Problem opening ren'py games.

[MohammadBNA]

hey there, so since yesterday, I can't open any ren'py games. I get the error below:

before yesterday, everything was fine, I could open games without any problem. then, there was a power outage, and when I turned my pc on, this is the message I've been constantly getting. I've restored my pc to 4-5 days before the accident, still getting the same error. and as you can see, it's not a problem with encoding, clearly, my username isn't in some language that can cause encoding problems. so what you guys think I should do?

 

[Palanto]

Uhm.... why is your FamilySecret.exe in your Temp folder? X_x And why does it look for the FamilySecret.py in AppData?

Actually forget the above, where did you install the game to? I don't think any one of these folders is the one you installed it to right?

Did you try reinstalling the game?

 

[Pepé Le Pew]

you need to extract the content of the zip file... just like stated under installation in the game thread...

 

[Palanto]

seriously? That's the error you get if you didn't unpack the game? Never even tried that lol

 

[Pepé Le Pew]

i guess... because if you run the exe from the zip file it would place the exe in a temp folder... but only the exe..

 

[MohammadBNA]

I don't run the game from the zip file, its extracted, and its in another drive, not C: . so any solutions then?

 

[MohammadBNA]

Uhm.... why is your FamilySecret.exe in your Temp folder? X_x And why does it look for the FamilySecret.py in AppData?

Actually, forget the above, where did you install the game to? I don't think any one of these folders is the one you installed it to right?

Did you try reinstalling the game?

actually, I don't really know why it says its located there. the game is on another drive, and renpy games are portable, not installable packages.

 

[anne O'nymous]

Go to [main folder of the game]\lib\windows-i686\ You'll see another "FamillySecret.exe". Is it running when you directly use it ?
Else, search in "C:\user\[you]\AppData\Roaming". You'll find a "Ren'py" folder with a copy of all the "game\save" folders of all the Ren'py games you've played. Delete everything and retry.

All this said, it can also be a virus. Not unusual that they duplicate the exe and put it somewhere you don't look, then call it. So, also try removing everything related to the game and "install" it again.

 

[Palanto]

Yeah I know that renpy games are portable (I'm creating one ) but I still call it installing it Even though it's actually just unpacking But an installer is nothing else than an unpacker that sets some registry entries

Ok, try what AON suggested. I can't think of much more actually. Did you try to download a renpy game you never played before? And please make sure to delete all files in C:\Users\Mohammad\AppData\Local\Temp

 

[Nightcrawler]

looks like you selected run instead of save on completion of download that would be the only reason i can see for it being in temp folder

 

[hopeless]

Maybe you find some answers in the qu'ran ^^ jk