it won't open for me :(
it says:
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
ValueError: NULL pointer access
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
ValueError: NULL pointer access
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 214, in script call
call _gl_test
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 348, in script
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/ast.py", line 1187, in execute
renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "renpy/python.py", line 1273, in py_exec_bytecode
exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 348, in <module>
$ __gl_test()
~~~~~~~~~^^
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 282, in _m1_00gltest__gl_test
_gl_performance_test()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 305, in _gl_performance_test
ui.interact(suppress_underlay=True, suppress_overlay=True)
~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "renpy/ui.py", line 304, in interact
rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 2219, in interact
repeat, rv = self.interact_core(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
preloads=preloads,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<4 lines>...
**kwargs,
^^^^^^^^^
) # type: ignore
^
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3120, in interact_core
i()
~^^
File "renpy/common/00steam.rpy", line 680, in periodic
set_timeline_game_mode(new_menu)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "renpy/common/00steam.rpy", line 609, in set_timeline_game_mode
steamapi.SteamTimeline().SetTimelineGameMode(mode)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "lib/python3.12/steamapi.py", line 14942, in SteamTimeline
ValueError: NULL pointer access
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "renpy/bootstrap.py", line 376, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "renpy/main.py", line 614, in main
run(restart)
~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "renpy/main.py", line 137, in run
renpy.execution.run_context(True)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
File "renpy/execution.py", line 1022, in run_context
context.run()
~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 214, in script call
call _gl_test
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 348, in script
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 214, in script call
call _gl_test
File "renpy/common/00gltest.rpy", line 348, in script
$ __gl_test()
File "renpy/display/error.py", line 135, in report_exception
renpy.game.invoke_in_new_context(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
call_exception_screen,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<4 lines>...
ignore_action=ignore_action,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "renpy/game.py", line 301, in invoke_in_new_context
return callable(*args, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "renpy/display/error.py", line 44, in call_exception_screen
return renpy.ui.interact(mouse="screen", type="screen", suppress_overlay=True, suppress_underlay=True)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "renpy/ui.py", line 304, in interact
rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 2219, in interact
repeat, rv = self.interact_core(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
preloads=preloads,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<4 lines>...
**kwargs,
^^^^^^^^^
) # type: ignore
^
File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3120, in interact_core
i()
~^^
File "renpy/common/00steam.rpy", line 680, in periodic
set_timeline_game_mode(new_menu)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "renpy/common/00steam.rpy", line 609, in set_timeline_game_mode
steamapi.SteamTimeline().SetTimelineGameMode(mode)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "lib/python3.12/steamapi.py", line 14942, in SteamTimeline
ValueError: NULL pointer access
Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 AMD64
Ren'Py 8.4.2.25111201+nightly
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