I downloaded the game again and I am indeed using 7zip.. did this twice but still no change..
This reminds me of the time when one of the mod update was working for some users and not for others.
The only thing I can suggest is you delete the game and the system data folder to start a fresh.
1) close the game if it's running.
2) delete the v0.69 game folder from where you have it unzipped.
3) go to C:\user\{what ever your user name is on your computer}\AppData\Roaming\RenPy\
*if you can't see "appdata" folder you need to unhide system folder, You have to google how to do that as I don't know if your system is using the English version of windows. So I don't want to give confusing information.
4) delete "Lust_and_Power"
5) empty recycling bin if you didn't delete the folders using the "shift" as the folder will get sent to the recycling bin.
6) unzip the game again and run it once.
7) close the game and copy the cheat mod to the "game" folder
8) run the game and see if you get the cheat mod working.
How do you make progress? I went on a couple raids, maxed out the submission points. It keeps saying unlock hot scenes.. how do I do that? In the shower I get a corrupt option but everything is locked.
You have to go out scavenging for resources (food, parts, battery, cleaners) and take them back to the house. Keep scavenging to unlock parts of the map. Even if a section show 100% scavenged keep scavenging close to where you want to unlock the next part of the map, as it don't unlock at a set % point.
Sit down and eat with the girls to raise their love/sub points at 08:00, 14:00 or is it 15:00? and 19:00.
Once you have enough points, they will ask you to find battery (Kelly) or cleaner (Emma). Find the items and give it to them when they are in the bedrooms. You will now have to option to corrupt them, this is how you unlock lewder and lewder scenes with them. But you need to keep adding love/sub points to continue doing more lewd stuff with them.
That's the basics of the game play, I hope you can get the cheat mod working.