How Many Dudes? Feedbag

I am on Windows 10 and playing through Steam. I have verified my game files multiple times and uninstalled and reinstalled my game. My game crashes on start up with the following Error Code:


############################################################################################ ERROR in action number 1 of Step Event0 for object o_user_transitioner: Unknown Function argument 1 incorrect type (undefined) expecting a Number (YYGR)############################################################################################ gml_Script_collectibles_merge (line 38) gml_Script_global_progress_merge (line 4) gml_Script_load_global_progress (line 159) gml_Script_anon@1290@gml_Object_o_user_transitioner_Create_0 (line 37) gml_Object_o_user_transitioner_Step_0 (line 25)

FarbalampPockaduckie@hjwwdb 8/15/2026, 7:20:03 AM #version:1.012-rc.5 #other #crash #platform:windows

Additional Information

Have you been able to boot the game prior to this?

BscotchKarl@bscotch042 8/15/2026, 11:04:13 AM

Yes I was previously able to play. 32 hours according to Steam.

FarbalampPockaduckie@hjwwdb 8/15/2026, 8:42:11 PM

Are all of your drivers and such up to date?

BscotchKarl@bscotch042 8/17/2026, 11:18:18 AM

Yes my drivers are up to date.

FarbalampPockaduckie@hjwwdb 8/18/2026, 3:07:37 PM

Can you try running Steam as administrator?

If that doesn't work, go to where HMD is installed and attempt running that as administrator.

BscotchKarl@bscotch042 8/18/2026, 4:32:28 PM

I tried both of these things and have the same error on launch.

FarbalampPockaduckie@hjwwdb 8/19/2026, 12:53:32 AM

Can you please go to %LOCALAPPDATA%/HowManyDudes/ and zip up the contents of that folder and upload it here so we can inspect your saves and see what went wrong?

BscotchKarl@bscotch042 8/19/2026, 12:57:33 PM

Here are the files. Thanks for all your help so far. I appreciate it.

FarbalampPockaduckie@hjwwdb 8/20/2026, 12:33:12 AM
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I'm working up a fix to patch into the game, but we'll need time to test it before we can deploy it. In the meantime, you can probably resolve this manually by doing the following:

  • Go to the folder %LOCALAPPDATA%/HowManyDudes/
  • Delete the "Backup" folder
  • Then, go into the folder that has a crazy number on it (that's your Steam ID)
  • Go into the "Game" folder
  • Open the "global.json" file (it might just show as "global")
  • Search for "undefined" and replace it with "1"

See if that works!

BscotchSeth@bscotch101 8/20/2026, 3:08:45 PM

I didn't find "undefined" in the global.json file, but deleting the backup folder seemed to have done the trick. My game started and is working at the moment. Thanks again for your help.

FarbalampPockaduckie@hjwwdb 8/21/2026, 2:36:31 AM

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