Images not being found on Linux port

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Hi, I have recently changed my game to use desktopGL so that I can run it on both Windows and Linux. On Windows everything runs correctly, but on Linux the game complains that it can’t find my audio files.

Could not find file "/mnt/C89658099657F702/Work/Games/Point-and-Click Adventure/PACAdventureCross/bin/DesktopGL/AnyCPU/Debug/Content/audio/Countryside.wav"

I load my audio files with this function:

public SoundEffect LoadSound(string path)
        {
            FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open);
            SoundEffect soundEffect = SoundEffect.FromStream(fileStream);
            fileStream.Dispose();
            return soundEffect;
        }

And my files are set to “always copy”.

Does anyone know why it doesn’t work on Linux but it does on Windows?

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Hello Andy,

You can use the class TitleContainer to open streams in your MG libraries/Apps. TitleContainer takes care of platform differences and you don’t have to worry about where resources are located.

However, it’s better to use the content pipeline for assets.

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Check letter case in your filename. The case doesn’t matter on Windows, but does on Linux.

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Ahhh it was a filename case issue! Thank you!