Embark failing when deploying contracts

I tried Embark with these contracts https://github.com/bitpopulous/Populous-smart-contracts/tree/master/contracts

However I got this error:

C:\projects\embark_demo>embark run
RangeError: Invalid count value
    at String.repeat (native)
    at C:\Users\simon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\embark\lib\contracts\deploy.js:112:45
    at C:\Users\simon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\embark\node_modules\web3\lib\web3\property.js:119:13
    at C:\Users\simon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\embark\node_modules\web3\lib\web3\requestmanager.js:89:9
    at XMLHttpRequest.request.onreadystatechange (C:\Users\simon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\embark\node_modules\web3\lib\web3\httpprovider.js:118:13)
    at XMLHttpRequestEventTarget.dispatchEvent (C:\Users\simon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\embark\node_modules\xhr2\lib\xhr2.js:64:18)
    at XMLHttpRequest._setReadyState (C:\Users\simon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\embark\node_modules\xhr2\lib\xhr2.js:354:12)
    at XMLHttpRequest._onHttpResponseEnd (C:\Users\simon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\embark\node_modules\xhr2\lib\xhr2.js:509:12)
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (C:\Users\simon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\embark\node_modules\xhr2\lib\xhr2.js:469:24)
    at emitNone (events.js:110:20)

$ embark --version 2.6.0

OS: Win 8.1 64bit

[iurimatias]

@Simoneth The issue you were facing has now been fixed in version 2.6.3, below is the config I used for those contracts.

Note that in 2.6.x you need to interfaces deploy to false, some contracts might need manual adjustment on their gas values, This wouldn’t’ be necessary in the next version. (current develop branch)

embark.json (note: contracts at app/contracts, required in 2.6.x

{
  "contracts": ["app/contracts/**"],
  "app": {
  },
  "buildDir": "dist/",
  "config": "config/",
  "plugins": {
  }
}

This is the contracts config I used, after this you might need to set the contract arguments and dependencies (as described here)

config/contracts.json

{
  "default": {
    "versions": {
      "web3.js": "1.0.0-beta",
      "solc": "0.4.17"
    },
    "deployment": {
      "host": "localhost",
      "port": 8545,
      "type": "rpc"
    },
    "dappConnection": [
      "$WEB3",
      "http://localhost:8545"
    ],
    "gas": "auto",
    "contracts": {
      "CurrencyToken": {
        "gas": 1100000
      },
      "Crowdsale": {
        "gas": 2600000
      },
      "PopulousToken": {
        "gas": 800000
      },
      "ContractReceiver": {
        "deploy": false
      },
      "iCrowdsale": {
        "deploy": false
      },
      "iCrowdsaleManager": {
        "deploy": false
      },
      "iDepositContractsManager": {
        "deploy": false
      },
      "iERC20Token": {
        "deploy": false
      }
    }
  }
}

If you need further help please don’t hesitate to reach me on gitter or by opening new issues, thanks for reporting this bug!

[iurimatias]

@Simoneth hi, there is a bug in embark 2.6.0 with the contracts config on embark.json : they have to be inside “app/contracts/” (not “contracts/”);

this has been fixed in develop already and wouldn’t be an issue in the next version. In the meanwhile for 2.6.0 as a workaround, put the contracts inside app/contracts and make sure embark.json reflects this.