[2.2.0-beta] Error - Missing 'data/InstallationOverride.json' on Fresh Install

[snepderg]

Trying to clean install Rod n' Mod after having an update loop occur with the previous version. Attempting to launch the application results in this error: No such file or directory: data/installationOverride.json

Using:

• Rod n Mod Version: 2.2.0-beta (Installer/Standalone)
• OS: Windows 10 Home 22H2

This is just a guess, but maybe this file was already present for an update, causing an error for a fresh install?

Here is the log up until the error:

2024-11-24 12:07:42,721 - rodnmod:fishfinder INFO:  Starting the Webfishing installation search...
2024-11-24 12:07:42,722 - rodnmod:fishfinder WARNING:  Webfishing installation not found.
2024-11-24 12:07:45,302 - rodnmod:fishfinder INFO:  HTTP Request: GET https://api.github.com/repos/nyxical420/rodnmod/releases?per_page=1 "HTTP/1.1 200 OK"
2024-11-24 12:07:46,023 - rodnmod:fishfinder INFO:  Starting the Webfishing installation search...
2024-11-24 12:07:46,024 - rodnmod:fishfinder WARNING:  Webfishing installation not found.
2024-11-24 12:07:46,024 - rodnmod:fishfinder INFO:  Detected Webfishing installation path: None
2024-11-24 12:07:46,024 - rodnmod:fishfinder INFO:  Installation path is None. Using fallback installation path instead!

[snepderg]

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sigh I should have read this better, looks like there's a hardcoded path in here to D:\Projects (Code Stuff) ...

[snepderg]

I would like to note that I attempted to build from source on this version, but it couldn't find winupdate.bat or 7zr.exe

I will grab those from the standalone and update you on how that goes.

Edit: Okay, so that continues, but it looks like cx_freeze is trying to access System32... Misconfigured path?

Edit 2: Well I know that on Windows at least, the application relies on Microsoft Edge Webview2, is that what's happening here? I'd appreciate some context as having to run the build as administrator is sketching me out.

[nyxical420]

I would like to note that I attempted to build from source on this version, but it couldn't find winupdate.bat or 7zr.exe

Sorry, i apparently put them inside the gitignore for some reason, they are available now!

Okay, so that continues, but it looks like cx_freeze is trying to access System32... Misconfigured path?

Not really sure why it's doing that.

Well I know that on Windows at least, the application relies on Microsoft Edge Webview2, is that what's happening here? I'd appreciate some context as having to run the build as administrator is sketching me out.

I don't think you should be even running the build as admin? you can just run them normally without having to.

[nyxical420]

for the main issue, the file should honestly be available at launch as i am checking if the installationOverride.json is missing or not.
you can locate this at the bottom of main.py

    # path override
    if not path.exists("data/installationOverride.json"):
        with open("data/installationOverride.json", "w") as file:
            default_config = {
                "installationPath": ""
            }
        with open("data/installationOverride.json", 'w') as file:
            dump(default_config, file, indent=4)

EDIT: could be that its being called early than its supposed to be? i could probably run the installation check inside if __name__ == "__main__":

[snepderg]

I don't think you should be even running the build as admin? you can just run them normally without having to.

I see.. Well, I suppose I can specify what steps I took to see if something went awry with my process.

1. Download latest source
2. Unzip in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\rodnmod-main
3. Open Powershell, CD into the directory
4. Execute python -m venv .venv
5. Execute cd .venv\Scripts; .\activate
6. Execute python setup.py build

After testing with the .gitignore update, it still raises an "access is denied" error (Which I suppose is to be expected because that happened when I borrowed 7zr and the bat file from the releases standalone archive).

(.venv) PS C:\Users##USER##\AppData\Local\Programs\rodnmod-main> python setup.py build
C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Programs\rodnmod-main.venv\lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py:337: InformationOnly: Normalizing '2.2.0-beta' to '2.2.0b0'
self.metadata.version = self._normalize_version(self.metadata.version)
running build
running build_exe
C:\Users##USER##\AppData\Local\Programs\rodnmod-main.venv\lib\site-packages\psutil\tests\test_system.py:518: SyntaxWarning: "is not" with a literal. Did you mean "!="?
assert percent is not -0.0
error: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft'

[nyxical420]

I don't think you should be even running the build as admin? you can just run them normally without having to.

I see.. Well, I suppose I can specify what steps I took to see if something went awry with my process.

1. Download latest source
2. Unzip in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\rodnmod-main
3. Open Powershell, CD into the directory
4. Execute python -m venv .venv
5. Execute cd .venv\Scripts; .\activate
6. Execute python setup.py build

After testing with the .gitignore update, it still raises an "access is denied" error (Which I suppose is to be expected because that happened when I borrowed 7zr and the bat file from the releases standalone archive).

(.venv) PS C:\Users##USER##\AppData\Local\Programs\rodnmod-main> python setup.py build C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Programs\rodnmod-main.venv\lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py:337: InformationOnly: Normalizing '2.2.0-beta' to '2.2.0b0' self.metadata.version = self._normalize_version(self.metadata.version) running build running build_exe C:\Users##USER##\AppData\Local\Programs\rodnmod-main.venv\lib\site-packages\psutil\tests\test_system.py:518: SyntaxWarning: "is not" with a literal. Did you mean "!="? assert percent is not -0.0 error: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft'

I don't think you're supposed to be building Rod n' Mod inside %LOCALAPPDATA%. Please move that somewhere else like your desktop.

[snepderg]

I don't think you're supposed to be building Rod n' Mod inside %LOCALAPPDATA%. Please move that somewhere else like your desktop.

Hmm. Well I am truly confused, I moved it outside of a system folder (To my D:\ drive) and it still tries to access C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\config\\systemprofile\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft

I'll go ahead and troubleshoot best I can on my end, and try to figure out why cx_freeze is trying to access a restricted path.

Thank you for your time.

[SpaceBoyHmm]

would just like to chime in and add that i'm also experiencing an update loop - unsure why this is

[nyxical420]

@snepderg after getting my breakfast and all, i realized what you're doing wrong. (i think)

you are activating the venv with cd .venv\Scripts; .\activate instead of .\.venv\scripts\activate in the current working directory where the setup.py script is.

otherwise im not quite sure whats happening at all

[snepderg]

@snepderg after getting my breakfast and all, i realized what you're doing wrong. (i think)

you are activating the venv with cd .venv\Scripts; .\activate instead of .\.venv\scripts\activate in the current working directory where the setup.py script is.

otherwise im not quite sure whats happening at all

So to be clear, I'm supposed to invoke venv from the project root dir right?
cd D:\Applications\RodNMod\rodnmod-main
.\.venv\scripts\activate
python setup.py build

I tried it with the commands from the README in the unzip directory:

1. python -m venv .venv; .\.venv\Scripts\Activate; pip install -r requirements.txt
   1a. (wait for (.venv) to appear)
2. python setup.py build

Unfortunately, nothing has changed.

[nyxical420]

hello, @snepderg & @SpaceBoyHmm are you able help me test out this version if this version fixes the issues you guys are experiencing?

https://github.com/nyxical420/rodnmod/releases/download/2.2.0-beta/rodnmod-standalone-pyinstTest.zip

[snepderg]

hello, @snepderg & @SpaceBoyHmm are you able help me test out this version if this version fixes the issues you guys are experiencing?

https://github.com/nyxical420/rodnmod/releases/download/2.2.0-beta/rodnmod-standalone-pyinstTest.zip

@nyxical420 This works out of the box for me, although I will note that GDWeave and Pyinstaller get Windows Defender a bit riled up.
NotNite/GDWeave#25

[nyxical420]

ah, that's nice to know! with the antivirus in mind, i may have to re-introduce obfusicating the script to pyarmor then compile it to hopefully prevent antivirus detection.

[snepderg]

Yup, the only thing I've noticed so far is that it doesn't like restarting itself when I add the override path, gives me a popup about failing to delete a temp directory, and the updater just shows a white box.

[nyxical420]

Yup, the only thing I've noticed so far is that it doesn't like restarting itself when I add the override path, gives me a popup about failing to delete a temp directory, and the updater just shows a white box.

replicated, will try to find a fix!

[nyxical420]

i don't think that i'm able to restart rodnmod like the way i used to do it via cx_Freeze. i will be removing the functionality until i figure out a solution for this.

[nyxical420]

it will still be restartable when its not compiled, though

[nyxical420]

nevermind, i may have found a solution!
did not work as i expected it to unfortunately :(

[snepderg]

No worries, thank you for taking the time to look into this for me, I appreciate the swift responses ^^