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I want to ask if BepInEx helps the normal game just run smoother? The newer version of Portals of Phereon crashes and won't start on my laptop. I wanted to ask what tweaks will work to get it to work? And I hoped someone might have advise on it. The older client downloads used to work on my laptop. In fact, there's no reason this game shouldn't work....

I hope someone might have a troubleshooting guide for it. its an interesting game.

thesunlike56 days ago (2 edits)

I'd say in general, BepInEx won't help to run the game that crashes on start. But! You can try to meddle with BepInEx configs to enable Unity's log output and see which errors and exceptions are present.

If you had older versions succecfully run, but newer game versions fail to run, then the possible reasons could be Unity game engine versions change and errors due absent of later .NET runtime libraries.

BepInEx\config\BepInEx.cfg

UnityLogListening = true

LogConsoleToUnityLog = true

WriteUnityLog = true

and then BepInEx\LogOutput.log to check

pumpkinrider56 days ago

Thank you very much for your reply! I wish you a very happy and blessed day. Are you also suggesting that someone could fix unity engine problems by updating NET runtime library files?

thesunlike55 days ago (1 edit)

~~Yes. And mind x32/x64 versions. Perhaps, install both runtime libraries, but it seems like latest game versions are x64~~

Hmm.. I've googled what runtimes Unity can require, and it seems that all runtimes libraries are usually included. Then I've searched "reasons for unity game to crash on startup" and it listed this:

Common causes

Outdated or corrupt drivers: Graphics, chipset, and other drivers that aren't up to date can cause instability.
Software conflicts: Overlays (like Discord or Steam's), antivirus, or other third-party applications can interfere with game processes.
Corrupted files: The game's installation may be damaged, or the game's save files could be corrupted.
Hardware incompatibility: A mismatch between the game and your hardware, such as an old operating system or needing a specific DirectX version (like DX11 or DX12).
Insufficient system resources: The game may be trying to use more resources than are available, especially if the drive is low on space

In your case, check drivers and system resources. The game is ~1.5 Gb, but when running it may allocate additional ~3-4 Gb of disk space (e.g. ms windows pagefile.sys). Be sure to have at least 5 Gb of free space on both windows disk and game installation disk. I'm vaguely remember having issues with disk c: free space myself when done modding.

pumpkinrider54 days ago

Does the game let you give 'female potions' to the recruitable NPCs in town? I wanted to ask that. There's a couple I like that have extra parts downstairs that I'd like to remove.

thesunlike51 days ago

May be, may be not.

In the code it is checked "if (fullPics[i].gender == g) ..." So, if there's a portrait for specific gender for target character (unique or generic specie) then potion would work. If not - it would write "the item won't have any effect" in game log (bottom-right corner) and potion charge won't be spent.

There was specific gender-locked units in the game, but generally should be doable

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