Why doesn’t it work?

Question

.Rb:2:in `read': No such file or directory @rb_sysopen - Gamesettings.json (Errno::ENOENT)

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I’m trying to play a game on ruby using gosu, and in order to change the name of the game without having to change all variables related to name in my code and other things, I decided to use .json. Here is the script code ruby:

require 'gosu'
require 'json'

data_hash = JSON.parse(File.read('GameSettings.json'))

largura = 360
altura = 360
class GameWindow < Gosu::Window
    def initialize(width , height , fullscreen = false)
        super
        self.caption = data_hash['name']
        @message = Gosu::Image.from_text(self, data_hash['Author'], Gosu.default_font_name,30)
    end
    def draw
       @message.draw(10,10,0)
    end
end

window = GameWindow.new(largura, altura, false)
window.show

and that of Gamesettings.json:

{
    "name"  :   "Heart Afeathered",
    "Author"    :   "Davi Martins Guedes",
    "Nacionality"   : "Brazil"
}

and when I run comes this message that I put in the title.

Answer 1

Apparently the file Gamesettings.json is not in the same file folder .Rb. Try to pass the full path to the file, as in the example:

_ jogo (pasta)
    _ config (pasta)
        GameSettings.json (arquivo)
    Jogo.rb (arquivo)

data_hash = JSON.parse(File.read('config/GameSettings.json'))

In addition, the function initialize of the object Gamewindow you won’t be able to read the variable data_hash, because they are in a different scope, therefore it is necessary that data_hash is initialized within the function initialize of Gamewindow.