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Can't get games to open and can't send report for help.

A topic by Owlcyclops created 4 days ago Views: 91 Replies: 5

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so to sum it up, for some reason not all of the stuff that I have gotten even open when I use my Linux desktop app. also when I even try to send a report, an error just makes sure to let me know that it did not send.

I don't want to add what games I am seeking to try to get help for because I don't want to distract from what i need help with, but if knowing the games would help figure out the problem, I will.

Edit at of 3 pm of same day., so to add more context. there is some stuff about exec format error and exitccode 0x1 (at least I think that is what I am reading) of the 4 games I have. as you can tell, I am some one who is not tech savvy , like I have no idea how to get the RENPY_PLATFORM to change to the system that one of them even suggests as a way to solve the problem. sorry for the trouble.

Edit as of the 19th of December , it seems like my processor architecture is x86_64 , now I have no idea how to apply this info to my problem because now it looks like its just not working for no real reason i can see.

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redonihunter4 days ago

I read that three times and have no clue what you are talking about.

My best guess is that you are using Linux and are using the Itch App, and something does not work.

If you get an error message, this should tell you what is the problem.

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Owlcyclops4 days ago

I know that , I just don't know how to solve the problem that makes sense to me.

also I updated the original message to try to add more context, so thank you for going through the trouble to comment to this.

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redonihunter3 days ago

You sure that the linux executeables were installed? And are they made for your processor architecture? Do you have an arm or x86? If you try to run x86 executeables on an arm system, that is an error that might come up.

For renpy in particular, you might install the renpy developer kit and run the files directly with that. https://www.renpy.org/latest.html

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Owlcyclops3 days ago

I have good news and I have bad news.

the good news is that I downloaded both the renpy's sdk.tar.bz2 and sdkarm.tar.bz2 .

the bad news is that.

1. I have no idea what arm, linux executeables , and a x86 is and the closest to a x86 is for another game, separate from the currant issues that is working perfectly fine. is it the Info files that are in the config app of the game. as an example, for some reason the Demo works but when I use the Debug options, it will not open.

2. I have no idea how to use the the renpy developer kit to try to troubleshoot my problem. like for example, I don't know if it is a bad sign if I have a zip ( linux.tar.bz2 ) and a folder of the game that are the same in contents. or the question above.

I don't know if there is any places online that maybe I could get someone to explain this with my very small knowledge in code, I also do not bug you about my problem I should be dealing with.

thank you for taking the time to listen to me despite me being annoying.

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redonihunter2 days ago

I have no idea what arm, linux executeables , and a x86 is

Then find out. If you do not know how, find out how to find out. Learn to use the internet. Don't be shy to ask questions to the search engines. Literal questions.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+do+i+see+my+processor+architecture+on+linux&ia=web

You talked about renpy, and renpy games are split into two components. The game data and the executeables. You can run the game data with the sdk, if the developer did not publish a exe for your system. Since you said something about an exe error that was my guess: wrong exe version.

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