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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0013244 | Dwarf Fortress | Technical -- General | public | 2025-08-06 14:15 | 2025-08-06 14:15 |
| Reporter | DeltaFire | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | high | Severity | major | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Platform | PC | OS | Windows | OS Version | 10 |
| Product Version | 52.02 | ||||
| Summary | 0013244: Mod tile pages fail to locate images when windows username includes special characters | ||||
| Description | Wasn't sure what to categorize this as, hope this is close enough. Since version 52.02, any newly installed mods that include tile pages (used for graphics) fail to load if your user name includes certain special characters. In my case, this would be something akin to "Abcdé". This seems to be the case because since the modding updates, newly downloaded and installed mods are put into a Dwarf Fortress folder in user/AppData/[...], which includes your user name, and thus potential special characters. Any mods without graphics still load properly. The mods still function if manually moved to main install path -> data -> installed_mods instead of AppData, I have tested using an alternate user without special characters and reinstalling the mod, and it stopped failing. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | 0. Ensure game version is 52.02 and the mod to test with is currently not installed in the game's root folder. 1. create a windows (10?) user that has special characters in its name (such as "Abcdé") 2. subscribe to any mod that uses tile pages (sprites) 3. attempt to start a world with that mod. 4. Note failure & return of failure message in additional information. Counter test: 1. create a windows (10?) user that has only standard characters ("abcde") in its name. 2. attempt to start a world with the exact same mod as before. 3. Note success & process continuing into world gen. | ||||
| Additional Information | example error message from one mod, on attempting to enter world gen, starting the test arena, or the like: https://imgur.com/a/NePiEgi | ||||
| Tags | 52.02, graphics, modding, Windows | ||||
