# FMOD craches on load on NW.js
**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-craches-on-load-on-nw-js/21135
**Category:** FMOD Engine
**Tags:** html5
**Created:** [January 22, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-craches-on-load-on-nw-js/21135 "2024-01-22T07:45:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@skymen](https://qa.fmod.com/u/skymen)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-craches-on-load-on-nw-js/21135/1 "2024-01-22T07:45:01Z")
FMOD crashes on load on NW.js because it detects NW.js as a “Node Environment” and assumes \_\_dirname exists but it appears that it does not in NW.js
Maybe it can be replaced with “process.cwd()” I suppose.
In general, I think it’s a good idea to at least do a tryCatch on the environment detection code and fallback to non Node environment in case it did not work out.
Here is the error:
ReferenceError: \_\_dirname is not defined
And here is the code concerned by this:
if (ENVIRONMENT\_IS\_NODE) {
if (ENVIRONMENT\_IS\_WORKER) {
scriptDirectory = require(“path”).dirname(scriptDirectory) + “/”;
} else {
scriptDirectory = \_\_dirname + “/”;
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
}
Here is my code that seems to have fixed the issue:
```
ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE =
typeof process === "object" &&
typeof process.versions === "object" &&
typeof process.versions.node === "string";
if (ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE) {
try {
if (__dirname === undefined) ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE = false;
} catch (error) {
ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE = false;
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-craches-on-load-on-nw-js/21135/2 "2024-01-29T00:00:11Z")
Hi,
Thank you for sharing the solution.
What version of FMOD are you using? Could I get some reproduction steps that cause the issue?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@skymen](https://qa.fmod.com/u/skymen)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-craches-on-load-on-nw-js/21135/3 "2024-01-29T02:55:26Z")
I am using the latest fmodStudio wasm version (not large, although I suppose it would also happen with large) and I exported using the NW.js export from the Construct 3 engine.
Here is the build that failed:
> **[FMOD Test 1 (1).zip](https://drive.google.com/file/d/10oN0Uzu5dN-TSS77TlTdHADydVzfvQGs/view?usp=sharing)**
>
> Google Drive file.
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### Author:  [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-craches-on-load-on-nw-js/21135/4 "2024-02-02T03:10:52Z")
Hi,
Thank you for the project, what version of FMOD are you using?
I will pass this onto our development team to look into further, if there are any updates I will update the forum.
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### Author:  [@skymen](https://qa.fmod.com/u/skymen)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-craches-on-load-on-nw-js/21135/5 "2024-02-04T13:15:19Z")
Hi, I used FMOD v2.02.20
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### Author:  [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-craches-on-load-on-nw-js/21135/6 "2024-02-04T23:40:09Z")
Hi,
Thank you for the information.
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### Author:  [@skymen](https://qa.fmod.com/u/skymen)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-craches-on-load-on-nw-js/21135/7 "2025-03-30T18:18:50Z")
Hi, this issue still happens on the latest version of FMOD
For some reason the code in the library now is:
var ENVIRONMENT\_IS\_NODE =
typeof process == “object” &&
typeof process.versions == “object” &&
typeof process.versions.node == “string”;
if (ENVIRONMENT\_IS\_NODE) {
}
instead of
var ENVIRONMENT\_IS\_NODE =
typeof process === “object” &&
typeof process.versions === “object” &&
typeof process.versions.node === “string”;
if (ENVIRONMENT\_IS\_NODE) {
try {
if (\_\_dirname === undefined) ENVIRONMENT\_IS\_NODE = false;
} catch (error) {
ENVIRONMENT\_IS\_NODE = false;
}
}
I assume you must have something in your build system that removes tryCatch blocks?
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### Author:  [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-craches-on-load-on-nw-js/21135/8 "2025-03-30T22:22:44Z")
Hi,
Unfortunately, the task is still in our backlog. So if you have updated the integration the workaround will have to be reapplied. I will bump that task.