VN Ren'Py Completed A Petal Among Thorns [v6.0.2-RE] [Lockheart]

[livingskull1]

Why doesnt the game open for me? It shows like this:

Wed Dec 22 03:38:42 2021
Windows-8-6.2.9200-SP0
Ren'Py 7.4.8.1894


Bootstrap to the start of init.init took 0.77s
Early init took 0.02s
Loader init took 0.07s
Loading error handling took 0.45s
Loading script took 1.91s
Loading save slot metadata. took 0.02s
Loading persistent took 0.00s
Importing _renpysteam: ImportError('No module named _renpysteam',)
Set script version to: (7, 4, 4)
Running init code took 0.44s
Loading analysis data took 0.10s
Analyze and compile ATL took 0.03s
Index archives took 0.00s
Dump and make backups. took 0.00s
Cleaning cache took 0.00s
Making clean stores took 0.00s
Initial gc. took 0.18s
DPI scale factor: 1.250000
nvdrs: Loaded, about to disable thread optimizations.
nvdrs: "Couldn't load nvlib." (can be ignored)
Creating interface object took 0.01s
Cleaning stores took 0.00s
Init translation took 0.50s
Build styles took 0.02s
Load screen analysis took 0.09s
Analyze screens took 0.00s
Save screen analysis took 0.00s
Prepare screens took 0.55s
Save pyanalysis. took 0.00s
Save bytecode. took 0.00s
Running _start took 0.00s
Performance test:
Interface start took 0.51s

Initializing angle2 renderer:
primary display bounds: (0, 0, 1366, 768)
swap interval: 1 frames
Windowed mode.
Could not get pygame screen: error('Could not create GLES window surface',)

Initializing sw renderer:

 

[darkplayground]

Why doesnt the game open for me? It shows like this:

Wed Dec 22 03:38:42 2021
Windows-8-6.2.9200-SP0
Ren'Py 7.4.8.1894


Bootstrap to the start of init.init took 0.77s
Early init took 0.02s
Loader init took 0.07s
Loading error handling took 0.45s
Loading script took 1.91s
Loading save slot metadata. took 0.02s
Loading persistent took 0.00s
Importing _renpysteam: ImportError('No module named _renpysteam',)
Set script version to: (7, 4, 4)
Running init code took 0.44s
Loading analysis data took 0.10s
Analyze and compile ATL took 0.03s
Index archives took 0.00s
Dump and make backups. took 0.00s
Cleaning cache took 0.00s
Making clean stores took 0.00s
Initial gc. took 0.18s
DPI scale factor: 1.250000
nvdrs: Loaded, about to disable thread optimizations.
nvdrs: "Couldn't load nvlib." (can be ignored)
Creating interface object took 0.01s
Cleaning stores took 0.00s
Init translation took 0.50s
Build styles took 0.02s
Load screen analysis took 0.09s
Analyze screens took 0.00s
Save screen analysis took 0.00s
Prepare screens took 0.55s
Save pyanalysis. took 0.00s
Save bytecode. took 0.00s
Running _start took 0.00s
Performance test:
Interface start took 0.51s

Initializing angle2 renderer:
primary display bounds: (0, 0, 1366, 768)
swap interval: 1 frames
Windowed mode.
Could not get pygame screen: error('Could not create GLES window surface',)

Initializing sw renderer:

Looks like it's some kind of graphics driver issue. Maybe try restarting your computer? Also do any other renpy games launch or is just this one broken for you? Did you try re-downloading?

 

[livingskull1]

Looks like it's some kind of graphics driver issue. Maybe try restarting your computer? Also do any other renpy games launch or is just this one broken for you? Did you try re-downloading?

i have restarted so many times. for some renpy games, its totally fine. but for some, i keep getting error like this one.

 

[jestertlw]

i have restarted so many times. for some renpy games, its totally fine. but for some, i keep getting error like this one.

Are you 32-bit or 64-bit? I noted that you are running Windows 8, not 8.1 or later. Either of these two (32-bit and Win8) could be the baseline problem you are having with some RenPy games.

Also, I did a google search for the error and it seems the few times it's noted is that it appears on RaspberryPi.

I know in some communities even having 64-bit or Win10 is still cost prohibitive. If you are running 64-bit, have you considered a USB Linux OS to run your games?

 

[livingskull1]

Are you 32-bit or 64-bit? I noted that you are running Windows 8, not 8.1 or later. Either of these two (32-bit and Win8) could be the baseline problem you are having with some RenPy games.

Also, I did a google search for the error and it seems the few times it's noted is that it appears on RaspberryPi.

I know in some communities even having 64-bit or Win10 is still cost prohibitive. If you are running 64-bit, have you considered a USB Linux OS to run your games?

i run 64bit windows 8. will linux solve the problem?

 

[livingskull1]

Are you 32-bit or 64-bit? I noted that you are running Windows 8, not 8.1 or later. Either of these two (32-bit and Win8) could be the baseline problem you are having with some RenPy games.

Also, I did a google search for the error and it seems the few times it's noted is that it appears on RaspberryPi.

I know in some communities even having 64-bit or Win10 is still cost prohibitive. If you are running 64-bit, have you considered a USB Linux OS to run your games?

It always forces me to choose between "gl/gl2/ angle/ angle2' renderers. but whichever I choose, nothing works.

 

[jestertlw]

i run 64bit windows 8. will linux solve the problem?

I don't know. But Win8 is an old OS that hasn't had updates in almost 6 years and only about 1% of reported Windows users run it. But the age of your OS is a good sign that your hardware and drivers are getting past prime, as well. This could be a video card issue, video driver issue, etc. You can give Linux a shot on a USB drive to see if you can get some longer life out of your system ... but best of luck.

It always forces me to choose between "gl/gl2/ angle/ angle2' renderers. but whichever I choose, nothing works.

I'm now leaning much more towards you have an outdated graphics card and/or drivers:

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[darkplayground]

I'm now leaning much more towards you have an outdated graphics card and/or drivers:

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This is the conclusion I came to as well. All those RPI errors you found were due to bad graphic drivers so it stands to reason he's having that same issue on windows. I am not a windows user, the last version of windows I used was 7 so I don't really know how to go about troubleshooting this but if there are multiple RenPy games that break on his system, then it's not an issue with this game but with his setup instead.

 

[todthewad]

is this one of those where after 245 updates we're still in "teasing" phase?

In this case it is much hotter and more believable because of the slow build up

 

[Anon2102]

Game doesn't run. I have played countless other Renpy games on this PC (recently even) and never encountered an issue like this.

Here is the log:
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 208, in script call
call _gl_test
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 387, in script
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 208, in script call
call _gl_test
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 387, in script
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 387, in <module>
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 317, in _m1_00gltest__gl_test
_gl_performance_test()
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 342, in _gl_performance_test
ui.interact(suppress_underlay=True, suppress_overlay=True)
Exception: DirectSoundCreate8: No audio device found

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "renpy/bootstrap.py", line 326, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
File "renpy/main.py", line 617, in main
run(restart)
File "renpy/main.py", line 148, in run
renpy.execution.run_context(True)
File "renpy/execution.py", line 922, in run_context
context.run()
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 208, in script call
call _gl_test
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 387, in script
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 208, in script call
call _gl_test
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 387, in script
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/ast.py", line 923, in execute
renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
File "renpy/python.py", line 2235, in py_exec_bytecode
exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 387, in <module>
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 317, in _m1_00gltest__gl_test
_gl_performance_test()
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 342, in _gl_performance_test
ui.interact(suppress_underlay=True, suppress_overlay=True)
File "renpy/ui.py", line 298, in interact
rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3237, in interact
self.start()
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 2164, in start
renpy.audio.audio.init()
File "renpy/audio/audio.py", line 932, in init
renpysound.init(renpy.config.sound_sample_rate, 2, bufsize, False, renpy.config.equal_mono)
File "renpysound.pyx", line 390, in renpy.audio.renpysound.init
File "renpysound.pyx", line 98, in renpy.audio.renpysound.check_error
Exception: DirectSoundCreate8: No audio device found

Windows-10-10.0.19041
Ren'Py 7.4.8.1895
A Petal Among Thorns 4.0.1
Fri Dec 24 17:57:50 2021

 

[jestertlw]

Game doesn't run. I have played countless other Renpy games on this PC (recently even) and never encountered an issue like this.

Here is the log:
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 208, in script call
call _gl_test
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 387, in script
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 208, in script call
call _gl_test
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 387, in script
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 387, in <module>
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 317, in _m1_00gltest__gl_test
_gl_performance_test()
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 342, in _gl_performance_test
ui.interact(suppress_underlay=True, suppress_overlay=True)
Exception: DirectSoundCreate8: No audio device found

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "renpy/bootstrap.py", line 326, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
File "renpy/main.py", line 617, in main
run(restart)
File "renpy/main.py", line 148, in run
renpy.execution.run_context(True)
File "renpy/execution.py", line 922, in run_context
context.run()
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 208, in script call
call _gl_test
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 387, in script
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 208, in script call
call _gl_test
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 387, in script
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/ast.py", line 923, in execute
renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
File "renpy/python.py", line 2235, in py_exec_bytecode
exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 387, in <module>
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 317, in _m1_00gltest__gl_test
_gl_performance_test()
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 342, in _gl_performance_test
ui.interact(suppress_underlay=True, suppress_overlay=True)
File "renpy/ui.py", line 298, in interact
rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3237, in interact
self.start()
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 2164, in start
renpy.audio.audio.init()
File "renpy/audio/audio.py", line 932, in init
renpysound.init(renpy.config.sound_sample_rate, 2, bufsize, False, renpy.config.equal_mono)
File "renpysound.pyx", line 390, in renpy.audio.renpysound.init
File "renpysound.pyx", line 98, in renpy.audio.renpysound.check_error
Exception: DirectSoundCreate8: No audio device found

Windows-10-10.0.19041
Ren'Py 7.4.8.1895
A Petal Among Thorns 4.0.1
Fri Dec 24 17:57:50 2021

I assume that either the PC doesn't have a sound card, the sound card is disabled, the sound card is not functioning, there is a conflict for the sound card, or some other reason the game isn't recognizing the sound card.

EDIT: You could try to add to the start of options.rpy file:

init python:
    config.debug_sound = False

 

[Anon2102]

Ah, I don't have my speaker plugged in, that is probably it. Interesting error, never had that before. Does this game actually have sound or voice?

 

[binglebangles]

Any ya'll got any teaser images or infos?

 

[jaw1986baby]

Lockheart I saw this one on Steam "coming soon"
I wishlisted it as I think it will be worth the purchase

 

[BOBJevent]

Any news or update on ETA for progress to next level with Petal? For me its the most anticipated update of any game on this site.

 

[DanThaMan]

Any news or update on ETA for progress to next level with Petal? For me its the most anticipated update of any game on this site.

The finale to this game should be out late February to early March..

 

[Draakaap23]

I still find it a bit weird how Petal has constant body-issues with showing her boobs, while in the last part she is swaying them like a shameless, aged stripper would.

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It's a bit weird 'porn-logic', but nothing that hampers my enjoyment of it. I look forward to the next instalment.

 

[Yngling]

I still find it a bit weird how Petal has constant body-issues with showing her boobs, while in the last part she is swaying them like a shameless, aged stripper would.

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It's a bit weird 'porn-logic', but nothing that hampers my enjoyment of it. I look forward to the next instalment.

I disagree with you.

Porn logic dictates that girls behave strictly according to the "stairway to heaven" progression, like e.g. in DmD.

Petal, on the other hand, behaves quite in-line with her character. She has quite specific hang-ups and fetishes, and it seems that when she get's over a certain hang-up, she's really over it.

I like that kind of story telling. It feels more realistic with the added benefit of making it much less predictable, compared to e.g. DmD.

 

[Draakaap23]

I disagree with you.

Porn logic dictates that girls behave strictly according to the "stairway to heaven" progression, like e.g. in DmD.

Petal, on the other hand, behaves quite in-line with her character. She has quite specific hang-ups and fetishes, and it seems that when she get's over a certain hang-up, she's really over it.

I like that kind of story telling. It feels more realistic with the added benefit of making it much less predictable, compared to e.g. DmD.

Porn logic, to me, pretty much means: as long as it leads to sexy times and fast. Like the Pizza guy giving extra sausage and those kind of things.
I don't know what stairway to heaven is, but I'm guessing it means: slow build-up, stretching it out and milking Patreons over a longer period of time, since that is what DmD was/is. And Petal's character is just more my kind of porn logic then that kind of thing.
It is fun and decently written, but nevertheless still 'porn logic'; if she so easily gets over her body issues, she would not have formed issues in the first case. People just don't get over themselves that easily IRL, xcept in dumb porn scripts they do Don't try to make it sound like it it's some kind of good character build-up or break-down, it really isn't. Petal jumps the shark and I'm totally fine with that!

 

[Yngling]

I don't know what stairway to heaven is

The stairway to heaven is the progression kissing => handjob => blowjob => vaginal sex => anal sex, always in that exact order, sometimes with steps in between like thighjob / footjob etc. Often every step takes one monthly update It's a staple in most games, especially incest games with a limited amount of love interests.

In reality, some people start with anal sex and never get to the blowjob phase, or the other way around, based on their own hang-ups etc. Other people are convinced to stay a virgin but turn into nympho's after losing their virginity. But I think that following the stairway to heaven exactly is very uncommon IRL. In my opinion Petal does a pretty decent job in depicting a more realistic way how such a relationship may progress, but you may, of course, have a different opinion.