Yanfly Core Engine makes all texts invisible

Hi there,

Just redicovered this old project I started with when I first got MV (it was the 1.0.1 version back then...). I started to work on it again, with the new 1.6.1 version, and all the nice plugins that came out since 1.0.1, but as the thread title says, when I activate the Yanfly Core Engine plugin, all texts become invisible, along with their text window and all. The only thing still visible is the small downward arrow that informs me to push a key to get to the next invisible text window...

Anybody who's understanding what's going on here? Thanks!

Are your plugins in the correct order and uptodate?
The biggest mistake a lot of people make with yanflys plugins is to place them in the wrong order, they have to be ordered exactly as on his website.

I downloaded the latest version and it is the only plugin I have installed in that game so far...

And what Version is your project? (I'm not talking about the editor but the project itself, when was it last updates?

I just updated it, to be sure, but to no avail... Messages are still invisible. Even the main menu at the title screen is invisible, and reappears when I turn the plugin off.

Edit: Ho, and I just tried it again, going further by navigating blind through the menu, and the in-game menu is also invisible...

I didn't ask if you updated it, I asked what version your project is...
Please check your windowskin picture in the system folder - if that is damaged or changed in the wrong way, the text could also become invisible.
and please give us the full path to the project, from drive letter to index.html.

The path:
E:\Documents2\RPG Maker MV\La croix du palais de cristal\index.html

The windowskin is not altered or damaged (so far as I can tell...).

For the version, it was 1.0.1 and I updated it to 1.6.1. If it's not what you want to know, I don't understand what information I need to give you.

your path is the problem because it does not conform to networking rules.
The engine is browser/HTML5-based and that will cause problems when loading files from paths that break those rules.

In this case it's the spaces both in the foldernames "rpg maker mv" and the project folder. Please change them to _ or something else (make sure the editor is NOT running while you do that) and then load and test again.

Changed the folders names to:
e:\Documents2\RPGMakerMV\La_croix_du_palais_de_cristal\ while the editor was closed.

Then tested, but nothing changed; I still can't get any text window.

how did you update your project? Some people misread the instructions and fail to copy all required files.

Are fonts visible in a new project? / still visible if you replicate the plugins installed?

Maybe it’s a font issue? Hmm.

I deleted each and every files and sub-folders in the js directory, except for the plugins.js file and the plugins sub-folder, and then replaced the deleted files and sub-folder with those from a new project, as explained by srdude in this video .



Hmm indeed... I created a new project and left it as is, and the text windows appeared without any trouble. I installed the Yanfly Core Engine, and nothing else, and the text windows became as invisible as in my old project.

I never changed any font in any project so far, though. How can I test this possibility?

have you redownloaded the plugin to make sure your copy is not damaged?
give us a screenshot of the plugin properties page of your projects plugin manager.

Yup, I did.

Here you go with the screenshot.

When you say it was version 1.0.1 and you updated it to 1.6.1, do you mean the editor (you downloaded and installed the newest version), or your actual project as well (you went into your project's folder and copied all the scripts across from the MV install folder or a new project)?

Updating the engine doesn't update all of your projects - you have to do that manually. Instructions are in the updated thread. Downloading new plugins if you haven't updated your project will cause problems.

Hit F8 and go to the console and see if there are any error messages.

@Anarcho-paladin
please update your project again, and this time follow the official instructions in the RMMV 1.6.1 topic and NOT that video.
I assumed that srdude knew what he's talking about, but that video is simply wrong (or rather old as it was for 1.4.1 and NOT for 1.6.1), and as a result you've missed replacing at least one file that needs to be replaced. I just didn't check it earlier...

Ok, I updated it again by following these instructions https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/rpg-maker-mv-v1-6-1-stable-release.96715/, yet again, the texts are still invisible.

There is indeed an error message in the console, of which I join a screenshot.

@Anarcho-paladin
I think I just found your error.
Is it possible that you renamed the plugin file?
The screenshot of the plugin is a bit small to be sure, but plugins must always retain the name given by the plugin creator, you must never rename them - because renaming them will break them in all but the most primitive cases of plugins.

Indeed I had... SOLVED!!!

Gee, sorry about that. I didn't know renaming a file could affect its content; I was renaming those files in order to account for them...

Anyway, thank you very much!

The filename becomes part of the object structure programmed.
If a plugin doesn't need to call itself that doesn't matter, but for all plugins that are more complex they need to know their own names to call themselves.