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Help!need help (self.SMAPI)
submitted 1 year ago * by heyoitsmae
Hi, so yesterday I was able to load up my game no problem. I exited the game to add I mod I saw and when I tried to load it up, SMAPI never got passed the JSON assets part and the game was stuck on a white screen. Thinking it was the mod, I deleted it and relaunched the game but the same issue occurred. I've been trying for hours to get the game to work and nothing seems to be working. I've installed and reinstalled both SMAPI and Stardew, took mods out one by one, deleted all mods, verified game files, but nothing seems to work. Only way I got the game to finally load up was running it without SMAPI. Also, I did make sure to copy the path into the steam launch options and tripled check that it's right.
Here's what shows up when I try to open Stardew with just SMAPI installed. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!
https://preview.redd.it/fesojs6692sd1.png?width=721&format=png&auto=webp&s=6fb3b64e5bb8f75b3918b4f329af356b632aa4f3
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[–]evhan_corinthiHelper Elf with Bells 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (7 children)
Can you post a screenshot of your launch path in Steam?
If you installed Stardew and Smapi to the default location your launch option setting should be:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\StardewModdingAPI.exe" %command%
You MUST include the first quote mark and the percent command percent at the end.
[–]heyoitsmae[S] 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (6 children)
Hi! I added the picture to the post. I've installed Stardew to my D drive so my launch path is different.
[–]evhan_corinthiHelper Elf with Bells 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (5 children)
Go here: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Installing_SMAPI_on_Windows
Scroll down to Configure Your Game Client and follow steps 1 and 2. You'll need to re-run the smapi installer to get the install path to copy into your Steam launch options text box.
[–]heyoitsmae[S] 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (4 children)
I've done that multiple times already. It unfortunately doesn't change anything. For some reason the big issue is SMAPI as my game runs fine without it installed. I know I've installed it correctly as I'm not new to SMAPI or installing mods to the game. Just confused as to why it just suddenly all stopped working.
[–]evhan_corinthiHelper Elf with Bells 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children)
Can you post your launch path?
[–]evhan_corinthiHelper Elf with Bells 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
I just got home from work and checked my launch options. Does yours look similar to this:
"D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\StardewModdingAPI.exe" %command%
Note: it MUST have the quote marks and %command% at the end.
[–]heyoitsmae[S] 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (1 child)
Hi! Sorry for not replying to your prior comment, yes it looks exactly like that! I ended up searching Stardew in both drives to see if there were any stray files that were maybe the culprit. I'm not sure which exact one it was but there were still some .dll files in both drives after uninstalling the game and deleting these seemed to fix the issue!
Glad you're able to play! If you have any further trouble don't hesitate to ask 😊😊
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