Renpy versions after 8.3.7 are no longer win7 compatible.
Run the game through the 8.3.7 SDK.
i got this error using 8.3.7:
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While loading the script.
Exception: Could not load from archive day_0.rpyc.
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "C:\Users\Rigan\Downloads\RENPY\renpy-8.3.7-sdk\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 359, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
File "C:\Users\Rigan\Downloads\RENPY\renpy-8.3.7-sdk\renpy\main.py", line 470, in main
renpy.game.script.load_script() # sets renpy.game.script.
File "C:\Users\Rigan\Downloads\RENPY\renpy-8.3.7-sdk\renpy\script.py", line 359, in load_script
self.load_appropriate_file(".rpyc", [ "_ren.py", ".rpy" ], dir, fn, initcode)
File "C:\Users\Rigan\Downloads\RENPY\renpy-8.3.7-sdk\renpy\script.py", line 854, in load_appropriate_file
raise Exception("Could not load from archive %s." % (lastfn,))
Exception: Could not load from archive day_0.rpyc.
Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 AMD64
Ren'Py 8.3.7.25031702
and when i run the game normally its said "need windows 10 or greater",
i had read somewhere that you can downgrade game renpy version but i got the same error message as above