From 5da4b1a4e3493427567583c90c4cbe03c5d3979c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kae <80987908+Novaenia@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 22:22:19 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Make it clearer when the base Starbound assets are missing

until the installer can locate the user's original Starbound assets
---
 source/application/StarMainApplication_sdl.cpp | 3 ++-
 source/game/StarRoot.cpp                       | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/application/StarMainApplication_sdl.cpp b/source/application/StarMainApplication_sdl.cpp
index 1b5a1f4..6053613 100644
--- a/source/application/StarMainApplication_sdl.cpp
+++ b/source/application/StarMainApplication_sdl.cpp
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ public:
           Thread::sleepPrecise(spareMilliseconds);
       }
     } catch (std::exception const& e) {
-      Logger::error("Application: exception thrown, shutting down: {}", outputException(e, true));
+      Logger::error("Application: exception thrown!");
+      fatalException(e, true);
     }
 
     try {
diff --git a/source/game/StarRoot.cpp b/source/game/StarRoot.cpp
index 7b8d495..e22f184 100644
--- a/source/game/StarRoot.cpp
+++ b/source/game/StarRoot.cpp
@@ -684,7 +684,8 @@ StringList Root::scanForAssetSources(StringList const& directories, StringList c
       if (auto requirement = namedSources.ptr(requirementName))
         dependencySortVisit(*requirement);
       else
-        throw StarException(strf("Asset source '{}' is missing dependency '{}'", *source->name, requirementName));
+        throw StarException(strf("Asset source '{}' is missing dependency '{}'{}", *source->name, requirementName,
+          requirementName != "base" ? "" : "\n\n(The base Starbound asset package could not be found, please copy it from another Starbound install!)\n"));
     }
 
     workingSet.remove(source);