Defold error "collectionc"

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#1

Hello, I have been having a rough time trying to find out what I am doing wrong here because I have come across this error…

ERROR:GAMEOBJECT: The collection ‘collection4’ could not be created since there is already a socket with the same name.
ERROR:GAMEOBJECT: AcquireResources NewCollection RESULT_OUT_OF_RESOURCES
WARNING:RESOURCE: Unable to create resource: /main/mainMenu.collectionc: OUT_OF_RESOURCES
ERROR:GAMESYS: The collection /main/mainMenu.collectionc could not be loaded.
ERROR:GAMESYS: The collection /main/mainMenu.collectionc could not be unloaded since it was never loaded. Message ‘unload’ sent from main:/controller#controller to main:/controller#mainMenu_proxy.

every single collection has a different name. Do you guys know why?

#2

Hello @pamod.2005 ! :slight_smile:
What are your game.project settings regarding Collections?

#3

Hello :slightly_smiling_face:
I have instances at 1024 and stack input entries at 16

#4

Are you absolutely 100% certain that the collections have different names, set in the properties panel? This is not the same as the file name.

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#5

You mean the name that comes up on the bottom right or the id/url?

#6

This suggests that you have more than one collection named the same thing: collection4.

#7

I’ve named my collections collection1 collection2 etc so I’m not sure if that’s the case maybe there’s some duplicate that I’m unaware of

#8

Over here. You have to open the collection and click on the root “Collection” in the Outline.

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#9

If you search for the string collection4, you should really only find it in one place.

Press CTRL+SHIFT+F you’ll get the search window:

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#10

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#11

it says it only comes up in one place

#12

Ok, so are you loading the menuCollection dynamically?
Are you certain it is unloaded before you try to load it?

#13 
– show the collection once loaded into memory
if message_id == hash(“proxy_loaded”) then
msg.post(sender, “enable”)
– load the correct collection when a message is received
elseif message_id == hash(“show_firstMenu_screen”) then
– first menu screen
msg.post(self.current_collection, “unload”)
msg.post("/controller#firstMenu_proxy", “load”)
self.current_collection = “/controller#firstMenu_proxy”
elseif message_id == hash(“show_logIn_screen”) then
– log in screen
msg.post(self.current_collection, “unload”)
msg.post("/controller#logIn_proxy", “load”)
self.current_collection = “/controller#logIn_proxy”
elseif message_id == hash(“show_signUp_screen”) then
– sign up screen
msg.post(self.current_collection, “unload”)
msg.post("/controller#signUp_proxy", “load”)
self.current_collection = “/controller#signUp_proxy”
elseif message_id == hash(“show_mainMenu_screen”) then
msg.post(self.current_collection, “unload”)
msg.post("/controller#mainMenu_proxy", “load”)
self.current_collection = “/controller#mainMenu_proxy”
elseif message_id == hash(“show_levelSelection_screen”) then
msg.post(self.current_collection, “unload”)
msg.post("/controller#levelSelection_proxy", “load”)
self.current_collection = “/controller#levelSelection_proxy”
elseif message_id == hash(“show_settings_screen”) then
msg.post(self.current_collection, “unload”)
msg.post("/controller#settings_proxy", “load”)
self.current_collection = “/controller#settings_proxy”
elseif message_id == hash(“show_customisation_screen”) then
msg.post(self.current_collection, “unload”)
msg.post("/controller#customisation_proxy", “load”)
self.current_collection = “/controller#customisation_proxy”
elseif message_id == hash(“closeGame”) then
os.exit()
end
end```
#14

Please put your code within three backticks ´, to format it. That way it will be much more readable:

like this
#15

do you mean like this ‘’’…’’’?

#16

No, the back tick looks like this `
You’ll notice yourself when it looks different when you type your post.
It should look

like this
#17

ohh okay now I see it

#18

it should look like that now in my original post

#19

I have made a new controller message hash and it works now. Thank you for all your help😁