Please help

[radu32167]

Hi, I made a little game, and when I try to build the distribution this is the error that pops up

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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
  File "game/distribute.rpy", line 1465, in script
  File "game/distribute.rpy", line 1472, in <module>
  File "game/distribute.rpy", line 551, in __init__
  File "game/distribute.rpy", line 1256, in make_package
  File "game/package_formats.rpy", line 148, in add_file
  File "game/package_formats.rpy", line 98, in write_with_info
error: integer out of range for 'L' format code

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

Full traceback:
  File "game/distribute.rpy", line 1465, in script
  File "G:\New folder (2)\renpy-6.99.12.4-sdk\renpy-6.99.12.4-sdk\renpy\ast.py", line 814, in execute
    renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
  File "G:\New folder (2)\renpy-6.99.12.4-sdk\renpy-6.99.12.4-sdk\renpy\python.py", line 1719, in py_exec_bytecode
    exec bytecode in globals, locals
  File "game/distribute.rpy", line 1472, in <module>
  File "game/distribute.rpy", line 551, in __init__
  File "game/distribute.rpy", line 1256, in make_package
  File "game/package_formats.rpy", line 148, in add_file
  File "game/package_formats.rpy", line 98, in write_with_info
error: integer out of range for 'L' format code

Windows-8-6.2.9200
Ren'Py 6.99.12.4.2187
Ren'Py Launcher 6.99.12.4.2187

I'm absolutely lost. Can anyone help. The game starts when I press "Launch Project".

[PyTom]

Is it possible you have a very big file - bigger than 2 gigabytes? That's the obvious cause of that problem.

[radu32167]

Yes

Is there anything I can do about it?

[Divona]

Yes

Is there anything I can do about it?

What is this file that is bigger than 2GB? Video? You will have to compress the file down to be under 2GB.

[PyTom]

Yeah, a 2GB file isn't going to be useful. You'll hit limits at about 500MB or so, just for what sites are willing to host for you.

[radu32167]

Yeah, it's a video file. A couple of them actually

So there isn't anything I can do except try to compress it?

[Divona]

Yeah, it's a video file. A couple of them actually

So there isn't anything I can do except try to compress it?

Yes. It's never a good practice or valid reason to use uncompressed video file in the end product.

[Imperf3kt]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's already compressed - just not enough (Raw video can be several hundred Gbs for only a few minutes of SD content)
So this is a per-file issue, or does Ren'Py have some kind of upper limit on overall package size?

[PyTom]

I believe it's a per-file issue at this point. It may be per-game on Android and iOS. I know Ren'Py works with games larger than 2GB compressed, but I'm not sure if we can handle the 4GB limit.