Help With Missing Resources

[WillLem]

If you're seeing the "Missing Resources" error in RetroLemmini, it's usually due to one of the following:

1) The required resource hasn't been included with, or wasn't downloaded along with, the associated level pack.

If you're playing a custom level, check the LF topic or download site of the level pack. Are there any other resources that were meant to be downloaded along with it (music, gfx mods, etc)? If so, try downloading these and placing them into the correct folder in "resources\".

Otherwise, see if the pack author/maintainer is still active on LF/Discord. If they are, you can always message them to see if they can provide the missing resource; they may have simply forgotten to include it in the download, and you'd be doing them (and other users) a big favour by bringing it to their attention.

Failing that, please feel free to reply here if you have been unable to find a missing resource from a custom level pack. It's possible that someone has a copy of the resource, or there may be a workaround to at least get the pack to a playable state.

2) A newer copy of RetroLemmini is in a directory with an older copy of the "resources" folder.

This can be quite a common occurrence when updating your copy of RetroLemmini. Either the new copy of RetroLemmini has been placed into an older directory which is of course missing some updated resources (the most likely scenario), or stuff has been copied from the old directory and in the process has deleted or overwritten something in the new directory (far less likely, but could still happen).

Either way, this is an easy fix. Simply re-download the latest update, and take care when copying files across from your existing RetroLemmini directory.

It's generally safe to copy across levels, replays, mods, settings and player data without issue. But when copying across gfx, music and sound, ensure that doing so doesn't delete any existing files in these folders; replacing is generally OK, as is merging.

If you wish to use a modded copy of a particular resource (such as the cursor, for example), it's generally best to ensure that the default copy is present first, then paste-replace your modded copy into the correct folder.

If you're experiencing issues with the RetroLemmini file system in general, ask here for help. Most problems can be solved fairly quickly and easily, and those that can't may be addressed in a future program update if necessary.

3) Some other reason.

If you're getting a "Missing Resources" error that isn't explained or solved by any of the above, please do report it here and I'll do my best to help find a solution or a workaround.