Setup and server installation tested on Windows and Linux

Assets/ChessEngines/fairy-chess-server/engine-path.js

@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ function getEnginePath() {
 
     // Get the current directory (fairy-chess-server)
     const currentDir = __dirname;
+    console.log(currentDir )
     
     // Navigate up to Assets/ChessEngines
     const engineBaseDir = path.join(currentDir, '..', '..');
+    console.log(engineBaseDir )
     
     // Determine OS and set appropriate path
     if (os.platform() === 'win32') {

Systems/FairyStockfish/ServerManager.gd

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var log_dir: String = ""
 var log_string: String = ""
 var running := false
 var server_process_id: int = -50
+var request_timer: Timer
 
 var server_url = "http://localhost:27531"
 
@@ -121,17 +122,48 @@ func start_server() -> bool:
     add_child(http_request)
     # http_request.connect("request_completed", self._on_init_request_completed)
     http_request.request_completed.connect(self._on_init_request_completed)
+
+    request_timer = Timer.new()
+    add_child(request_timer)
+    request_timer.wait_time = 2.0  # 2 seconds
+    request_timer.one_shot = true
+    request_timer.timeout.connect(self._on_request_timeout)
+    request_timer.start()
     http_request.request(server_url + "/health")
     
     
     return true
 
+
+func _on_request_timeout():
+    write_log("Request timed out, starting server manually")
+    # Clean up timer
+    request_timer.queue_free()
+    request_timer = null
+    # Call your secondary processing function here
+    write_log("HTTP Request failed, starting server process")
+    write_log(server_path + "/index.js")
+    server_process_id = OS.create_process("node", [server_path + "/index.js"])
+    write_log("SERVER PATH " + server_path)
+    if server_process_id <= 0:
+        printerr("Failed to start server")
+        write_log("ERROR: Failed to start server, process ID: " + str(server_process_id))
+            
+        return false
+    
+    running = true
+    write_log("Chess server started with PID: " + str(server_process_id))
+    return
+
 func _on_init_request_completed(result: int, response_code: int, headers: PackedStringArray, body: PackedByteArray):
     write_log("*****************_on_init_request_completed************")
+    if request_timer:
+        request_timer.stop()
+        request_timer.queue_free()
+        request_timer = null
     var json = JSON.new()
     json.parse(body.get_string_from_utf8())
     var response = json.get_data()
-    # Will write_log the user agent string used by the HTTPRequest node (as recognized by httpbin.org).
     write_log("Init request completed")
     write_log("Result: " + str(response))
     if response == null:

export_presets.cfg

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ advanced_options=true
 dedicated_server=false
 custom_features=""
 export_filter="all_resources"
-include_filter=""
+include_filter="Assets/*"
 exclude_filter=""
 export_path="build/Windows/ChessBuilder.exe"
 encryption_include_filters=""