Game doesn't launch

[TheWelp]

The game launches, I see a very brief console window and then it closes and nothing else happens.

[CtenosaurOaxacana]

Try using steam compatibility tool Proton 6.3-6 , especially if you're not playing on windows.

[TheWelp]

I am playing on windows so I dunno if I can use proton. Isn't that for Linux?

[CtenosaurOaxacana]

Originally posted by TheWelp:

I am playing on windows so I dunno if I can use proton. Isn't that for Linux?

Yeah that's usually specifically to make non-linux games work on linux platforms.
Not sure what your problem might be then...

[hoops]

it might have something to do with your virus software. i use avast and it does that to me every time i update. but than opens after completing a scan.

[TheWelp]

I only use windows defender. Not sure what to do.

[TheWelp]

Windows defender hasn't blocked anything. Is it because I already have a bunch of python libraries installed?

[Dylan]

Is there a crash.txt file in the game directory?

[TheWelp]

No, I don't see any crash.txt in the main files.

[Dylan]

Weird.... can you try to screenshot the brief console window?

[TheWelp]

Running it through the command console gives this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "RiftWizard.py", line 21, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\12155\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 623, in exec_module
  File "Game.py", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\12155\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 623, in exec_module
  File "Level.py", line 6, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\12155\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 623, in exec_module
  File "site-packages\tcod\__init__.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\12155\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 623, in exec_module
  File "site-packages\tcod\loader.py", line 111, in <module>
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _libtcod: The specified module could not be found.
[6148] Failed to execute script RiftWizard

[Dylan]

Originally posted by TheWelp:

Windows defender hasn't blocked anything. Is it because I already have a bunch of python libraries installed?

Looking at the error this seems likely.

Though I'll be honest, this error is bizarre and scary and im not sure whats going on.

Generally this error is caused by lacking the SDL2.dll file when importing tcod (a roguelike library used by RiftWizard for fov and pathfinding).

If you look in your local Rift Wizard directory (in steamapps), is SDL2.dll present? I believe this is the dll the game is failing to load.

[TheWelp]

SDL2.dll is there alright.

It could be that the game is defaulting its python path to my computer's version of python. Your executable probably needs some flags or something to stop it from doing that.

[DeViLhoOD]

@Dylan I'm experiencing the same problem.

Game does not launch.

Windows 10 20H2 19042.1202 64-bit latest official updates.

I do have Python27 and Python38-32 installed locally, but the problem still occurs even when I remove reference to the environment variables/rename the folders.

I'm out of ideas how to troubleshoot this.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "RiftWizard.py", line 21, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\12155\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 623, in exec_module
  File "Game.py", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\12155\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 623, in exec_module
  File "Level.py", line 6, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\12155\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 623, in exec_module
  File "site-packages\tcod\__init__.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\12155\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 623, in exec_module
  File "site-packages\tcod\loader.py", line 111, in <module>
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _libtcod: The specified module could not be found.
[12340] Failed to execute script RiftWizard

[DeViLhoOD]

It would be nice to see a fix. I'd like to actually play this game.

Please let us know if there is anything we can do to test or help troubleshoot.

[Dylan]

Are you able to temporarily uninstall your local python, and then run Rift Wizard?