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    I've messed up my WIP theme - is now crashing, help?!

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    • InsecureSpikeI
      InsecureSpike
      last edited by InsecureSpike

      in your theme.xml, you have

      <fontPath>./../art/invisible.ttf</fontPath>

      think it should be,

      <fontPath>./art/invisible.ttf</fontPath>

      quite sure thats correct, i'm a little rusty on es themes, now sadly

      RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
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        robertybob @jdrassa
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        @jdrassa
        That's weird, it's the same font I used for my previous theme and I have no problems loading that one. Is there any way of finding out what character 127 is? I don't currently have a working Pi, but if Windows doesn't like the font then it doesn't necessarily mean it'll crash on a Pi (?)

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          robertybob @InsecureSpike
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          @InsecureSpike

          Thanks mate, I'll take a look at that :) Hope all is well with you.

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          • mattrixkM
            mattrixk @robertybob
            last edited by

            @robertybob said in I've messed up my WIP theme - is now crashing, help?!:

            if Windows doesn't like the font then it doesn't necessarily mean it'll crash on a Pi (?)

            I thought it was more the other way around, with the Windows version letting you get away with things that the Pi version wouldn't.

            shrug.

            My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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              robertybob
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              Hi @InsecureSpike , that didn't make any difference unfortunately. @jdrassa I swapped out that font for another (one that Windows recognises!) and I don't appear to have that error any more, however my ES still crashes. The log file is even more useless now; it stops at
              lv13: SystemView::getViewElements<>

              theme

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                robertybob
                last edited by

                bump

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                • DarkWolfD
                  DarkWolf @robertybob
                  last edited by

                  @robertybob Would help, but the link is broken

                  System: Raspberry 3 Model B, RetroPie 4.2.1
                  Storage: 16gb Micro SD, 64gb USB Drive
                  Theme: Updated NBBA

                  Documentation solves many problems: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

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                    robertybob @DarkWolf
                    last edited by

                    @DarkWolf Ah sorry about that, I'll re-upload it tomorrow when I'm not at work :)

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                    • CapemanC
                      Capeman
                      last edited by Capeman

                      I found that when ES theming, if there is a reference to a missing or removed font file ANYWHERE in your code (in the main xml or the per system xml files), ES will immediately crash on startup. If you switched your font, and the old one is referenced anywhere this will cause your issue. Also remember the linux used on the pi is a case sensitive OS, if you have a font called Font.ttf, and you write font.ttf it will likely fail also.

                      Try putting all the fonts (old and new) your working with in your art folder and do search in every xml file for the term FONT, so you can see everywhere fonts are being referenced. Make sure all of them are pointing to the right location. Remember per system xml files, if they pull the font, they will need to have a backward link to jump up one folder.

                      Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                        robertybob @Capeman
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                        @Capeman @DarkWolf
                        Sorry, I've got a perminant link here now :) I still can't figure out where I've gone wrong :(
                        https://www.dropbox.com/s/cktvzau998wbqii/tv (2).zip?dl=0

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