.isDatabaseLoaded (YEP_ShopMenuCore.js:268:49)
at FunctionDataManager.isDatabaseLoaded (YEP_X_MoreCurrencies.js:310:47)
at FunctionDataManager.isDatabaseLoaded (YEP_X_MoreStatusPages.js:134:49)
at FunctionDataManager.isDatabaseLoaded (YEP_ClassChangeCore.js:412:50)
at FunctionDataManager.isDatabaseLoaded (YEP_X_Subclass.js:456:53)
at FunctionDataManager.isDatabaseLoaded (YEP_BattleEngineCore.js:1294:48)

Press F5 to restart the game.

Whenever I turn off one of the plugins listed, it starts up again just saying Failing to load YEP_GridFreeDoodads and when I turn off that plugin (GridFreeDoodads) the game goes back to normal.

What do I do?

[Caethyril]

Plugin page: http://yanfly.moe/2016/09/17/yep-116-grid-free-doodads-rpg-maker-mv/

Current version of the plugin is v1.10, re-download it if yours if older than that~

It shouldn't be attempting to load from a data/doodads folder. O_o Try with all other plugins turned off, see if that helps? =)

Have you followed the setup instructions?

There’s a couple of things you must do in order to get this plugin working.

1. You must have the Doodads.json inside your project’s ‘data’ folder.
2. You must have a ‘doodads’ folder inside of your project’s ‘img’ folder (unless you named it something else in the plugin parameters).
3. You must have your doodads within this folder.

You can find the above resources in the links above!

Check your Yanfly plugins are up-to-date & in the recommended order: http://yanfly.moe/yep/

[CosmicKitsune]

I've done all that, and have gone through over threads and quieries, got the json file and now there is a Syntax error, something about token 'R' .

Through other threads I found something to replace the index.html file, did that, and now the error is still there, but this time it says Unexpected token R in JSON at position 0 and it won't let me enter console :(

I updated my version to the 1.6.2 from my 1.5.2 to try and fix it, but, nothing changed. I turned off some plugins, same. When I do turn of the doodads plugin, everyhting goes back to normal, but is annoying.

I'm constantly trying to find answers to this problem, I've had problems with this plugin in the past as well. I'm really discouraged, as this plugin would be really cool to adapt into my game.

[CosmicKitsune]

Theres also nothing I've found so-far on my case with this plugin, so.......

[Caethyril]

So, if you make a new project and try in that one with only the doodads plugin, does that function correctly?

Looks like the example Doodads.json file is in a .rar archive...did you unpack it before sticking it in your data folder? If your system can't handle the .rar format, you can try 7-Zip, it's free: https://www.7-zip.org/

If you change your editor version, update your project files as well. Instructions can be found here, under "Updating your Projects": https://steamcommunity.com/games/363890/announcements/detail/1694924880247085699

[CosmicKitsune]

I changed the RAR file to a JSON file, was that the wrong move?

And I don't remember if the 1.6.1 version is good, because i went back to the 1.5.2 version so it could allow my SRD_Hudmaker plugin to work, I don't know if there are any changes with the plugin, but I'll try.

[CosmicKitsune]

I might try tomorrow, as I want to chill with my friends for the rest of the night, thanks for all the help today, lets hope I can get this plugin working soon....

[Caethyril]

Good luck! \o/

Originally posted by TechnoRadiation:

I changed the RAR file to a JSON file, was that the wrong move?

If you simply changed the .rar extension to .json, then yes, that is incorrect. You need to unpack the file with an appropriate application. Windows can natively handle .zip (right-click > Extract), but depending on your system you may need an external application to handle .rar in a similar way.

[CosmicKitsune]

Also, how do I unpack the file/extract it? (or is the extract part for the zip file)

[CosmicKitsune]

This is so new to me....

[Caethyril]

.zip and .rar are both "file archive" formats: they're compressed (i.e. encoded to take up less disk space) and can contain more than just a single file's worth of data. If you have appropriate software installed then you can generally just right-click the file and choose Extract or something like that. It'll reverse the compression and make "normal" files out of the archive. =O

Alternatively...well, I had a look at the file itself and it's very basic. You can just save the following as Doodads.json and stick it in your project's data folder:

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...I'm really not sure why Yanfly put that in an archive. o_o

Edit: you'll still need to unpack/extract the starting pack (images) archive if you want to use that. You can try opening the file as usual (e.g. double-click); if it asks to "select program" then try installing 7-Zip and open in that. =)

[◢ k r i s ◤]

I recommend 7-zip as well, and here is the download for that, if you can't find it.
https://www.7-zip.org/download.html

7-zip is open-source and can handle multiple archive-formats (including the non-free ones like .zip and .rar) and can be installed to have a sub-menu item for convenience in your file-manager. So it's essentially a one-stop solution - very highly recommended for most general users.

[CosmicKitsune]

Its working now, thx both of you for your help :)

[CosmicKitsune]

Also thx Catheryril for helping me with most/borderline all of my problems :)

[Caethyril]

Yay, happy mapping~ ^_^

And you're welcome! xP