Exception: Backslash in filename, use '/' instead (livecomp)

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Exception: Backslash in filename, use '/' instead (livecomp)

#1 Post by sheetcakeghost » Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:03 pm

Good lord, how did I break my code this time?!

So, I'm trying live composite with characters for the first time, and I of course fall into some hiccups as code and I don't get along. First it turns out I wasn't using all the single quotes I needed, then I didn't have it lined up right, then it told me that a value wasn't defined, and now when I think I have it perfected I get this.

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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 30, in script
Exception: Backslash in filename, use '/' instead: 'char\\pw\x08ase.png'

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\execution.py", line 288, in run
    node.execute()
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\ast.py", line 1110, in execute
    renpy.exports.with_statement(trans, paired)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\exports.py", line 946, in with_statement
    return renpy.game.interface.do_with(trans, paired, clear=clear)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\core.py", line 1531, in do_with
    clear=clear)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\core.py", line 1853, in interact
    repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\core.py", line 2165, in interact_core
    self.draw_screen(root_widget, fullscreen_video, (not fullscreen_video) or video_frame_drawn)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\core.py", line 1420, in draw_screen
    renpy.config.screen_height,
  File "render.pyx", line 365, in renpy.display.render.render_screen (gen\renpy.display.render.c:4568)
  File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2033)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\layout.py", line 521, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2291)
  File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2033)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\layout.py", line 521, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2291)
  File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2033)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\layout.py", line 521, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2291)
  File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2033)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\movetransition.py", line 375, in render
    old_r = renpy.display.render.render(self.old, width, height, st, at)
  File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2291)
  File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2033)
  File "accelerator.pyx", line 109, in renpy.display.accelerator.transform_render (gen\renpy.display.accelerator.c:1298)
  File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2033)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\layout.py", line 1699, in render
    cr = renpy.display.render.render(self.child, w, h, st, at)
  File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2291)
  File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2033)
  File "accelerator.pyx", line 109, in renpy.display.accelerator.transform_render (gen\renpy.display.accelerator.c:1298)
  File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2033)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\image.py", line 164, in render
    return wrap_render(self.target, width, height, st, at)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\image.py", line 54, in wrap_render
    rend = render(child, w, h, st, at)
  File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2291)
  File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2033)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\layout.py", line 263, in render
    surf = render(self.child, width, height, st, at)
  File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2291)
  File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2033)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\layout.py", line 1031, in render
    return renpy.display.render.render(self.child, w, h, st, at)
  File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2291)
  File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2033)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\im.py", line 465, in render
    im = cache.get(self)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\im.py", line 196, in get
    surf = image.load()
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\display\im.py", line 509, in load
    surf = renpy.display.pgrender.load_image(renpy.loader.load(self.filename), self.filename)
  File "C:\Users\Alice\Desktop\Projects\Work\Ren'Py\renpy-6.15.2-sdk\renpy\loader.py", line 404, in load
    raise Exception("Backslash in filename, use '/' instead: %r" % name)
Exception: Backslash in filename, use '/' instead: 'char\\pw\x08ase.png'

Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
Ren'Py 6.15.7.374
Space Chocolate 0.0
Out of every code breaking problem I've ever had, this is a new one. I don't even know how to begin to fix this.

Here's the code in question.

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#Characters
init:
    $ pw = Character('Pixie Widget', show_two_window=True)
    $ pwmood = None


init:
    image widget = ConditionSwitch(
            "pwmood == 'neutral'", LiveComposite(
                (300, 600),
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\base.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\face\eyes\neutral.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\face\mouth\flat.png",
                ),
            "pwmood == 'happy'", LiveComposite(
                (300, 600),
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\base.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\face\eyes\happy.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\face\mouth\flat.png",
                ),
            "pwmood == 'sad'", LiveComposite(
                (300, 600),
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\base.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\face\eyes\cry.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\face\mouth\flat.png",
                ),
            "pwmood == 'worried'", LiveComposite(
                (300, 600),
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\base.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\face\eyes\happy.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\face\mouth\flat.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\acc\sweat.png",
                ),
            "pwmood == 'question'", LiveComposite(
                (300, 600),
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\base.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\face\eyes\neutral.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\face\mouth\flat.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\acc\question.png",
                ),
            "pwmood == 'glitter'", LiveComposite(
                (300, 600),
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\sbase.png",
                    (0, 0), "char\pw\face\spec\glitter.png",
                ),
            "pwmood == None", "char\pw\base.png")
And here is the nefarious line 30.

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    show widget with moveinright
And here are the lines surrounding line 30.

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label end:
    "Okay, now let's try getting a character in here. How about the prototype for the widget AI?"
    show widget with moveinright
    $ pwmood = "glitter"
    pw "Hello!"
I'm just absolutely blind with rage and unable to see where I screwed this all up. All help is appreciated.

(FYI, my end goal is to have a character generated thing like what was done with Hanako's Magical Diary. Thus my using live composite with individual face parts loaded.)

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Re: Exception: Backslash in filename, use '/' instead (livec

#2 Post by Asceai » Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:15 pm

Uh, you read the error message and even pasted it in the topic title, so what's the problem?

Backslash in filename, use '/' instead

You have backslashes in your filenames.
Use / instead.

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Re: Exception: Backslash in filename, use '/' instead (livec

#3 Post by sheetcakeghost » Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:25 pm

Because I'm an idiot when I'm angry and assumed doing that would keep it from finding the files I wanted. Swallowing my pride and doing that did fix it though. I'll just stew in my hate of how finicky coding is for a while and get back to futzing. Thanks for the reply, even though it was obvious.

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