My Game Won't Start
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dmasterxd
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My Game Won't Start
Okay so it's not finished and I'm mainly just writing in it for word count so there's nothing special going on in the script. But still usually whenever I launch the game, it still works and shows the words just with a gray screen. But now here's what it says:
So can anyone help me out here? Please and thank you.
So can anyone help me out here? Please and thank you.
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Re: My Game Won't Start
It looks like Ren'Py can't write to the directory containing your game. (The file it's having trouble with is tmp/navigation.json.)
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Re: My Game Won't Start
So...what do I do...?PyTom wrote:It looks like Ren'Py can't write to the directory containing your game. (The file it's having trouble with is tmp/navigation.json.)
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Re: My Game Won't Start
Um.. perhaps move the game and Ren'Py somewhere else on your hard drive?
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Re: My Game Won't Start
Or set permissions on the folder so it *can* access it. But yeah, try moving it first.
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