# Cant make a build

**URL:** <https://forum.defold.com/t/cant-make-a-build/82323>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [February 4, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/cant-make-a-build/82323 "2026-02-04T01:23:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![cenullum](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/cenullum/32/40863_2.png) [@cenullum](https://forum.defold.com/u/cenullum)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/cant-make-a-build/82323/1 "2026-02-04T01:23:50Z")

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![image](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/e/8/e8a50134467153226b22e36a5808bfa4f8236bd6.png)

I cant export any platform.

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**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/cant-make-a-build/82323/2 "2026-02-04T06:12:19Z")

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It is not a very helpful message, but I’d start by going through any model components you have and make sure they have assigned textures. Or perhaps it’s a tilesource which is missing an image?

It is also likely that our command line tool will provide a better error message:

> **[Defold project builder manual](https://defold.com/manuals/bob/)**
>
> Bob is a command line tool for building Defold projects. This manual explains how to use the tool.

(note: it requires JDK 25, not JDK 21 as documented. I’ll fix that straight away)

I would also appreciate if you could share your project with me (bjorn@defold.se) so that we can take a look and make sure the editor gives a better error message.

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**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/cant-make-a-build/82323/3 "2026-02-04T06:25:26Z")

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> [@britzl](#):
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> I would also appreciate if you could share your project

I just realised you shared it in another post!

```lua
> java -jar bob.jar --archive build bundle

...

Reading tasks...ERROR: build/default/_generated_156ad311e22fef6d.mesh:0: 'com.dynamo.bob.CompileExceptionError: you must specify a textures'

2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE you must specify a textures 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.pipeline.BuilderUtil.checkResource(BuilderUtil.java:47) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Builder.createSubTask(Builder.java:119) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.ProtoBuilder.createSubTasks(ProtoBuilder.java:133) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.ProtoBuilder.create(ProtoBuilder.java:177) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Project.createTask(Project.java:536) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Project.createTask(Project.java:508) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Builder.createSubTask(Builder.java:101) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.pipeline.GameObjectBuilder.create(GameObjectBuilder.java:144) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Project.createTask(Project.java:536) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Project.createTask(Project.java:508) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Builder.createSubTask(Builder.java:120) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.ProtoBuilder.createSubTasks(ProtoBuilder.java:146) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.ProtoBuilder.createSubTasks(ProtoBuilder.java:135) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.pipeline.CollectionBuilder.create(CollectionBuilder.java:97) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Project.createTask(Project.java:536) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Project.createTask(Project.java:508) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Builder.createSubTask(Builder.java:120) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.pipeline.GameProjectBuilder.create(GameProjectBuilder.java:155) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Project.createTask(Project.java:536) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Project.createTask(Project.java:508) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Project.createTasks(Project.java:558) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Project.createAndRunTasks(Project.java:1678) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Project.doBuild(Project.java:1832) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Project.build(Project.java:743) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Bob.invoke(Bob.java:873) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE com.dynamo.bob.Bob.main(Bob.java:949) 
2026-02-04 07:20:06 SEVERE you must specify a textures 

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Not very helpful using command line tools either…

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**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/cant-make-a-build/82323/4 "2026-02-04T06:50:11Z")

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Ok, I figured it out. It’s the cursor.go mesh which for some reason had an empty ‘textures’ field. Open the cursor.go, remove the mesh component, save, then add a new mesh component and provide the required fields.

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**Author:** ![cenullum](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/cenullum/32/40863_2.png) [@cenullum](https://forum.defold.com/u/cenullum)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/cant-make-a-build/82323/6 "2026-02-04T08:46:52Z")

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Right now I understood.Thank you for your help. I would not figure out without you.