Could it be related to the bundle sale somehow? The store page tells me the base game is 17.99 € (if the game were truly banned here, I would not even be able to access the store page). However, the bundle deal on the same store page says that 2 components of the bundle (the main game and the patch) are blocked and I can only see the soundtrack and the guide, both of which I can add to my shopping cart and proceed to check-out just fine. Perhaps it's the inclusion of the blocked patch in the bundle that somehow prevents people in Germany from buying just the sfw base game? Just an idea. Again, I appreciate your help. :)
That's what I did, thank you! However, I have another issue now. I just started playing the game, but the backgrounds and CGs are mismatched, i.e. the upper and lower halves are skewed and not properly alligned. I tried re-installing the game, playing in windowed mode, adding and removing the patch, and changing my computer's resolution, but nothing worked. I am going to try and add a screenshot to this post to show you what I mean. I'm playing on Windows.
Could you please let me know how to resolve this?
I would appreciate it! Any idea what else I could try? It's like all the backgrounds and CGs are split up into 3 misaligned segments. :(
I never had any issues with Ren'py games before. This error occurred right from the start and also affects the gallery btw. The strange thing is that the thumbnails look fine, but opening an image results in the above bug, which is also present in-game.
1 year ago(+1)
I managed to fix it!! I had to disable Ren'Py's OpenGL support, which is done by holding down shift while starting the game. I was then able to force the game to use a different software renderer from the available options and now the backgrounds and CGs look as they should both in-game and in the gallery. I am SO relieved. Hopefully I can finally enjoy the game now, lol.
This is a known issue related to The Symbiant's game engine (Ren'py) when launched on very old hardware or outdated graphic card drivers.
To fix it, you can try the following steps:
- hold the SHIFT key while clicking the game launch button
- a grey screen will appear instead of the game, that's normal
- select "Force GL2 Renderer", then "Quit"
- Restart the game.
- If the issue persists, go to that grey menu again and select "Force ANGLE2" Renderer" instead
Sadly, it doesn't. :( Thank you so much for trying, though! I still think it might be related to the bundle somehow. When I do a search on Steam for the game it displays the price of the soundtrack and guide bundle (6.46 €) for the actual game in the search window and only on the sales page it shows the right price (17.99 for the game, 22.65 for the game/ost/guide bundle - again, I would not be seeing this at all if the game were banned). It's just such a shame that Steam keeps making things so difficult in my country. I might just go ahead and buy the game on itch.io. Sorry for all the hassle!