When I try to open the game, I get this error. Please help.
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 244, in script call
call _splashscreen from _call_splashscreen_1
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 244, in script call
call _splashscreen from _call_splashscreen_1
File "renpy/common/00steam.rpy", line 680, in periodic
set_timeline_game_mode(new_menu)
File "renpy/common/00steam.rpy", line 609, in set_timeline_game_mode
steamapi.SteamTimeline().SetTimelineGameMode(mode)
ValueError: NULL pointer access
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "E:\Renpy\Where it all Began - Season 1\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 359, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
File "E:\Renpy\Where it all Began - Season 1\renpy\main.py", line 652, in main
run(restart)
File "E:\Renpy\Where it all Began - Season 1\renpy\main.py", line 148, in run
renpy.execution.run_context(True)
File "E:\Renpy\Where it all Began - Season 1\renpy\execution.py", line 958, in run_context
context.run()
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 244, in script call
call _splashscreen from _call_splashscreen_1
File "Season1/Chapter1/Chapter1.rpyc", line 152, in script
File "lib/python3.9/future/utils/__init__.py", line 444, in raise_
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 244, in script call
call _splashscreen from _call_splashscreen_1
File "Season1/Chapter1/Chapter1.rpyc", line 152, in script
File "E:\Renpy\Where it all Began - Season 1\renpy\ast.py", line 1374, in execute
renpy.exports.with_statement(trans, paired=paired)
File "E:\Renpy\Where it all Began - Season 1\renpy\exports\statementexports.py", line 257, in with_statement
return renpy.game.interface.do_with(trans, paired, clear=clear)
File "E:\Renpy\Where it all Began - Season 1\renpy\display\core.py", line 1581, in do_with
return self.interact(trans_pause=True,
File "E:\Renpy\Where it all Began - Season 1\renpy\display\core.py", line 2218, in interact
repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, pause_modal=pause_modal, **kwargs) # type: ignore
File "E:\Renpy\Where it all Began - Season 1\renpy\display\core.py", line 3102, in interact_core
i()
File "renpy/common/00steam.rpy", line 680, in periodic
set_timeline_game_mode(new_menu)
File "renpy/common/00steam.rpy", line 609, in set_timeline_game_mode
steamapi.SteamTimeline().SetTimelineGameMode(mode)
File "lib/python3.9/steamapi.py", line 14942, in SteamTimeline
ValueError: NULL pointer access
Windows-10-10.0.26100 AMD64
Ren'Py 8.3.7.25031702
Sat Jul 5 18:13:11 2025