game crashes on start

[CuddleBear]

Ok so i have played this game before from other sources, i had launched this Steam release 3 times also and that worked fine. But after this last update:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1607130/discussions/0/3046108212589323552/

It has been crashing, it crashed once when i was in the game. But now i cant even start the game without it crashing on me. It Peaks all the cpu cores and the gpu at the same time as it crashes and also seemingly crashes my nvidia driver as it disconnects my screen.
This is the first time i have had this happen in a renpy title with THOUSANDS of them played on this machine so far.

https://i.imgur.com/LxIXnWz.png

First time it happened it also locked up the game good, wouldn't be killed by the task manager at all.

The first crash happened early in the story after the first Cosplay Sex scene when you get the gun back and you return home right after that scene to the mom. Not sure if it crashed as i clicked on the mom at that point or just highlighted or loaded the room with her.

Have played through the first season in the past a good while ago without any issues at all. Sad to see it crashing like this here now.

[Inceton Games]

That's really strange. Can you update the imugr link since it's not working. Could be because of a new Ren'Py update. We will look into this. Can you please share your PC specs?

[CuddleBear]

link works fine here.
I did update the game. Even verified the game after the crash and it found missing files which it got. Tried starting the game again after that was downloaded and it crashed the whole gpu driver for good. for QUITE some time. was forced to hard shutdown the entire rig.

Custom build with a Ryzen 3950X, RTX 3070, 32gb of ram, Windows 11 Pro insider build.
Don't think Win 11 will have any say as there have been no issues about it so far with any game before this.
Also running in 4K HDR

[Inceton Games]

We didn't test the game on Win 11 this could be the cause... Will try it Monday on a similar rig.

[CuddleBear]

Maybe, but have tried hundreds of renpy titles since i upgraded to Win11 so its a weird one.

[Inceton Games]

Could be a combination of win 11 and ren'py update. They did some changes in the engine regarding gpu rendering.

[CuddleBear]

Since i was forced to reboot since the last crash, i verified the game files again. 120 files or so again missing. it is booting now though and loading. tried opening the game and loading a save 10 times now with a bit of clicking and it went smoothly as expected. not sure what was going on there. Wonder if high gpu usage might have caused the first crash as i was encoding videos on the side.
Only gpu usage though, 3D and Video Encode on the gpu specifically, nothing on the decoding side on there. But that still doesnt explain why it crashed after that, after i killed my encode... which it did. Weird one.

EDIT: note renpy games normally does not have issues with that at all in my experience. Even now, resuming my encode does not have a say in your game booting and running here.

[CuddleBear]

sadly must report it crashed again with normal gameplay. just moving between the rooms of the house. nothing in the logs again sadly

[CuddleBear]

I think i figured out why it had issues. Renpy was requesting access to the gpu performance on the nvidia drivers, i think its fixed now. Need to test more to verify. But i just got stuck in a crashing wave with renpy titles and it is stable now after that.
Needed to enable dev mode under desktop in the Nvidia Control Panel then turn on Allow access to the GPU Performance Counters.

Will report back if this is not the case after all.

[NaughtyWolf]

I have the same problem with crash on startup. I'm on Win7. Weirdly it gives me an option to "debug" but that doesn't lead to anything useful and crashes my PC.

[CuddleBear]

must report back that the fix i tried didnt help. must be a driver issue then cause it even happens with the facebook messenger app now among other renpy titles. but hard core titles like Doom Ethernal and Dota 2 is seemingly fine for some reason. frustrating to say the least.

[alenkrusvar]

I have the same problem. I buy the game and didnt work, then i apply for the refund. After few days (without the refund from steam) the game worked. I play the game just enough to pass the refund requirement. Now is not working again.

I like the game and i just want that works, but cant get help from Steam suport.

Please help me out.

Thanks

[vishnuhey]

me too，win10 crashes eachtime，3700x+3080ti

[SergiusMAD]

Same here. Crash at start. Ryzen 5 RTX 3070 Windows10pro. Refunded but I willing to play this game and buy once again but after you guys make it playable. Thanks

[KnackersJewels]

I played this for weeks a few months ago, now it won't launch either, get to language select screen, then crash. Ryzen 2700, RX5700XT, windows 10. I've just purchased season 2, hopefully it doesn't have the same problem

[DenisLX.EG]

Same problem. Game crash on startup, even before language select if game window is active. If after launch select other windows, then game show language select and crash after selection :/
If verify files after crash, Steam reload 122 files (around 1,5 Mb) but it didn't help - another start, another crash.
Windows 10 Pro x64; i5 10400, 32Gb, nVidia RTX 3080 Ti, game on SATA SSD.