Stride Launcher - Start causing error

[VaclavElias]

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The Stride Launcher silently dies when I click on the button Start 4.1.1.1734 but the error is in the Event Viewer.

Visual Studio 2022 wasn't installed. .NET 6 Runtime was installed.

Application: Stride.GameStudio.exe CoreCLR Version: 6.0.822.36306 .NET Version: 6.0.8 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for '<Module>' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for '<Module>' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for '<Module>' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for '<Module>' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Stride.Rendering.BackgroundCubemapShaderKeys' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for '<Module>' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for '<Module>' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Stride.Core.Native.NativeInvoke' threw an exception. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: Could not load native library libcore using CPU architecture x64. at Stride.Core.NativeLibraryHelper.PreloadLibrary(String libraryName, Type owner) in C:\BuildAgent\work\b5f46e3c4829a09e\sources\core\Stride.Core\Native\NativeLibraryHelper.cs:line 137 at Stride.Core.Native.NativeInvoke..cctor() in C:\BuildAgent\work\b5f46e3c4829a09e\sources\core\Stride.Core\Native\NativeInvoke.cs:line 24 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Stride.Core.Native.NativeInvoke.Setup() in C:\BuildAgent\work\b5f46e3c4829a09e\sources\core\Stride.Core\Native\NativeInvoke.cs:line 50 at Stride.Native.Module.Initialize() in C:\BuildAgent\work\b5f46e3c4829a09e\sources\engine\Stride.Native\NativeInvoke.cs:line 46 at .cctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Stride.Core.DataSerializers.Stride_GraphicsSerializerFactory.Initialize() at .cctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Stride.Rendering.BackgroundCubemapShaderKeys..cctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.RunClassConstructor(RuntimeTypeHandle type) at .cctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Stride.Core.Serialization.AssemblyScan.Stride_EngineAssemblyScan.Initialize() at .cctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Stride.Core.DataSerializers.Stride_AssetsSerializerFactory.Initialize() at .cctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Stride.Core.DataSerializers.Stride_EditorSerializerFactory.Initialize() at .cctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Stride.GameStudio.Program.Main() at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Span`1& arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor, Boolean wrapExceptions) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args) at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssemblyByName(String assemblyName, String[] args) at Stride.NuGetLoader.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\BuildAgent\work\b5f46e3c4829a09e\sources\tools\Stride.NuGetLoader\Program.cs:line 24

[VaclavElias]

Once I installed VS 2022, the error is gone and all is working.

This test was done to update accordingly Install Stride page https://doc.stride3d.net/latest/en/manual/get-started/install-stride.html.

The page needs to have some prerequisites mentioned..

[manio143]

This sounds like VCRedist missing

[VaclavElias]

Thanks, I will double check it and test further the instructions above from the manual.

There is this step, which didn't work and probably needs to be done manually...

12. The Stride Launcher checks if the prerequisite Visual C++ Redistributable is installed. If it's not installed, follow the prompts to install it.

[VaclavElias]

This is an additional related error. Testing the same on the clean Windows install.

C:\Users\Vacla\.nuget\packages\stride.core.assets.compilerapp\4.1.0.1838\buildTransitive\Stride.Core.Assets.CompilerApp.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Users\Vacla\.nuget\packages\strid
e.core.assets.compilerapp\4.1.0.1838\buildTransitive\..\tools\net6.0-windows7.0\Stride.Core.Assets.CompilerApp.exe"  --disable-auto-compile --project-configuration "Debug" --platform=Windows --project-
configuration=Debug --compile-property:StrideGraphicsApi=Direct3D11 --output-path="C:\Users\Vacla\Downloads\examples\example01\bin\Debug\net6.0\data" --build-path="C:\Users\Vacla\Downloads\examples\exa
mple01\obj\stride\assetbuild\data" --package-file="C:\Users\Vacla\Downloads\examples\example01\example01.csproj" --msbuild-uptodatecheck-filebase="C:\Users\Vacla\Downloads\examples\example01\obj\Debug\
net6.0\stride\assetcompiler-uptodatecheck"" exited with code -532462766. [C:\Users\Vacla\Downloads\examples\example01\example01.csproj]

[VaclavElias]

As of today, I only installed this one Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe to make it working for code-only.

The problem is for sure missing VCRedist.

Closing as resolved as the prerequisites must be followed.

[Eideren]

Should we change this to an enhancement to include/fix the redist in the installer ?

[VaclavElias]

This below is now the bare minimum to run Stride code only on the clean Windows installation. There would be more needed for the Stride Installer and Game Studio. Let's reopen because I will be testing these scenarios on clean Windows installation and maybe I can confirm if the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable is enough or we need also those previous versions.

https://stride3d.github.io/stride-community-toolkit/manual/getting-started.html