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Steam version of RPG Maker MV fails to install, disk write error on unicode-jumble named file

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Original title: Steam version of RPG Maker MV fails to install, disk write error on unicode-jumble named file
Original author: shentino
Original date: December 28, 2016
Source thread: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/threads/steam-version-of-rpg-maker-mv-fails-to-install-disk-write-error-on-unicode-jumble-named-file.72800/
Source forum path: Game Development Engines > Legacy Engine Support > RPG Maker MV Support

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I tried to install RPG Maker MV, but I got a disk write error. I have multiple dozen gigabytes of free space on the filesystem in question, and the filename steam flagged as unwritable was in such a weird format the filename's characters didn't even render properly, and I suspect it was in some foreign language, probably japanese. Seeing as I was installing the english version directly from steam I'm a little intrigued that a japanese filename even showed up. My "windows version" is wine-1.8.3, hosted on Gentoo Linux, kernel...

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I tried to install RPG Maker MV, but I got a disk write error.

I have multiple dozen gigabytes of free space on the filesystem in question, and the filename steam flagged as unwritable was in such a weird format the filename's characters didn't even render properly, and I suspect it was in some foreign language, probably japanese. Seeing as I was installing the english version directly from steam I'm a little intrigued that a japanese filename even showed up.

My "windows version" is wine-1.8.3, hosted on Gentoo Linux, kernel version 4.9.0

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