Possible file permission error

[whale_cancer]

Hello!

I am getting the following error in the compiler window:

Error! not allowing save with filename 'C:\Users\Whale Cancer\AppData\Local\gm_ttt_18915\gm_ttt_50081\Zero\Up.png'
Adding C:\Users\Whale Cancer\AppData\Local\gm_ttt_18915\gm_ttt_50081\Zero\Up.png as sprite # -1
Error! not allowing save with filename 'C:\Users\Whale Cancer\AppData\Local\gm_ttt_18915\gm_ttt_50081\Zero\Left.png'
Error! not allowing save with filename 'C:\Users\Whale Cancer\AppData\Local\gm_ttt_18915\gm_ttt_50081\Zero\Down.png'
Error! not allowing save with filename 'C:\Users\Whale Cancer\AppData\Local\gm_ttt_18915\gm_ttt_50081\Zero\Right.png'

The .png files in question are generated by another part of my program, so it seems like I should have read/write permission in that location. That being said, I don't know why it is even trying to save the .pngs? I am just trying to turn them into sprites.

The .ini file in question:

[Sprites]
Up="C:\Users\Whale Cancer\AppData\Local\gm_ttt_18915\gm_ttt_50081\Zero\Up.png"
Right="C:\Users\Whale Cancer\AppData\Local\gm_ttt_18915\gm_ttt_50081\Zero\Right.png"
Down="C:\Users\Whale Cancer\AppData\Local\gm_ttt_18915\gm_ttt_50081\Zero\Down.png"
Left="C:\Users\Whale Cancer\AppData\Local\gm_ttt_18915\gm_ttt_50081\Zero\Left.png"

And my actual code:

//Set Sprites
ini_open('Zero/Config.ini')
tS = ini_read_string('Sprites','Up', '')
sprite_up = sprite_add(tS, 4, false, false, 0, 2);
show_debug_message('Adding '+tS+' as sprite # '+string(sprite_up));

tS = ini_read_string('Sprites','Left', '')
sprite_left = sprite_add(tS, 4, false, false, 0, 2);

tS = ini_read_string('Sprites','Down', '')
sprite_down = sprite_add(tS, 4, false, false, 0, 2);

tS = ini_read_string('Sprites','Right', '')
sprite_right = sprite_add(tS, 4, false, false, 0, 2);
ini_close();

Any help appreciated.

 

[YellowAfterlife]

You can't simply use absolute paths like that, there are sandboxing rules (see the manual).

Might want to move the files to "appdata/local/(game name)" and use relative paths ("Zero\Up.png") instead.

 

[whale_cancer]

You can't simply use absolute paths like that, there are sandboxing rules (see the manual).

Might want to move the files to "appdata/local/(game name)" and use relative paths ("Zero\Up.png") instead.

Hmm, yeah, relative paths work.

But it is not intuitive at all that I can save with absolute paths but not load with them.