Hello i have a problem opening Ren'py games i extract the files then when i click the application icon it just briefly shows the windows loading circle and nothing happens, this seems to only happen with Ren'py games only the last i downloaded MilaAI it again happened yet i always see comments about the game.I am new to F95 and just learned how to put walkthroughs into games thats the limit of my knowlede so any help or advice would be greatfully received theres so many renply games id like to play but they dont load/work for me. I have a intel core i710700 cpu 2.90ghz processor 16 gb ram nvidia gforce RTX 3060 graphics card 64 bit operating system and windows 11
Ren'Py Help with Ren'py games not opening
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It isnt crashing they judt dont load at all i get the windows circle around the mouse pointer then nothing, i have downloaded Ren'py games that do work but a lot just dont seem to load and curious as to why. I have even tried downloading from the differenet download websites i.e gofile mega pixledrain mixdrop
the generated log should say why, try holding shift when opening and see if it changes anything
Not sure where to find the generated log but holding the shift still the same quick windows circle and nothing
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I've found a few times recently that Windows is blocking a game from opening, it might be something similar but the notification box isn't coming up for you? To check, right click the application and go to properties. If it has this bit at the bottom under security, check "unblock" and ok/apply then try again. Obviously only do this if you genuinely trust the source, so games downloaded from the OP of posts here should be fine, but as with any file, you always download at your own risk.
Hi Aon i do not see any file with "log.txt" i really have a very very limited knowledge of computers so i apologize and appreciate your assistance and help
Hi Tony i checked and the unblock is not ticked and appreciate your help and assistance
i can get some Ren'py games to load its just some do not and basically trying to understand why and if i have not done or downloaded them correctly and having a limited knowledge of computers i just find it a little frustrating but all and any help is truly and gratefully appreciated thank you all
Hi Tony i checked and the unblock is not ticked and appreciate your help and assistance
i can get some Ren'py games to load its just some do not and basically trying to understand why and if i have not done or downloaded them correctly and having a limited knowledge of computers i just find it a little frustrating but all and any help is truly and gratefully appreciated thank you all
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From memory, even the CPU frequency do not prevent the log file to be created; it give an incomplete one, but there's sill one. Therefore the game isn't even started, and if it's not Windows fault, then it's probably your anti-virus fault. But there's so many different anti-virus, that you'll have to search online how to solve the issue.
Thank you AON i use norton 360 and have no idea on where or how to navigate or where to look to try and fix this problem if it is nortons but sincerely appreciate your kind help and assistance in helping me
I've had this problem show up in the last 24 hours. It's not only happens with every Ren'py Game I tried starting but also the SDK file also. It doesn't matter what Graphic setting you select. None of them work! I've tried opening 20 different games with a variety of Ren'py versions. they all give the same errors!
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Looking at the log.txt it seems the problem is with gl, which is OpenGL. Make sure your graphics drivers are up to date. From 7.4 renpy uses OpenGL2 or greater.
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This means that either you drivers are out of date or your graphics card does not support OpenGL2 or greater.
For gaming issues try make sure that your graphics drivers, .net, python and direct X are all up to date and are the supported version or higher for the game.
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The drivers are still a possibility, but OpenGL2 is not the issue by itself.
Both logs clearly show Ren'Py trying all the rendering engines supported by Ren'Py, from GL to Software, failing with all of them, then crashing when it try the software rendering engine.
I'll not say that the software rendering engine should always works, because there's always exception, but still, it should works 99% of the time or something like this.
But the most important point here is that it started to happened not long ago.
Whatever the rendering engine you consider, they are all at least 20 years old technologies; why would they suddenly break? The chance for someone having touched to this part of the drivers is near to null. And I don't picture a manufacturer deciding to remove the support for them just because it's old stuff.
Rationally speaking, I don't see the drivers being the cause unless they have been downgraded 24 hours ago.
Therefore, there's something else behind this. But I totally fail see what it can be.
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Very true, the reason I was leaning towards the drivers was that the log says he is running windows 7 SP1, as many companies including MS have pulled support for win7 I figured that could play a role in not having the most up to date drivers / software.
I figured the sudden break could have come because dev's had upgraded their renpy version which no longer supports win7 or older drivers. Renpy 7.5.1 is a 2+ years old version but from 7.5 renpy stopped support for win 32-bit so if the version used for the game before that was under 7.5 that would also account for the sudden break.
I was just trying to think of the different reasons games have broken for me in the past, sometimes it's something complicated and others it's the simplest thing. One of the fun things about using pc's.
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It's not false but still incorrect. The 32 bits executable and libraries are still present in the 7.x branch SDK, but by default not included when you build a distribution file. It's the 8.x branch that is purely 64 bits.
This being said, Ren'Py wouldn't starts at all if it was a 32 bits Vs 64 bits issue.
Yeah, I know. But this case seriously puzzle me.
It's not the CPU issue that break Python, because Ren'Py wouldn't goes this far.
There's near to no chances that it's a driver issue, because it wouldn't break when trying software rendering.
It's also not an anti-virus issue, because Ren'Py wouldn't starts, or wouldn't goes this far if it's a DLL that was wrongly seen as dangerous.
But what it is I don't know.