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Hey! Just tried to download and install release 1.1 and am getting a "pdxinfo is missing" error through the sideloading UI at https://play.date/account/sideload/. Am I missing something?

Tizian Zeltner1 year ago (1 edit)

Huh, I haven’t seen this before. Did you have a previous version installed before or is this a fresh install? I just double checked and it works for me as expected. Are you sure you’re uploading the .pdx file to the website and not some .zip for instance?

70000bog1 year ago

I was getting an error also: "Incorrect file type, please try again." I deleted the PDX from my computer, and downloaded another copy from Itch (same version), and everything worked as expected. Not sure that helps much!

Tizian Zeltner1 year ago

I did silently re-upload the .pdx file yesterday after seeing the comment. I didn’t mention it because I didn’t think it made a difference, but maybe that was it. Thanks for letting us know!

70000bog1 year ago

I downloaded my new copy this AM, so yes, maybe that was the issue!

poisontofu1 year ago

Thanks for the reply! I've re-downloaded Music Box today and it has installed just fine. Answering the Qs below in case it's useful…

> Did you have a previous version installed before or is this a fresh install?

This was a fresh install.

> Are you sure you’re uploading the .pdx file to the website and not some .zip for instance?

I was uploading the `.zip` of the game downloaded from itch.io (`music_box_1.1.pdx.zip`). Playdate's web sideloading UI asks for "a zipped .pdx file".

notpeter1 year ago

This is because the extension on the uploaded file is not set incorrectly. The current file `music_box_1.1.pdx` is not a PDX archive, it is a zip file containing the PDX archive. If you rename it to `music_box_1.1.pdx.zip` then play.date/account/sideload will happily accept the file.

Tizian Zeltner1 year ago

Interesting, thanks for letting me know. I’ll look into this right now but I find it super weird. What I upload to itch.io is definitely a .pdx file…

Tizian Zeltner1 year ago(+1)

I’ve re-uploaded once more. This time explicitly as a .pdx.zip, and this seems to download the right thing now at least for me.

Tizian Zeltner1 year ago

I just re-uploaded the file. Could you please try downloading it again? Sorry for the inconvenience!