Go to windows security and under Virus and Threat Protection click manage settings and add an exception for the folder where you keep the game (so that you can update it and keep it whitelisted)
The game was made using an old program that handles files in a way Windows finds suspicious. I'm in the process of trying to migrate the game to a newer program that hopefully has less of a problem with this! Apologies for the problems.
It downloaded fine, got over the Windows defendor issue quite easily. loaded it up and its the size of a phone screen and very loud. I could barely read the instructions. Is there an option to make it visible/usable?
The game was made using an old program that handles files in a way Windows finds suspicious. I'm in the process of trying to migrate the game to a newer program that hopefully has less of a problem with this! Apologies for the problems. Others have pointed out ways to add an exception for the game in Windows settings.
Hi! I'll get it downloaded, then try to launch it from itch.io, then get "cannot create subdirectory in temporary directory !" Is this the Windows Defender bug that people keep talking about?
I can confirm the issue that Windows Defender detects virus and deletes downloaded zip file every time. I like Baba Is You very much and I'd like to play Mobile Suit Baba so please check the issue and fix it. Thanks and greetz!
I built the sentence "CITY IS HILL" in level 20 and then there were no cities on the map, but didn't accomplish the task. I'm wondering if this is a feature or a bug.
Older Clickteam engines like MMF2 use a code compression algorithm that sets off these false positives, it's been a longstanding issue since the early days.
You can open Windows Defender, go to the recent detections, select the game (probably the most recent one), and then select "allow" under the actions dropdown Then you can redownload the game and you'll be able to play it
I can't. I'm clicking allow and it does nothing, the popup disappears after a few seconds. I have to download the game again and the alert happens again, which cancels the download.
I can't even download this game, Windows isn't letting me.
Couldn't download via Chrome, thinks the .zip has a virus. Downloaded it via Firefox, unzipped it and ran the .exe - it would not run due to it thinking it had a virus, and was immediately auto-deleted. Running Windows 10.
Yeah, apparently a few people are having that issue. I looked up the "virus" in question on and it might just be some kind of programming glitch triggering a false flag
It has to do with a code converter included with the game. It can THEORETICALLY be used to damage your PC so Windows won't let any downloads with it on your PC.
Windows Defender likely quarantined it. You can try adding an exception by going to the recent protections, selecting it, going to actions, and then selecting allow Redownloading (or maybe re-extracting? if that works) the game then should give you the executable file
Tried running on Steam Deck with different Proton Versions (GE-Proton8-25 being the latest) and I ssem to miss some in-game items preventing me to progress past the menu :D This is the settings menu:
this is the game start screen:
Anyone has any idea what is going on and ideally how to fix it? Missing fonts maybe?
I'm on the exact same proton version on linux with an intel igpu and it works perfectly, maybe it's due to the mesa version (I'm on `23.3.1-1`)? Try the beta channel for steam os maybe it'll help
I'm having a peculiar issue on my system where the game flickers to a solid background color at varying rates. I suspect its an Intel GPU issue. I've tried reinstalling and various windows compatibility settings to no avail. Anyone have any ideas as to the cause?
nvm I just went into the files and edited this part of lvl_04 to get rid of the hills, I assume this was the intended solution, idk why the developers didn't introduce 'messing with the game files' as a mechanic earlier?
You're not supposed to mess with the files. Baba has an ability that allows them to launch other units over hills. I'm pretty sure this was part of the solution of an earlier level
Oh thank you for sharing this. Now I can solve the level. It's not just Jiji, btw. It seems that 'defeat' only affects units when they are stopped.
Really don't like this. Were we supposed to just try the seemingly impossible thing? Or to extrapolate from the level success condition that doesn't trigger when you pass over the cell that 'defeat' works the same way? But of course 'stop' doesn't.
There is a level very early on with two Kekes that requires you to push one over a river where water is sink. Seems pretty reasonable to me that movement would work the same way over lava. After all you’re not touching the lava during movement since it is at a lower height
That's different! Yes, when being pushed you're indeed not touching water or lava, but when moving, you do! So it's not obvious that the rules won't affect you in that case.
In none of the previous levels was it ever possible to move over water from one patch of land to another, so the only way for you to discover that 'sink' only affect you when you're stopped is to move 2 or more cells into water and notice that you sink when you stop and not immediately upon entering the water, but that detail is very hard to notice.
Given how not obvious it is that rules like 'defeat' and 'sink' don't affect units while they move, especially given that rules like 'stop' do, it's necessary to communicate this more clearly to the player. For example, on the second level, at least one of the mechs could start on a single cell island surrounded on all sides by water so that moving the mech off of the island was the only thing the player could do to progress.
This is apparently because of how Multimedia Fusion 2 plugins work (the game is made with Multimedia Fusion 2) You can add an exception in the Windows defender settings by going to recent protections, selecting the game (probably the most recent detection) and under the action dropdown, selecting "allow" this should allow you to download, extract, and run the game
Launching it through wine seems to work fine but the full screen functionality unfortunately doesn't work. I'm still gonna play the game but that kinda sucks for me. :/
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Since i started playing the level 18.new dangers, all the enemies are replaced with baba. It doesn't change anything if i re-open the game.
baba is all
Hmm... Try redownloading the game? (It won't delete your save)
can someone actually explain how to get around Windows Security so I can download this thing?
Go to windows security and under Virus and Threat Protection click manage settings and add an exception for the folder where you keep the game (so that you can update it and keep it whitelisted)
awesome, thank you!
I don't know about downloading, but I usually just click more info and then a button appears that lets you bypass the secerity.
Never have I wanted a virus so bad, Into the Baba can't even get onto the exclusion list on win defender LOL
That's a bummer :( I'm trying to resolve it
Why does windows think this is a severe virus?
some normal function that virus uses frequently will be counted as suspect malware by Windows defender，but this game is absolutely not a virus
The game was made using an old program that handles files in a way Windows finds suspicious. I'm in the process of trying to migrate the game to a newer program that hopefully has less of a problem with this! Apologies for the problems.
It downloaded fine, got over the Windows defendor issue quite easily. loaded it up and its the size of a phone screen and very loud. I could barely read the instructions. Is there an option to make it visible/usable?
You can edit resolution multiplier manually in \AppData\Roaming\MSB\save.txt
I use xres=4 and yres=4. I think default multiplier was 2.
Try alt-enter to fullscreen
萌新！该如何领取游戏？求教
点download or claim然后点No thanks, just take me to the downloads
Simply incredible, at least after I've added an exclusion to Windows Defender to ignore the folder this game is in (stupid defender).
I can't even download it to put it in a folder. How did you get around that?
Just ignore all warnings and afterwards put it in a folder you've excluded Windows Defender from scanning.
I believe you can skip levels with me for example breaking "fruit is weak"
Oh that's probably why you cant use Me for long
lore-wise me was also captured by enemy mid-game
whole virus detected thing preventing me from downloading. HELP!!
The game was made using an old program that handles files in a way Windows finds suspicious. I'm in the process of trying to migrate the game to a newer program that hopefully has less of a problem with this! Apologies for the problems. Others have pointed out ways to add an exception for the game in Windows settings.
The 'Restart' button doesn't work sometimes, everyone(or someone) just sticks at the position.
Hi! I'll get it downloaded, then try to launch it from itch.io, then get "cannot create subdirectory in temporary directory !" Is this the Windows Defender bug that people keep talking about?
I had to disable the "itch.io sandbox" (in the itch app settings) to fix this.
Mine's already turned off.
Merry X-Mas and Happy New Year 2024! <3 :)
Same to you!
the idea of combining into the breach and baba is you is great！l like it，but will it have any further update？
Probably not much; I'll want to fix some issues people are having with bugs and such but I don't think I'll add more content.
well,that's enough,and its quite fun to see some non AAA game has gigs of bytes in size while not as joyable as yours.
plus its not too hard to make your own modded levels
Windows Security keep deleting the application.
I can confirm the issue that Windows Defender detects virus and deletes downloaded zip file every time. I like Baba Is You very much and I'd like to play Mobile Suit Baba so please check the issue and fix it. Thanks and greetz!
That's a bummer :( Windows Defender has had a tendency of false-alarming on my games. I sent a ticket about it to Microsoft but nothing happened.
Still can't download T_T
Please keep us informed.
Doesn't work with Intel Arc. Whole window/screen blinks blue.
-Baba Is You from Steam does work without this issue.
-Baba Is You (Jam Build) flickers similar to this
Maybe they use different export settings?
FIXED!
You need to lauch the game with /DIB8
From command prompt:
./Mobile Suit Baba.exe /DIB8
Or make a shortcut and add /DIB8 at end of target field.
Nice, thank you!
It does run and is playable, but the tiles do look a bit odd, and there are no black outlines
Oh that's wacky, huh. I'll try to do a thing that *might* help.
did it work?
Lamentablemente mi pc lo detectó como virus.
That's unfortunately an issue on some computers :/ it's a false positive.
What a grand, fun, cute but quite heady and difficult adventure!
I cleared the story mode in 3 hours, but there is so much more to do that I can't wait to accomplish in the future.
Baba is the cutest, especially when he talks Babababa!
If I had to say something, I would have liked to have spent longer looking at the cute friends in the ending art scene.
Anyway, this piece is going to be very memorable!
Thank you very much for the writeup!
Great dialogue, great gameplay, a solid Baba/10
I built the sentence "CITY IS HILL" in level 20 and then there were no cities on the map, but didn't accomplish the task. I'm wondering if this is a feature or a bug.
Love this game btw
For the "Visit every X" objective, you need at least one X on the map.
how do i fix these false positives
Technically Microsoft has a way to report them, I tried doing that but nothing happened :(
painful.
At first couldn't understand how to get the team star.
So in case other people have trouble with it, seems you need to not use any of the mission specific mechs.
Ex if it has blob and baba for the normal mission, you can't use them for the team star instead can use worm/bird or any of the other combinations.
Hope this helps someone else :)
Quite fun game as well thanks :D
cant start up
Is this only available on windows? I can’t seem to run it on my ipad/mackbook
It's windows only, yeah. It says so on the page
Man I know anti viruses can give false positives but windows defender absolutely refuses to let me open this
Older Clickteam engines like MMF2 use a code compression algorithm that sets off these false positives, it's been a longstanding issue since the early days.
You can open Windows Defender, go to the recent detections, select the game (probably the most recent one), and then select "allow" under the actions dropdown
Then you can redownload the game and you'll be able to play it
I can't. I'm clicking allow and it does nothing, the popup disappears after a few seconds. I have to download the game again and the alert happens again, which cancels the download.
I can't even download this game, Windows isn't letting me.
I have the exact same issue.
I cant get past the second level water is sink. I assume I have to attack it but clicking all the attack buttons doesn't do anything? Can anyone help?
Hi! most of the things you can attack have black outlines, you want to find a way to launch one of the fellas across! Hope this helped
Couldn't download via Chrome, thinks the .zip has a virus. Downloaded it via Firefox, unzipped it and ran the .exe - it would not run due to it thinking it had a virus, and was immediately auto-deleted. Running Windows 10.
Yeah, apparently a few people are having that issue. I looked up the "virus" in question on and it might just be some kind of programming glitch triggering a false flag
Either way, Windows 10 won't let me run it.
It has to do with a code converter included with the game. It can THEORETICALLY be used to damage your PC so Windows won't let any downloads with it on your PC.
Theres no exe file????
Windows Defender likely quarantined it. You can try adding an exception by going to the recent protections, selecting it, going to actions, and then selecting allow
Redownloading (or maybe re-extracting? if that works) the game then should give you the executable file
Tried running on Steam Deck with different Proton Versions (GE-Proton8-25 being the latest) and I ssem to miss some in-game items preventing me to progress past the menu :D This is the settings menu:
this is the game start screen:
Anyone has any idea what is going on and ideally how to fix it? Missing fonts maybe?
I'm on the exact same proton version on linux with an intel igpu and it works perfectly, maybe it's due to the mesa version (I'm on `23.3.1-1`)? Try the beta channel for steam os maybe it'll help
i cant download it, windows defender is blocking the downloa
Same here, it says it has a virus
Opera blocks the download too
Try using guest mode on chrome
I disabled Windows Real-time Protection and it allowed the file to download.
It lets me download it and play is some times, then the next time it goes, nah bro and deleted the exe automatically
just select allow on device.
I'm having a peculiar issue on my system where the game flickers to a solid background color at varying rates. I suspect its an Intel GPU issue. I've tried reinstalling and various windows compatibility settings to no avail. Anyone have any ideas as to the cause?
Anyone have a solution for this level yet??
nvm I just went into the files and edited this part of lvl_04 to get rid of the hills, I assume this was the intended solution, idk why the developers didn't introduce 'messing with the game files' as a mechanic earlier?
You're not supposed to mess with the files. Baba has an ability that allows them to launch other units over hills. I'm pretty sure this was part of the solution of an earlier level
Yes Its one comment below yours :D
Baba can toss people over hills, remember. And defeat only activates if you stop on the tile tagged with defeat (this is true for most rules).
Did I miss the part where its explained that Jiji can just jump over lava?
Oh thank you for sharing this. Now I can solve the level. It's not just Jiji, btw. It seems that 'defeat' only affects units when they are stopped.
Really don't like this. Were we supposed to just try the seemingly impossible thing? Or to extrapolate from the level success condition that doesn't trigger when you pass over the cell that 'defeat' works the same way? But of course 'stop' doesn't.
There is a level very early on with two Kekes that requires you to push one over a river where water is sink. Seems pretty reasonable to me that movement would work the same way over lava. After all you’re not touching the lava during movement since it is at a lower height
That's different! Yes, when being pushed you're indeed not touching water or lava, but when moving, you do! So it's not obvious that the rules won't affect you in that case.
In none of the previous levels was it ever possible to move over water from one patch of land to another, so the only way for you to discover that 'sink' only affect you when you're stopped is to move 2 or more cells into water and notice that you sink when you stop and not immediately upon entering the water, but that detail is very hard to notice.
Given how not obvious it is that rules like 'defeat' and 'sink' don't affect units while they move, especially given that rules like 'stop' do, it's necessary to communicate this more clearly to the player. For example, on the second level, at least one of the mechs could start on a single cell island surrounded on all sides by water so that moving the mech off of the island was the only thing the player could do to progress.
I’m guessing all units can walk over lava as long as they don’t end on a lava tile. I tried with the worm and it can also walk over lava.
Rules are generally only applied when the unit stops on a tile.
Well I learned it by trying but still, it wasn't explained anywhere which is kind of bad game design.
oh i didnt know you could just walk, i used his dash super never even tried walking
Virus detected. :(
This is apparently because of how Multimedia Fusion 2 plugins work (the game is made with Multimedia Fusion 2)
You can add an exception in the Windows defender settings by going to recent protections, selecting the game (probably the most recent detection) and under the action dropdown, selecting "allow"
this should allow you to download, extract, and run the game
I don't understand how level 4 is supposed to be possible…
Yeah I am stuck there too
Windows Security won't let me install this.
Default workarounds don't work.
Please address.
same here
Still no response from developer. Chucking this game in the DO NOT PLAY bin.
acsaly they responded multiple times to people with this problum
Its an pyinstaller(python) component, i think its not an viru
Windows Defender has flagged this as having a virus for me too
Yep having a similar issue as well.
When I launch it on PopOs I get this pop up.
Launching it through wine seems to work fine but the full screen functionality unfortunately doesn't work. I'm still gonna play the game but that kinda sucks for me. :/
I can't download this because my computer thinks it has a virus
Got all the 3 stars except the team challenge of "Windy Reef" level. I have no idea how to clear the level without selecting Me.
(Please don't tell me the answer if it's possible.)
Oh dangit, that spoiled a solution for me. That's the one level I haven't solved and I forgot that mechanic...
How does Me help?
Me can change a water grid to a ground grid.
MacOS! MacOS! Or Switch. Nintendo Switch is the perfect place for Baba Games.