[bug] fresh install.. no modules, nothing works, app unresponsive?

[ANaPhOrAX]

Prerequisites

• I'm using the latest version.
• All website modules are up to date.
• This is not a website module issue.

System information

Windows 10 22H2 x64

Describe the bug

So I downloaded the latest version, launched it. Nothing happens, no pop up for the initial update thingy, under options -> websites -> modules there's nothing there. 'Check update' does nothing. Under manga info when I try to download manga lists, nothing happens either.

It's just.. nothing works? I already tried reinstalling on a different drive, even just tried it from C:\fmd2 - nothing.

I don't know wtf I'm doing wrong here?

ps. I obviously initially checked "All website modules are up to date." and "This is not a website module issue." since that was the only way to even open this ticket. But yeah, as stated, I don't have any website modules at all. So it's very much a website module issue.

To Reproduce

do a fresh install I guess? I tried a few fresh installs and got the same result every time

Expected behavior

website modules being present?

Screenshots

No response

Additional context

I turned on logging and clicked around a bit but the log showed nothing relevant, nothing about it even trying to connect or anything

=== Log Session Started at 11/02/2025 12:58:05 by Free Manga Downloader ===
12:58:05:383 INFO: "Free Manga Downloader" started [PID:15500]
12:58:05:383 STRINGS: Application info
Application : Free Manga Downloader
Version : 2.0.34.1
Product Version : Win64
Host Machine : Windows 10 64-bit Build 19045
FPC Version : 3.2.2
LCL Version : 3.6.0.0
WidgetSet : Win32/Win64
Target CPU-OS : x86_64-Win64
Build Time : 2025/02/06 13:45:05
Path : C:\fmd2\fmd.exe
Process ID : 15500
MainThread ID : 4376

[Slasar41]

Maybe something about connection.
Try using a VPN and open FMD again.

[molitar]

Had same issue if the userdata folder exists it will not create the following files.

modules.json
lua.json
lua-repo.json

If it does not create these you get absolutely nothing. I had to rename my userdata folder than let it create a new one. shut down and copy the other files back into that folder and restart to get the list.

[see-cmd]

也许是关于连接的问题。尝试使用 VPN 并再次打开 FMD。

I'm in the same situation. I can't access the modules

[iu3kxa]

It did autopdated same minutes ago when i started it, seem to have the same problem; i did not makes many tests and just came here to check for know issues;
I restored from a disk backup now i have 2.0.33.1 where sqlite.dll was already replaced with a more older one because the search didn't work.
I'll make more test and report only if i find anything useful; running 32bit version on win10 21h2.

edit: fresh install, same issues as other users; log enabled but nothing useful inside

edit: in the updated version, modules are present but filters doesn't work if "search in all sites" is enabled; previously this was fixed by replacing sqlite.dll but in updated version the trick doesn't work.

Next i put the old data and userdata folders in the new install, then i checked the modules and noticed that they where downloading in modules folder so is not a network issue.

in the end i found that on a fresh install, if manually put userdata/lua.json from then the older, modules are downloaded; i have same warning about same update failed tough, but i noticed is still downloading, maybe i just need to wait enough time.

Is there a way to restore the filter with option to search on all sites?

[Slasar41]

@iu3kxa For filter issue you just need to do this, no need to do anything with sqlite.dll file.
#2054 (comment)

[iu3kxa]

thanks, i'll do it asap

[NhKPaNdA]

So many of you are having similar but not the same issue which I can't accurately replicate.

@ANaPhOrAX if you open FMD or check for updates and no pop up appears to tell you there's an update, that is a network issue. Either your internet is not being happy or it's having issues trying to connect to GitHub (I've experience this before when my internet was having issues). And without any modules, trying to update any lists or download any lists will not work at all.

@molitar made a fresh install with an empty userdata folder. It created the database files and not the json files. This is how it works since it will only save those json files when finished doing the process of downloading modules or changing settings and the like. If you close FMD during an update it will save those files.

@iu3kxa FMD does a check whenever it starts up. In that check it does 2 things related to modules, it compares the existence of the module files and the last GitHub commit you updated from. If you have all the files in your lua folder and your userdata folder is from an FMD that is most up to date then it won't download any modules. If either of those doesn't match, it will download whatever it is missing or from whatever time it last updated. So with only a userdata folder or only an lua folder it will download every module.

As for there being no response from FMD when opening and nothing downloading. The closest I got to that was a network issue and the only thing I could replicate was FMD trying to download anything but can't because it was in a folder (Windows folder) that it didn't have admin or user privileges to write in.

If anyone is able to perfectly replicate this issue please post the steps and conditions of your FMD and also system. Otherwise I'm going to have to chalk this entirely up to network/GitHub issues since that's the closest thing I've seen.

[RePixelatedMC]

Got the same issue managed to resolve it by copying the modules over manually from the source code. Seems like a module download issue i guess?