Launching New Local Engine failed

Im getting the following error when I try to build on windows 7 with an empty project and the “PNG” extension. Im using Defold editor 2 with verision 1.2.136. Channel: editor-alpha.

Launching New Local Engine failed:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URI is not absolute

Thanks for the help,
Ron

Just a quick question, is the image named with uppercase letters “PNG”? Does it work if you rename the image with lowercase letters instead?

I’m not sure at all, just a shot in the dark. :slight_smile:

sorry yes it is lowercase already. I typed it wrong.

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Has it worked before on the same machine? Is there anything special about the project, was it created from one of the templates?

nothing special. i created it from the desktop template and just added the png extension. it runs without the extension . i just noticed that the build server path for extensions is empty in the preferences. could that be it?

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Good catch! Yes, if the build server path is empty you get an error. Reset it to https://build.defold.com and try again.
Created issue here: https://github.com/defold/editor2-issues/issues/2192

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That worked. Thank you. Im not sure how that was not filled in. Its a new install of Defold.

Thats strange. Is this the first time you install editor 2? Or could there be some preference setting from an old installation lingering?

Ive had it on this computer before but deleted. Then just reinstalled it recently. But i dont remember editing that. But that doesn’t mean t hat I didn’t inadvertently delete the path.

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