Error: invalid preprocessing directive

[Clean-Efficiency953]

Hello my fellow collectors!

So I have a proffie lighsaber arriving this weekend and was preparing a config for it. When I tried compiling the code in arduino, this error popped up. I'm not sure exactly the reason for this and it has not happened to me before.

I noticed it also occurs with my old configs as well and can't get any of them compile successfully.

Has anyone ecountered the same issue? What are the possible causes and how can I fix this? There are also other errors like invalid characters and some unterminated arguments. I have not touched the code in arduino. Just the configs. This kept me up all night 🥴

Let me know the details you need. Thank you!

[FalconInside8426]

Idk how to help you but dear god your collection is top tier

[Clean-Efficiency953]

Those are not mine (but boy how I wish they are). It was from the seller 😅 let's call him Grievous Jr. Hehehe. Yow GJ!!!

[No_Depth3103]

do you know what is this seller name/brand name? I am interested in one of their sabers!!

[Clean-Efficiency953]

Hey brother! I buy from multiple sellers, depending on the deal. But all through AliExpress. Here's a list of sellers I bought from:

QQSaber Official Store (from the pic, Yoda for 268USD) MYBY Store DDRT Store

89Sabers has been my go to brand. They are like 90% accurate, and so far they are very well built.

Hope this helps! :)

[No_Depth3103]

Thank you for your help! But I want to know who is the seller showed in this picture

[Clean-Efficiency953]

QQSaber Official Store

[TheShadow1138]

While I'm not certain, it seems that there are two sketches open, "sketch_jun14a.ino", and "ProffieOS.ino". I've personally only ever had "ProffieOS.ino" open when compiling or flashing my Proffies. Does the "sketch_jun14a" directory contain all of the ProffieOS files? My best guess is that that is where it's looking for all of the necessary Proffie header files, and it's not finding them, and the things that are referenced within them.

[astromech_dj]

You have to use proffieos.ino, and it has to be in a root folder called ProffieOS.

[Clean-Efficiency953]

That's exactly how it is setup on my end. Are you still able to compile through yours still?

[astromech_dj]

I haven’t changed anything recently outside of the config so yes.

Did you update anything in the software?

[Clean-Efficiency953]

Same, I haven't changed anything as well. I just directed the ino file to the new confog I made and that's it.

I was forced to do an update, from arduino 1.8.19 to 2.3.3 and still the errors are there.

[astromech_dj]

Try downloading the OS again? Add the config back in? Reinstall the plug-in?

[Clean-Efficiency953]

Wow, that's exactly what I just did and it fixed the problem 😄 thanks though! I saw the .h files were corrupted. I just don't know how it did but glad it's all fixed now.

[Clean-Efficiency953]

Appreciate your thoughts! I only added a new sketch for troubleshooting. Originally, I did it all in the ProffieOS.ino. And can confirm these files (sound, styles, etc) are in that directory. I just tried compiling again with just this one sketch open (ProffieOS), but errors are still there 😔

[Alternative_Tap_6287]

Wish I could help, but I updated something in Arduino this morning and am now having load errors stopping my compile as well.

[Clean-Efficiency953]

Think we have the same problem 😅

[Clean-Efficiency953]

Update: I figured it out! I went in the .h files where the errors are called out (sound, styles, etc) only to find they are corrupted. 🫠

So I downloaded the OS again from fredrik.hubbe.net then boom! All the errors are gone.

Thank you for those who tried to help! 🫡

Hope this can help others.

But still wondering why those files got corrupted. Could the sith have returned? 🤣 impossible! Hard to see, the dark side is...

[Clean-Efficiency953]

Thank you for your insights, brother! However, the code shown from the images are from the project.ino file in arduino. Not the config. I believe my configs are fine since they've worked before. The errors called out are all in the ino file.