From 88120d448e5524f90ea068c0976e2ee1df5b9a69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 23:20:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed errors in the install helper.

---
 usr/local/bin/stormux_install_helper.sh | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr/local/bin/stormux_install_helper.sh b/usr/local/bin/stormux_install_helper.sh
index 46e8f79..a857219 100755
--- a/usr/local/bin/stormux_install_helper.sh
+++ b/usr/local/bin/stormux_install_helper.sh
@@ -170,8 +170,10 @@ auto_install() {
 
     # Try to find in games registry
     if [[ -f "$GAMES_REGISTRY" ]]; then
+        echo "Reading games registry: $GAMES_REGISTRY" >> "$LOG_FILE"
         local game_info
-        game_info=$(jq -r ".downloadable_games[\"$item_id\"] // empty" "$GAMES_REGISTRY" 2>/dev/null)
+        game_info=$(jq -r ".downloadable_games[\"$item_id\"] // empty" "$GAMES_REGISTRY" 2>> "$LOG_FILE")
+        echo "Game info result: ${game_info:-empty}" >> "$LOG_FILE"
 
         if [[ -n "$game_info" ]]; then
             local name url directory executable game_dir
@@ -239,6 +241,14 @@ auto_install() {
     fi
 
     # Item not found in any registry
-    echo "Error: Item not found in registries: $item_id" >> "$LOG_FILE"
+    if [[ ! -f "$GAMES_REGISTRY" ]] && [[ ! -f "$PACKAGES_REGISTRY" ]]; then
+        echo "Error: Registry files not found!" >> "$LOG_FILE"
+        echo "  Expected: $GAMES_REGISTRY" >> "$LOG_FILE"
+        echo "  Expected: $PACKAGES_REGISTRY" >> "$LOG_FILE"
+        speak "Error: Installation registry files not found. This may be a development system."
+    else
+        echo "Error: Item not found in registries: $item_id" >> "$LOG_FILE"
+        speak "Error: $item_id not found in installation registry"
+    fi
     return 4
 }