Homebrew DS game maker gives error - Illegal characters in path

[Ella879]

help pls i dunno what to do

 

[VinsCool]

Did you use a special character or a symbol in the filenames?

 

[Ella879]

Did you use a special character or a symbol in the filenames?

nope
there is no spaces either

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path.
   at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path, Boolean checkAdditional)
   at System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck, Int32 maxPathLength, Boolean expandShortPaths)
   at System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
   at System.Net.WebClient.GetUri(String path)
   at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(String address, String fileName)
   at DS_Game_Maker.MainForm.MainForm_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1080.0 built by: NETFXREL3STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
DS Game Maker

 

[VinsCool]

NVM, Ninja'd

Hmm, sorry, I don't understand this error either.

 

[Shining Greninja]

help pls i dunno what to do

You think you can be a little more specific

 

[Ella879]

You think you can be a little more specific

nope
there is no spaces either

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path.
   at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path, Boolean checkAdditional)
   at System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck, Int32 maxPathLength, Boolean expandShortPaths)
   at System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
   at System.Net.WebClient.GetUri(String path)
   at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(String address, String fileName)
   at DS_Game_Maker.MainForm.MainForm_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1080.0 built by: NETFXREL3STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
DS Game Maker

 

[Ella879]

i need help, anyone have ideas?

 

[Shining Greninja]

i need help, anyone have ideas?

Don't use illegal characters (^:

 

[Ella879]

Don't use illegal characters (^:

i didn't

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

It is in C:\Apps\DSGameMaker

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

ill try 2 download an older version

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

Version 4.9 works but gives an error saying that I have to update becuase this version is widely pirated
version 5.12 gives some other error, and version 5.20 gives the illegal character error

 

[Ella879]

i tried troubleshoting compatiblity with windows and still no luck
the path is now C:/DS Game Maker

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

THERE ARE NO ILLEGAL CHARACTERS IN PATH!
I reinstalled it to C:/DSGM/

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

anyone?
dsgamemaker.com is down, i downloaded the installer with wayback machine

 

[gandostudios]

gigantic necro bump but after several hours of google searching i finally found the answer; ironically, it was one of the first results, so it was right in front of me.

 

[SCOTT0852]

That's kind of useless now since op's been banned sometime after their last comment...

 

[gandostudios]

That's kind of useless now since op's been banned sometime after their last comment...

Fair enough but I still felt like I'd reply since this is the first result you get when searching the error on Google.