# Help with Web Player stuck on "Preparing"

**URL:** <https://community.easyrpg.org/t/help-with-web-player-stuck-on-preparing/1440>\
**Category:** Player\
**Created:** [April 4, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://community.easyrpg.org/t/help-with-web-player-stuck-on-preparing/1440 "2024-04-04T05:14:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Grabagax](https://community.easyrpg.org/user_avatar/community.easyrpg.org/grabagax/32/819_2.png) [@Grabagax](https://community.easyrpg.org/u/Grabagax)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://community.easyrpg.org/t/help-with-web-player-stuck-on-preparing/1440/1 "2024-04-04T05:14:53Z")

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Hello there. So following the setup I was attempting to put my game on the browser and I’ve already run into an issue where it is eternally stuck on “Preparing… (0/1)” I’m also using Maniacs Patch for this RM2K3 project as well with EasyRpg.  
Is there a possible conflict with the Maniacs Patch and the Web Player? I’ve included a screenshot of how the folder is setup. Just in case it might be another issue I’m overlooking. Thanks!

 ![help](https://community.easyrpg.org/uploads/default/original/1X/c0300feb70c4cc65f1bea1962f77716005589116.png)

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**Author:** ![Ghabry](https://community.easyrpg.org/user_avatar/community.easyrpg.org/ghabry/32/121_2.png) [@Ghabry](https://community.easyrpg.org/u/Ghabry)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.easyrpg.org/t/help-with-web-player-stuck-on-preparing/1440/2 "2024-04-04T14:07:24Z")

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Hi, did you use a webserver (like python -m http.server as explained in the guide)? Double clicking the index.html does not work.

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**Author:** ![carstene1ns](https://community.easyrpg.org/user_avatar/community.easyrpg.org/carstene1ns/32/117_2.png) [@carstene1ns](https://community.easyrpg.org/u/carstene1ns)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.easyrpg.org/t/help-with-web-player-stuck-on-preparing/1440/3 "2024-04-04T20:31:59Z")

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Also you need the `index.json` (created by gencache) in the game directory.  
If the game directory is not named `default` you will need a query parameter as well (`?game=The%20Game`)

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**Author:** ![Grabagax](https://community.easyrpg.org/user_avatar/community.easyrpg.org/grabagax/32/819_2.png) [@Grabagax](https://community.easyrpg.org/u/Grabagax)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://community.easyrpg.org/t/help-with-web-player-stuck-on-preparing/1440/5 "2024-04-06T03:04:34Z")

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Good call. I was able to get it up in running on localhost after using python at least. The next issue I would probably have is how do I host it on a site like [itch.co](http://itch.co)? As you said double clicking the index.html file provided won’t work and uploading it just leaves it blank, but it seems as if I do need to upload an html file for the web player to work on that site.

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**Author:** ![fdelapena](https://community.easyrpg.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@fdelapena](https://community.easyrpg.org/u/fdelapena)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://community.easyrpg.org/t/help-with-web-player-stuck-on-preparing/1440/6 "2024-04-07T03:34:04Z")

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Make sure you have uploaded, besides index.html, the index.wasm and index.js in the same path, as the guide shows. It won’t work otherwise.