I hate you Game maker.

Posted by Moikle on Dec. 11, 2011, 10 a.m.

"Error creating standalone, unable to find valid runner data"

this happens EVERY time I try to run a game. also, I cannot open the program straight up, the only way to open it is to find a game created in this version, and open that.

no I cannot reinstall, I no longer have my activation code.

I hope I don't have to buy it again, brining the total i have spent on this program to about £200 (312.12 U.S. dollars)

I only just bought it again last month ;~;

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Comments

Moikle 12 years, 11 months ago

I was going to spend today working on a gm project as well…

Rez 12 years, 11 months ago

your ffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu appears to be sticking out.

Josea 12 years, 11 months ago

Lol, stop giving them money, it's not worth that much.

Unaligned 12 years, 11 months ago

Why'd you pay more than once if it keeps failing?

JuurianChi 12 years, 11 months ago

This keeps happening to me.

Taizen Chisou 12 years, 11 months ago

I got that once, but for me at least it was a fault of moving where my flash drive was plugged in.

Is your GM on a thumb or is it on your desktop?

Moikle 12 years, 11 months ago

desktop, it's in the default install location (c:\\users\appdata\roaming\Gamemaker)

RC 12 years, 11 months ago

This is why you keep track of your activation code.

With that said, if you have an account on YYG with the email you purchased GM with, you can get your activation code by logging in to their main website (not the sandbox.) If you don't have an account on YYG with the email you purchased GM with, then it would have made one for you, but if you don't remember your activation code then you probably won't remember the password they gave you for it.

Also, if you're using the beta update channel: don't. Use the stable update channel (not that there have been any updates for months now.)

ALCH3MIST 12 years, 11 months ago

Never happened to me, although I stick to GM 8.0 - 8.1 isn't worth it. Stick to a stable release!

Moikle 12 years, 11 months ago

the new registration process doesn't even send you an email for it, I was expecting an email with my code, so I didn't save it at that point…

also, 8.1 is a LOT more stable than 8.0. pretty much any particle system I have made does not work in gm8, but works fine in 8.1