Opened 4 years ago
Closed 3 years ago
#12516 closed defect (worksforme)
AGS: Whispers of a Machine starts with "ERROR! Failed to create user.cfg!"
Reported by: | Thunderforge | Owned by: | dreammaster |
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Priority: | normal | Component: | Engine: AGS |
Version: | Keywords: | whispersofamachine | |
Cc: | Thunderforge | Game: |
Description
When starting up Whispers of a Machine (whispersofamachine
), the first thing the user sees is a black screen with the white words "ERROR! Failed to create user.cfg!"
Info
Game Version: macOS Steam
ScummVM Version: 5 May macOS x64 daily build (ab8c4cc5)
Attachments (1)
Change History (5)
by , 4 years ago
Attachment: | image-20210506-005309.png added |
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comment:1 by , 4 years ago
Keywords: | whispersofamachine added |
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comment:2 by , 4 years ago
comment:3 by , 4 years ago
I did some further investigation and found that this is another manifestation of #11427, which I was still set up for.
Because the default location for ScummVM saves is ~/Documents
(instead of ~/Library/Application Support
as recommended by Apple), recent versions of macOS such as macOS 11 ask the user for permission to give ScummVM access to the Documents folder. I had denied access, and this resulted because WOAM tries to write a file when it starts up.
If I give ScummVM access to ~/Documents
(System Preferences → Security & Privacy → Files and Folders → ScummVM → Documents Folder), then this issue goes away.
comment:4 by , 3 years ago
Owner: | set to |
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Resolution: | → worksforme |
Status: | new → closed |
Strange, it works for me (I don't see this error) and it creates a
whispersofamachine-user.cfg
file in the save game folder.I also have the macOS Steam version of the game, and I am testing with a recent macOS build (bf07a75524, which is a bit more recent that yours, but there is no changes between the two that would explain why it works for me and not for you).