MonoGame error MGFX0001

MGFX0001 error code

Example messages

Error: MGFXC0001: MGFXC effect compiler requires a valid Wine installation to be able to compile shaders. Please visit https://docs.monogame.net/errors/mgfx0001?tab=macos for more details.

Error: MGFXC0001: MGFXC effect compiler requires a valid Wine installation to be able to compile shaders. Please visit https://docs.monogame.net/errors/mgfx0001?tab=linux for more details.

Issue

This error indicates that Wine is not installed on the development machine. Wine is currently required in order to compile Effects on both Linux and MacOS.

Solution

You need to make sure you have installed Wine on your machine. Please look at the following link for detailed instructions on how to install Wine and configure it for use with MonoGame.