Issue HELP- Game will not start!

[DreamingOfFairys]

Hi all! New here, so apologies if this isn't where to put this.

With the new 1.5 Stardew update, that means I had to update all of my mods I had downloaded. Everything was working fine, and then I updated a random mod (I think it was my scarecrow replacement?), and suddenly the game refuses to start and I get an extremely long error message through SMAPI saying:

[game] The game failed to launch: Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentLoadException: Error loading "TileSheets\furnitureFront". File not found. ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Error loading "Content\TileSheets\furnitureFront.xnb". File not found.
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.TitleContainer.OpenStream(String name)
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentManager.OpenStream(String assetName)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentManager.OpenStream(String assetName)
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentManager.ReadAsset[T](String assetName, Action`1 recordDisposableObject)
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentManager.Load[T](String assetName)
at StardewValley.LocalizedContentManager.LoadBase[T](String assetName) in C:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\LocalizedContentManager.cs:line 180
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ContentManagers.BaseContentManager.RawLoad[T](String assetName, Boolean useCache) in C:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\ContentManagers\BaseContentManager.cs:line 261
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ContentManagers.GameContentManager.RawLoad[T](String assetName, LanguageCode language, Boolean useCache) in C:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\ContentManagers\GameContentManager.cs:line 237
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ContentManagers.GameContentManager.<>c__DisplayClass10_0`1.<Load>b__0() in C:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\ContentManagers\GameContentManager.cs:line 106
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.Utilities.ContextHash`1.Track[TResult](T key, Func`1 action) in C:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\Utilities\ContextHash.cs:line 53
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ContentManagers.GameContentManager.Load[T](String assetName, LanguageCode language, Boolean useCache) in C:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\ContentManagers\GameContentManager.cs:line 102
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ContentManagers.BaseContentManager.Load[T](String assetName) in C:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\ContentManagers\BaseContentManager.cs:line 99
at StardewValley.Game1.LoadContent() in C:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Game1.cs:line 2813
at StardewValley.GameRunner.LoadContent() in C:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\LocalMultiplayer.cs:line 830
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.SGameRunner.LoadContent() in C:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\SGameRunner.cs:line 118
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Initialize()
at StardewValley.GameRunner.Initialize() in C:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\LocalMultiplayer.cs:line 676
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.RunGame(Boolean useBlockingRun)
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Run()
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.SCore.RunInteractively() in C:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\SCore.cs:line 301
[SMAPI] Game has ended. Press any key to exit.

The problem seems to be this "Content\TileSheets\furnitureFront.xnb". File not found. message, but I've never seen a file called furnitureFront.xnb in any of my modding. I always save backup copies of files I remove from the game to replace with mods, and I've never seen a file like this in any of the original game source or any of my mods, and I'm really confused on why it's suddenly looking for this file when all I did was change out a scarecrow mod. Someone please help if you can, I can't play my game until I figure out what's going on!

 

[DreamingOfFairys]

Here's the full log if it helps at all.

 

[niayg]

I'm having the same problem. This happened to me not too long ago, and updating Microsoft XNA to the latest version fixed the problem. I just ran the repair installer, so we'll see if that clears this up. ETA: Microsoft XNA doesn't seem to be the problem. This thread seems to address the problem, though.

 

[mouse]

The problem seems to be this "Content\TileSheets\furnitureFront.xnb". File not found. message, but I've never seen a file called furnitureFront.xnb in any of my modding.

That's because it's a new file. This update is massive and adds new files in addition to editing old files. If you've been replacing files in the game's Content folder you're going to have a bad time. There's a reason (ok lots of reasons) why XNB modding is discouraged :/ You should be able to reset your content files to get all the vanilla files, though.

(You can check out the mod migration guide for a list of breaking changes, new modding-related features, and a list of impacted files.)

 

[morbiddog2]

I don't use any XNB mods and I still had the same issue. It appears steam didn't update the game correctly as this file and a couple other new ones were completely missing. Might have something to do with vortex but IDK. I couldn't get steam to verify file integrity either and had to uninstall/reinstall stardew before it started working.

 

[Odin]

Might have something to do with vortex but IDK.

That's very possible, Vortex is known to cause issues.