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IDCategoryLast Update
0002081Bug Report2019-10-19 12:46
Reporterjtessier3 
SeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionopen
Summary0002081: cannot start game.
Descriptionjust downloaded the 0.19 version and tried to start it. Unable to start game. Here's the log and problem, I think? I've never done this before so bear with me.
Platform/OSWindows
Version0.19

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jtessier3

jtessier3

2019-10-18 04:33

reporter  

traceback.txt (1,685 bytes)
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
  File "game/scripts/core/changelog.rpy", line 1, in <module>
  File "game/scripts/core/changelog.rpy", line 19, in _execute_python_hide
  File "game/scripts/core/io.rpy", line 32, in open
  File "game/scripts/core/io.rpy", line 16, in __init__
IOError: Couldn't find file 'changelog.txt'.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "scripts/core/changelog.rpyc", line 1, in script
  File "C:\Users\jtess\Desktop\Fortress of Solitude\STS\Summertime ver 19\SummertimeSaga-0-19-0-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 912, in execute
    renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
  File "C:\Users\jtess\Desktop\Fortress of Solitude\STS\Summertime ver 19\SummertimeSaga-0-19-0-pc\renpy\python.py", line 2004, in py_exec_bytecode
    exec bytecode in globals, locals
  File "game/scripts/core/changelog.rpy", line 1, in <module>
  File "game/scripts/core/changelog.rpy", line 19, in _execute_python_hide
  File "game/scripts/core/io.rpy", line 32, in open
  File "game/scripts/core/io.rpy", line 16, in __init__
  File "C:\Users\jtess\Desktop\Fortress of Solitude\STS\Summertime ver 19\SummertimeSaga-0-19-0-pc\renpy\exports.py", line 2246, in file
    return renpy.loader.load(fn)
  File "C:\Users\jtess\Desktop\Fortress of Solitude\STS\Summertime ver 19\SummertimeSaga-0-19-0-pc\renpy\loader.py", line 576, in load
    raise IOError("Couldn't find file '%s'." % name)
IOError: Couldn't find file 'changelog.txt'.

Windows-8-6.2.9200
Ren'Py 7.3.2.320
SummertimeSaga 0.19.0
Fri Oct 18 00:25:32 2019
traceback.txt (1,685 bytes)
jtessier3

jtessier3

2019-10-18 04:54

reporter   ~0003027

Still cannot start game. I have taken the zip file out of the downloads folder. extracted the files into another folder on the desktop and tried to start the game. It does not.

traceback-2.txt (1,730 bytes)
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
  File "game/scripts/core/changelog.rpy", line 1, in <module>
  File "game/scripts/core/changelog.rpy", line 19, in _execute_python_hide
  File "game/scripts/core/io.rpy", line 32, in open
  File "game/scripts/core/io.rpy", line 16, in __init__
IOError: Couldn't find file 'changelog.txt'.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "lib/windows-i686/scripts/core/changelog.rpyc", line 1, in script
  File "C:\Users\jtess\Desktop\Fortress of Solitude\STS\SummertimeSaga-0-19-0-pc\SummertimeSaga-0-19-0-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 912, in execute
    renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
  File "C:\Users\jtess\Desktop\Fortress of Solitude\STS\SummertimeSaga-0-19-0-pc\SummertimeSaga-0-19-0-pc\renpy\python.py", line 2004, in py_exec_bytecode
    exec bytecode in globals, locals
  File "game/scripts/core/changelog.rpy", line 1, in <module>
  File "game/scripts/core/changelog.rpy", line 19, in _execute_python_hide
  File "game/scripts/core/io.rpy", line 32, in open
  File "game/scripts/core/io.rpy", line 16, in __init__
  File "C:\Users\jtess\Desktop\Fortress of Solitude\STS\SummertimeSaga-0-19-0-pc\SummertimeSaga-0-19-0-pc\renpy\exports.py", line 2246, in file
    return renpy.loader.load(fn)
  File "C:\Users\jtess\Desktop\Fortress of Solitude\STS\SummertimeSaga-0-19-0-pc\SummertimeSaga-0-19-0-pc\renpy\loader.py", line 576, in load
    raise IOError("Couldn't find file '%s'." % name)
IOError: Couldn't find file 'changelog.txt'.

Windows-8-6.2.9200
Ren'Py 7.3.2.320
SummertimeSaga 0.19.0
Fri Oct 18 00:45:20 2019
traceback-2.txt (1,730 bytes)
beepboop3

beepboop3

2019-10-18 04:56

reporter   ~0003028

me too dude, I get the exact same thing
sam9

sam9

2019-10-19 12:46

administrator   ~0003118

0.19 OSX version requires you to extract the game into a writable directory.

However, we've made a change in 0.19.1 so you no longer need to do this, please update.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2019-10-18 04:33 jtessier3 New Issue
2019-10-18 04:33 jtessier3 File Added: traceback.txt
2019-10-18 04:54 jtessier3 File Added: traceback-2.txt
2019-10-18 04:54 jtessier3 Note Added: 0003027
2019-10-18 04:56 beepboop3 Note Added: 0003028
2019-10-19 12:46 sam9 Status new => resolved
2019-10-19 12:46 sam9 Note Added: 0003118