HISE image directory not found (macOS)

[Avián]

@Oli-Ullmann @David-Healey Okay, unfortunately that didn't solve the problem.

[Oli Ullmann]

@Avián
Can you make a screenshot of the error message?

[Avián]

@Oli-Ullmann look at my first post: HISE image directory not found

[Avián]

@David-Healey @Christoph-Hart please help me out with this issue! I still can‘t compile…

[David Healey]

@Avián There's a problem with your copy of the HISE source code. HISE can't find this folder hi_core/hi_images/

Have you built HISE from source?

[Avián]

@David-Healey I exactly followed your instructions:

[David Healey]

@Avián Is the HISE source on an external drive?

[Avián]

@David-Healey no, it's in /Documents/HISE/

[David Healey]

@Avián Does that folder exist?

[Avián]

@David-Healey yes of course.

[David Healey]

@Avián said in HISE image directory not found (macOS):

@David-Healey yes of course.

I meant the hi_images folder

[dannytaurus]

@David-Healey Have you set the HISE path in Settings?

Yours will be different, of course, but it does need to be set here for compiling to work.

[Avián]

@dannytaurus yes! Exactly like you set it: /Users/username/Documents/Hise

[Avián]

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[Avián]

@David-Healey yes, the folder exists in the right path.

[lijas90]

@Avián Delete the contents of the binaries folder and recompile.

[dannytaurus]

@Avián And just to confirm, you're using Export as Instrument, and not Compile Project?

If you're still seeing an error, please post a screenshot of what you see. Don't refer us back to your first image because that's from Compile Project, which does not work.

[Avián]

@dannytaurus the reason why I refered back to my first image: cause it's the same issue. Sorry that I didn't told you before.

[David Healey]

@Avián Do you have more than one copy of HISE or the HISE source code on your system? Is your project on an external drive?

[Avián]

@David-Healey no! little update! It was possible to compile as a standalone now! Some folders in the binaries didn't have the permission to read & write. I checked and changed them all now. It works! But now, if I want to compile/export the vst3 & au, this issue shows up:

2026-01-23 11:42:36.174 xcodebuild[2885:78044] CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 876. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.

2026-01-23 11:42:36.174 xcodebuild[2885:78044] Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3840 "JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set." UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set.}

xcodebuild: error: Unable to read project 'projectname.xcodeproj' from folder '/Users/username/Documents/HISE Projects/projectname/Binaries/Builds/MacOSX'.

Reason: The project ‘projectname’ is damaged and cannot be opened due to a parse error. Examine the project file for invalid edits or unresolved source control conflicts.

Path: /Users/username/Documents/HISE Projects/projectname/Binaries/Builds/MacOSX/projectname.xcodeproj