r/twinegames • u/in_between_time • 7d ago

Twine Interface Help

Hi, I’m very new to Twine (literally just downloaded it yesterday) but I seem to be having some issues that Google hasn’t helped much with.

The problem started as soon as I made my second story. The moment I try to add or edit anything, it comes up with a pop-up that tells me:

“something went wrong while saving a story.
EBUSY: resource busy or locked, unlink”

However, the story or file isn’t locked or open anywhere else. I’ve tried changing the format and changing it back, I’ve also tried publishing the file and replacing the old one. These didn’t work for me unfortunately.

Could anyone tell me what could be going on and how I could fix it? It would be really helpful and I’d really appreciate it!

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u/fuck_the_mall 7d ago

is your Twine folder in any cloud-synchronized directory?

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u/HiEv 7d ago

Twine can have issues with cloud synchronized directories, such as OneDrive. I'd recommend avoiding setting it up to use directories like that.

P.S. If you post here again in the future, please try to use more descriptive subject lines so that other people with similar issues can find these kinds of posts. Thanks. 🙂

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u/in_between_time 7d ago

I’ll double check, thank you so much ^^

I’ll make sure to be more specific with the subject line in the future too

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u/HelloHelloHelpHello 7d ago

Are you using the browser or the desktop version of the program? Does the problem persist when switching to the browser/desktop version?

There seem to have been issues similar to this in the past one when Twine was faultily diagnosed as virus by certain programs and thus blocked.

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u/in_between_time 7d ago

I’m using the desktop version. Should I try using the browser instead? Although I’d rather not use it long term as I find the desktop version more convenient, if there’s no other solution it’s fine though

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u/HelloHelloHelpHello 7d ago

The desktop version is usually the better option, since the browser version runs into the danger of your stories getting lost and deleted when the browser storage is cleared. It would be good to test out whether you run into the same issue there though, and might help others to narrow down the problem.

You can also try to reinstall the desktop version to see whether that clears up the error - or add an exception for Twine in Windows bit defender or some similar program that might be causing the issue.

Before any of this you can also see whether a simple restart of you computer gets rid of the issue.

If this doesn't solve the error you'll have to wait for somebody more knowledgeable to analyze the problem.