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ThatGame.exe

A cryptic puzzle game about being a bad coder. Also ducks. · By BobboDev

Please comment here to tell me if level 10 works for you or not

A topic by BobboDev created Jun 28, 2022 Views: 911 Replies: 28
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Developer (1 edit)

A few people have commented saying that the solution isn't working for them, and I'm trying to work out if it's a common issue or not. So even if it did work for you, could you let me know?

The solution is below

[Level 10 spoiler]

The solution to level 10 is to create a file in the same  folder as the executable or in the data folder and call it "platformsettings.txt", and then inside the file write "moving=true". The platform should now be moving. If you could also check:

- restarting the level once the file exists

- restarting the game once the file exists

-  you are not somehow putting the .txt file in the wrong location - for example, you extracted the game to two different places on your computer and have put the txt file in Downloads/ThatGameWindows rather than Documents/ThatGameWindows 

- "run as administrator" on windows 10 (right click the exe) - see if that makes a difference.


Any other details you can give me are also useful - when you downloaded the game, what OS you are on etc.

Thanks!

Bobbo

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it definitely worked before but I haven't tried since a few updates ago, I'll try again just in case

Developer

Thank you! Appreciate your continued help :)

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It works, though I was required to restart the game after adding the txt file

Developer

Ah that's interesting. I'm wondering if that's the solution for everyone... it just works for me without having to restart, I'm not sure why it doesn't for others... Thanks massacring!

guess I should mention just in case but I use Windows 11

also I run the game straight from the zip file that I downloaded it from, which works fine but I suppose that could be the reason I had to restart? mayhaps

I was able to get both the bug and platform working on level 10 without restarting the game or level on Windows 10. I was running it in administrator mode at the time so I'm not sure if that made a difference or not.

it's still not working for me. How do you run as administrator, because that is the only thing I haven't been able to do. Thanks in advance!

Developer

Are you on Windows? You should just be able to right click on the game and select "Run as Administrator". If not your account might not have Admin privileges

I was able to run as admin, but it still didn't work.

Wait! All I had to do was remove the ".txt" thing at the end!

Developer

Dang, I suspected it would be this but I had ruled it out! So people are actually naming their files "platformsettings.txt.txt" without realising, because their file extensions are hidden.

I think I can fix this! cheers!

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I use Ubuntu and for me it works without restarting.

I'm running Windows 10. It worked fine for me without having to restart.

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For those having trouble, try removing the ".txt" part of the file name. 
So instead of "platformsettings.txt" it should be: "platformsettings"

If you save a file from Notepad itself, and append the ".txt", it will automatically be removed from the file name as the file type already is a text file. However, this only works when saving from Notepad. If you rename a file in Window's Explorer and append the ".txt" it will not automatically remove it. So the file name will be "platformsettings.txt.txt".

Developer

I had ruled this out based on another screenshot where someone appeared to have their file extensions showing, and there was no .txt

I guess maybe only certain file extensions show?

Anyway it looks like this might be the answer

reading though the comments and the solution looks like dont type ".txt" at the end but for some weird reason it only made the bug move but not the platform  when i did it to both bugsettings.txt and platformsettings.txt

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It worked perfectly for me when i tried it a few days ago. Love the idea

Developer(+1)

Great to hear! Also I'd feel weird replying in my own appreciation thread :D so just wanted to say here...

print("tysm <3");

OMG thanks for responding haha, totally understand honestly I watched your last devlog on ZeroTag 3 times already lmao

Definitely worked for me!  when I created the file in the folder, i just did "Create new text document" and named it, and the game error text changed to "Error: Moving Set Incorrectly", so I opened the file, added "moving = true", hit ctrl + s to save it, and went back to the game, and it was moving

It won't let me create a text document, so the level is impossible. It just says to create a folder.

you can't create text files directly within a zip folder, so you have to create it outside and drag it in or move all the files to a normal folder

Thx! It works now

i can do the puzzle fine, but when it comes to the bug no matter what i do it wont move!

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does not work on macos. I tried:

- putting in the same folder as the .app

- putting it inside the contents folder inside the .app

- putting it in the documents folder

- giving the app full disk access



on top of all this I manually had to run chmod +x on the binary inside the app contents by the way. otherwise the game doesn't launch.


edit: ah, it's supposed to be inside the contents folder, but NOT inside the macos folder. confusing

Wait how would we know if level ten works for us if we all ragequit on the collider level?

I did end up needing to look at the solution for this puzzle. I had assumed that a platformsettings file might already exist in the game files with something to correct. Would you consider adding this? Genuine question because I think it could be a bit more intuitive as well as potentially solve the issue of it not working for some people.