MantisBT - Doomseeker
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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0003839Doomseeker[All Projects] Bugpublic2020-06-26 18:282024-11-03 19:11
ReporterWubTheCaptain 
Assigned ToZalewa 
PrioritynormalSeveritytextReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionfixed 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version1.3.1 
Target Version1.4.0Fixed in Version1.4.0 
Summary0003839: Attempting to create a game with no executable throws an unhelpful error message to the user
DescriptionI created a new game from "Create Game", had no executable configured, and got this unhelpful error message.
Quote
Doomseeker - error

 does not exist or is not a file.

Notice the leading white space character and newline too.
Steps To ReproduceCreate a game with no executable defined, as in the attached screenshot. Press a "Play", "Command line" or "Host server" button.
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Attached Filespng 2020-06-26-182321_maim.png (60,031) 2020-06-26 18:28
https://zandronum.com/tracker/file_download.php?file_id=2625&type=bug
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jpg ds-20230115-exec-is-bad.jpg (63,329) 2023-01-15 14:41
https://zandronum.com/tracker/file_download.php?file_id=2830&type=bug
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jpg ds-20230115-exec-not-set.jpg (61,925) 2023-01-15 14:41
https://zandronum.com/tracker/file_download.php?file_id=2831&type=bug
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2020-06-26 18:28WubTheCaptainNew Issue
2020-06-26 18:28WubTheCaptainFile Added: 2020-06-26-182321_maim.png
2020-08-02 08:16ZalewaStatusnew => acknowledged
2022-09-10 14:35ZalewaTarget Version => 1.4.0
2022-12-14 17:52ZalewaAssigned To => Zalewa
2022-12-14 17:52ZalewaStatusacknowledged => assigned
2022-12-17 21:53ZalewaNote Added: 0022528
2022-12-17 21:53ZalewaStatusassigned => needs review
2023-01-05 12:16ZalewaNote Added: 0022646
2023-01-05 12:16ZalewaStatusneeds review => needs testing
2023-01-05 12:16ZalewaNote Edited: 0022646bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=22646#r13877
2023-01-15 14:40ZalewaFile Added: ds-20220115-exec-not-set.jpg
2023-01-15 14:40ZalewaFile Deleted: ds-20220115-exec-not-set.jpg
2023-01-15 14:41ZalewaFile Added: ds-20230115-exec-is-bad.jpg
2023-01-15 14:41ZalewaFile Added: ds-20230115-exec-not-set.jpg
2023-01-15 14:43ZalewaNote Added: 0022699
2023-01-15 14:43ZalewaStatusneeds testing => resolved
2023-01-15 14:43ZalewaFixed in Version => 1.4.0
2023-01-15 14:43ZalewaResolutionopen => fixed
2024-11-03 19:11ZalewaStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0022528)
Zalewa   
2022-12-17 21:53   
The error message should be more precise now:'https://bitbucket.org/Doomseeker/doomseeker/commits/85eb97e88a324469d5022a8368c8c6786ab67922 [^]'
(0022646)
Zalewa   
2023-01-05 12:16   
Beta package for Windows available at the beta auto-update channel and at:
'https://devbuilds.drdteam.org/doomseeker/doomseeker-1.3.3~beta-230105-1140_windows.zip [^]'

Please test.
(0022699)
Zalewa   
2023-01-15 14:43   
The two screenshots ds-20230115* show that the box now displays a "not set" error message when the path is empty. If the path is ok but doesn't exist, it will show the "doesn't exist" message with the executable path as before.