What is the error message exactly
it's not an error message, j downloaded and unzipped the stuff from the link and I still get the prompt do download direct when I start your game
Weird. Do you have directX, dotnet redistributables, etc? Do you can play Stardew Valley in you PC?
I haven't played Stardew Valley before, so I am not sure
maybe the problem is DirectX update or some dotnet dependencie. Try updating DirectX and dotnet c++ redistributable(it actually help in a lot of games like Stardew Valley that is a great game that i personally recomend)