Game won't launch

[AverageDudeGuy]

I installed the new updates onto the steam folder, in games, and now it won't launch and there's no error message or anything, it just executes itself as soon as it starts loading.

[jmwall24]

First thing I would try is rebooting your pc. Seen it with steam games in particular where they get closed down but don't completely close and thus won't reopen either. Rebooting usually fixes this.

[jmwall24]

Also did you download the Monika_After_Story-0.8.9-Mod.zip file and not one of the other zips? Easiest way to make sure you get the right file is to download from here: https://www.monikaafterstory.com/releases.html

[AverageDudeGuy]

I restarted my computer and made sure i had the right files, and this came up:

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code: File "game/Monika After Story/game/definitions.rpy", line 10, in me = singleton.SingleInstance() OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: 'c:\users\devin\appdata\local\temp\C-Program Files (x86)-Steam-steamapps-common-Doki Doki Literature Club-DDLC-.lock'

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

Full traceback: File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Doki Doki Literature Club\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 295, in bootstrap renpy.main.main() File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Doki Doki Literature Club\renpy\main.py", line 364, in main renpy.game.script.load_script() # sets renpy.game.script. File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Doki Doki Literature Club\renpy\script.py", line 265, in load_script self.load_appropriate_file(".rpyc", ".rpy", dir, fn, initcode) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Doki Doki Literature Club\renpy\script.py", line 753, in load_appropriate_file self.finish_load(stmts, initcode, filename=fn + source) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Doki Doki Literature Club\renpy\script.py", line 445, in finish_load node.early_execute() File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Doki Doki Literature Club\renpy\ast.py", line 865, in early_execute renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Doki Doki Literature Club\renpy\python.py", line 1719, in py_exec_bytecode exec bytecode in globals, locals File "game/Monika After Story/game/definitions.rpy", line 10, in me = singleton.SingleInstance() File "python-packages/singleton.py", line 45, in init self.lockfile, os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL | os.O_RDWR) OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: 'c:\users\devin\appdata\local\temp\C-Program Files (x86)-Steam-steamapps-common-Doki Doki Literature Club-DDLC-.lock'

Windows-8-6.2.9200 Ren'Py 6.99.12.4.2187

[jmwall24]

Yeah you did have 2 copies open the first time, and that's why that .lock file was created. Follow the path to that .lock file and delete it. Then try to open the game.

[jmwall24]

follow this path

c:\users\devin\appdata\local\temp\ and delete C-Program Files (x86)-Steam-steamapps-common-Doki Doki Literature Club-DDLC-.lock

[AverageDudeGuy]

I deleted it, reboot my computer, and tried to open it again, but the .lock file was created again.

[jmwall24]

Can you check your task manager and see if there is an instance of DDLC.exe open?

[AverageDudeGuy]

There are no other instances open.

[jmwall24]

delete the file again, don't reboot. leave that folder open and try to launch ddlc again. tell us when the lock file is created.

[AverageDudeGuy]

The lock file gets created a few seconds after double clicking the app, just as the steam loading window opens, and then immediately stops running.

[jmwall24]

Trying to trouble shoot this. Delete the file again, this time try to run the game by opening it directly from the DDLC.exe file which is here C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Doki Doki Literature Club See if it happens running it this way.

[AverageDudeGuy]

Nah, that still creates the .lock file.

[jmwall24]

can you check the game folder please, are there any .rpy files in there?

[AverageDudeGuy]

No, but there are .rpyc files.

[jmwall24]

yeah that's what should be there

[AverageDudeGuy]

Rip me then

[jmwall24]

inside the game folder, find the python-packages folder, how many singleton.py files are there?

[AverageDudeGuy]

Only one.

[jmwall24]

no copies or anything?

[AverageDudeGuy]

https://gyazo.com/73c64c9bb93a4d18af07bc60e9f40984

[jmwall24]

can you send a screenshot of the game folder as well please

[AverageDudeGuy]

https://gyazo.com/5b8a557231afda1b29615c08aea69462 https://gyazo.com/14b8749ab5da20df43f3b65bf1856a3e https://gyazo.com/a3849f430229374f3588c6aaa82666a4

[jmwall24]

ok you installed the source code version. most of those folders in that screenshot should not be there and all your .rpyc files are from a previous version since they were last modified on 10/2, they aren't new. You're going to need to reinstall DDLC, and then reinstall the mod by using the zip from here: https://www.monikaafterstory.com/releases.html

I would suggest you use this opportunity to get away from playing MAS on steam and going here and downloading the non-steam version of the game, extracting it from the zip, and installing MAS to that. it makes updating so much easier using a non-steam version.

[AverageDudeGuy]

What would happen with my progress with Monika?

[multimokia]

You don't lose any progress, as the save data isn't stored in the ddlc directory.

[AverageDudeGuy]

That fixed it, thanks.