SDL2.dll error

[YesMan]

Hi, Ive been trying to play diffrent games however I continue to get the same error message whenever I try to load them up. I'm on Windows 7 and have installed all the latest updates

 

[TCMS]

Hi, Ive been trying to play diffrent games however I continue to get the same error message whenever I try to load them up. I'm on Windows 7 and have installed all the latest updates

What games.

 

[YesMan]

What games.

So far, Summertime Saga, My New Life, Good Girl Gone Bad and My Cute Cousin. All of them come up with the same error message.

 

[YesMan]

It tells me to try reinstalling the program, do you have any idea how I can do that?

 

[muttdoggy]

For some reason, your system doesn't have the Simple DirectMedia Layer dynamic link library. It's part of Visual studio so I'd check and see if they need repaired.

 

[YesMan]

For some reason, your system doesn't have the Simple DirectMedia Layer dynamic link library. It's part of Visual studio so I'd check and see if they need repaired.

Ok, thanks.

 

[TCMS]

Ok, thanks.

can you confirm it's solved?

 

[YesMan]

can you confirm it's solved?

No, I'm not sure how to repair it myself. Sorry to bother you with this but any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[muttdoggy]

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Download the top (most recent library) and unzip. In the "Lib" folder, take both the 64 and 32 bit versions and put them in the C:\Windows\System32 folder.

 

[YesMan]

This is direct link to the "creator"

You must be registered to see the links

Download the top (most recent library) and unzip. In the "Lib" folder, take both the 64 and 32 bit versions and put them in the C:\Windows\System32 folder.

It appears to be working now, thanks for your help mutt. You too TCMS.

 

[TheMann421]

I too am running into this error, unfortunately the solution posted here did not help.

Edit:

Upon further investigation, the issue does not have to do with anything in the System32 folder.

In the gamename/lib/windows-i686 there should be a SDL2.dll file. If it is missing, then open up another Renpy game's lib/windows-i686/ folder and copy these files into the broken game's lib/windows-i686/ folder.

SDL2.dll
libcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
libwinpthread-1.dll

Doing this got my game to start.

 

[FookU2]

I too am running into this error, unfortunately the solution posted here did not help.

Edit:

Upon further investigation, the issue does not have to do with anything in the System32 folder.

In the gamename/lib/windows-i686 there should be a SDL2.dll file. If it is missing, then open up another Renpy game's lib/windows-i686/ folder and copy these files into the broken game's lib/windows-i686/ folder.

SDL2.dll
libcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
libwinpthread-1.dll

Doing this got my game to start.

Didn't work for me. I copied the files from another renpy game, then went to the broken game to paste the files, and noticed all the files were in the folder. I thought maybe they were corrupted or broken, so I chose to replace the files with other files from the other game. It still says the SDL2.dll file is missing, even though I can see it in the folder.