Cannot get random pokemon to work

[xarDeves]

Hello, i cloned your project while also downloading all the necessary sprites, i am able to run the program and successfully display pokemon. (Note that i can only do that by name).

The problem i specifically face has to do with random pokemon, it seems that the path is wrong when passing in "random", both from the terminal and hardcoded.

The code i am operating on has been slightly changed, however this was an issue from the get-go. This issue is raised as a means for feedback on whether the "random" functionality is actually working, so as to determine whether my filetree/configuration is broken

P.S. i am working on windows.

Thank you.

[talwat]

I haven't tested on windows, which could be the reason. I'll check it out, thanks. Did you make sure that the pokesprite submodule is there?

[xarDeves]

yes, the paths are correct, and it is especially weird behaviour since when a pokemon name is passed it works. i will test on linux as well...

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[talwat]

random works fine on my end, can you try using cargo install to install pokeget instead?

[xarDeves]

tested on linux, still does not work.
to be precise, i cloned your repo and downloaded pokesprites in /data

using cargo run -- random through my code editor's terminal, and pokeget random from the within the /target (while also copying pokesprites and trying to modify the path in sprites.rs)

in the installed version random works

i also noticed this...
when using this code (both on linux and windows):

let path = &format!(
        "pokesprite/pokemon-gen8/{}/{}{}.png",
        if shiny { "shiny" } else { "regular" },
        if female && !is_random { "female/" } else { "" },
        filename
    );

    eprintln!("path {}", path);
    Data::get(path)
        .unwrap_or_else(|| {
            eprintln!("pokemon not found at path {}", path);
            exit(1);
        })
        .data
        .into_owned()

the output is (notice the ".png" at the start):

.png pokesprite/pokemon-gen8/regular/zarude
.pngmon not found at path pokesprite/pokemon-gen8/regular/zarude

sadly my literall 0 knowledge of rust does not help getting to the bottom of this...

[talwat]

Why not just clone with recursive submodules, like stated in the instructions? That should work, since there's probably an issue with nested directories. Or, there's a random newline being inserted somewhere? You said you made modifications which doesn't exactly inspire confidence, but you shouldn't need to change the path or anything.

in the installed version random works

Yeah, my guess is rust-embed is stupid or whatever.

[xarDeves]

thank you for your quick responses, i will look into it further and come back to the issue if i find a fix

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On Mon, Jan 8, 2024, 11:12 PM Tal ***@***.***> wrote: Why not just clone with recursive submodules, like stated in the instructions? That should work, since there's probably an issue with nested directories. Or, there's a random newline being inserted somewhere? You said you made modifications which doesn't exactly inspire confidence, but you shouldn't need to change the path or anything. in the installed version random works Yeah, my guess is rust-embed is stupid or whatever. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#6 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/APEKFUE7Y2WN4FQ7RFD5ILLYNROL7AVCNFSM6AAAAABBRKOCOCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTQOBRHAZDQNZYGI> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[xarDeves]

Compiled and run the release build in both windows and linux.
The issue persists, when addressing a pokemon with random, or any id i get "pokemon not found".

(used recursive cloning)

[talwat]

That's super strange, does cargo run random work? I'll try to reproduce the issue in a VM or something like that.

[xarDeves]

cargo run random and cargo run {id} do not work (in both linux and windows).

In both platforms, using both cargo run and the release build the printed path is:
.pngsprite/pokemon-gen8/regular/{correct pokemon name}

I have tried different ways to apply the format! macro and also used std::path but to no avail, that ".png" always ends up in the beginning of the string, replacing the first four characters.

[talwat]

This is a really weird bug...

[talwat]

Could you make a repository with your current setup? Then I'll see if I can reproduce it, since it works fine for me.

[xarDeves]

The tests i've been running were done with your recursively cloned repo (latest commit of course). Nothing at all changed.

[talwat]

What version of rust are you using? Maybe it's that?

[xarDeves]

the pain...
rust v1.75.0 (windows and linux)

Fyi my linux installation uses hyprland, maybe that messes things up ? but then again the exact same thing happens on windows.

[talwat]

Then I have pretty much no idea why this is happening. I'll leave this issue open in case someone else has a similar problem, but this is probably one of the strangest bugs i've encountered.

[xarDeves]

I just issued a pull request that fixed the bug.

Tested on windows and linux.
Tested debug and release build.

[talwat]

Merged 👍, thanks so much!