When i open the .exe file it closes itself in less then as second, i get this error each time i attempt to start in the debug file:

[1023/202206.964:ERROR:main_delegate.cc(710)] Could not load locale pak for en-US
[1023/202206.976:ERROR:main_delegate.cc(717)] Could not load cef.pak
[1023/202206.976:ERROR:main_delegate.cc(734)] Could not load cef_100_percent.pak
[1023/202206.976:ERROR:main_delegate.cc(743)] Could not load cef_200_percent.pak
[1023/202206.976:ERROR:main_delegate.cc(753)] Could not load cef_extensions.pak
[1023/202206.984:ERROR:content_client.cc(272)] No data resource available for id 101

Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for the info. This is a really good lead for figuring out the problem.

First thing: you're clicking on fleshcult.exe, right? I know, I know, I gotta check!

Second thing: do these files exist? They should live in the cef/pak subfolder (cef.pak, etc.) and the cef/locales subfolder (en-US.pak).

Third thing: are you running it with the working directory being something other than the install folder? e.g. running it from a command line that's outside the folder, as opposed to clicking on the icon

1. yes, when ordered by name it is the file above fleshcult.exe.manifest.

2. all the .pak files it's calling for exist in the  fleshcult-windows-release\cef\pak  and  fleshcult-windows-release\cef\locales  directories.

3. i extracted all the files into an empty folder, the executable is in  \the fleshcult-windows-release  just as when it was extracted from the zip file.

Wow, excellent detective work! I don't think I'm using Unicode strings for constructing directory paths, so that'll be it alright. I'll start looking into a fix for that on monday.