[BUG] FSGMA Crashes on run against fresh install of FS22 (Steam Edition) if it is run before FS22's First Run

[Dylan-M]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

If you perform a fresh install of FS22 on a clean system (I got a new gaming laptop for when I'm on the road, w00t!), and then run FSG Mod Assistant BEFORE running FS22, you will get the error in the attached screenshot and Mod Assistant crashes.

Expected Behavior

Mod Assistant displays a message about what happened, why, and offers a suggestion on how to remediate it. It should also offer an exit button for a clean exit.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Start with a brand new system, or uninstall FS22 and delete the files game.xml and gameSettings.xml from your Docs/My Games/FS22 directory (that is a pseudo directory, but JTSage knows)
2. Run FSG Mod Assistant
3. See crash, as in the screenshot above

Environment

- Mod Assistant Version: 2.5.0
- OS: Win11
- Virtualized: No

Anything else?

No response

[jtsage]

I think I found out where this is happening - bit wore out for the evening, I'll give it a test tomorrow. I expect another version build before this weekend, there was a bunch of other stuff that hit today too :)

[jtsage]

Ran a couple tests with all the options of missing game.xml and gameSettings.xml - MA can't set the folder of course, but it throws a critical error to the log, and it doesn't crash anymore.

[jtsage]

Gonna close as complete with 2.6.0, but please reopen if it's still a thing.