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OK, sorry for the extra post, but after I sent the last one, I wondered if something different might happen if I tried to extract with WinZip instead of 7-zip.

Both Windows Defender AND my antivirus (TrendMicro) were like OMG ARE YOU SURE THIS IS SAFE
(of course I was like "OMG YES LET ME PLAY" to both -- "Run Anyway" for Windows Defender and added the .exe to my TrendMicro exceptions list).

Then I tried running it again. 

The result was this traceback I just got (mmm it's safe that there are file locations in it, right? if not, please lmk and I'll edit lol):

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

After initialization, but before game start.

  File "game/flow_new.rpy", line 3700, in prepare_screen

  File "game/flow_new.rpy", line 3700, in prepare

  File "game/flow_new.rpy", line 3704, in prepare

  File "game/flow_new.rpy", line 3704, in prepare

TypeError: required field "lineno" missing from expr

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

Full traceback:

  File "C:\Users\eriny\OneDrive\Documents\itch.io\gildedshadows-windows winzip\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 277, in bootstrap

    renpy.main.main()

  File "C:\Users\eriny\OneDrive\Documents\itch.io\gildedshadows-windows winzip\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\main.py", line 660, in main

    run(restart)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\OneDrive\Documents\itch.io\gildedshadows-windows winzip\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\main.py", line 95, in run

    renpy.display.screen.prepare_screens()

  File "C:\Users\eriny\OneDrive\Documents\itch.io\gildedshadows-windows winzip\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\display\screen.py", line 976, in prepare_screens

    s.ast.prepare_screen()

  File "game/flow_new.rpy", line 3700, in prepare_screen

  File "game/flow_new.rpy", line 3700, in prepare

  File "game/flow_new.rpy", line 3704, in prepare

  File "game/flow_new.rpy", line 3704, in prepare

  File "C:\Users\eriny\OneDrive\Documents\itch.io\gildedshadows-windows winzip\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\sl2\slast.py", line 84, in compile_expr

    return compile(expr, filename, "eval", flags, 1)

TypeError: required field "lineno" missing from expr

Windows-10-10.0.26100 AMD64

Ren'Py 8.0.3.22090809

Gilded Shadows 4

Fri Nov 14 18:28:02 2025

Hi Esh! 
Thanks for taking the time and having the patience to explain the engine code vs. the game code -- I know basically nothing about the nuts and bolts about the magic stories get to my screen, but I figured it was something complicated. I've had issues with games using the Renpy engine before, but they almost all self-resolved (except in one case where the creator sent me a link to a special download -- in that situation it seemed like my machine was too new for the game? this is a terrible summary / paraphrase but it's what I got). 

Anyway, I added any and every folder I could find involving itch to my antivirus' exceptions, but I still got the exception error during character creation (this time before I got to enter a name). 

Now, when I tried downloading directly, then unzipping and accessing from the subfolder in my Documents folder where I moved it, 7-zip told me these two things:

CRC failed : GildedShadows-4-win\game\archive.rpa

CRC failed : GildedShadows-4-win\game\images\Sprites\reub\reuben_sprite.psd

I don't know exactly what this means, but does it help?

I'm definitely willing to try the Steam key, though I will say with the other game that I couldn't get to work without a special secret link from the dev, I actually bought that game on both Steam AND itch (it was a sequel and the first game was that good lol), and the same issue arose when I launched from Steam. 

Anyway, again, I appreciate you taking the time to try to work through this with me. I've heard really good things about this game, and I really want to play it! :D 

Thanks again! 

Hi there!

Thanks for your quick response. 

To answer your questions, I don't think I was trying to scroll with my mouse, and I definitely wasn't using page up/down. 
The game crashed both before entering the name and after, during that very first opening scene.

I uninstalled from itch, deleted the .zip file, and couldn't find anything from the game in AppData. 

Then I reinstalled from itch and tried launching from there, but this time it crashed before the game even launched. The second time I tried to launch, a traceback opened in notepad -- I've pasted below.

Thank you!

---

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:

AttributeError: 'Say' object has no attribute 'append'

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

Full traceback:

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 277, in bootstrap

    renpy.main.main()

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\main.py", line 490, in main

    renpy.game.script.load_script() # sets renpy.game.script.

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\script.py", line 297, in load_script

    self.load_appropriate_file(".rpyc", ".rpy", dir, fn, initcode)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\script.py", line 717, in load_appropriate_file

    data, stmts = self.load_file(dir, fn + compiled)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\script.py", line 701, in load_file

    self.static_transforms(stmts)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\script.py", line 591, in static_transforms

    renpy.translation.restructure(stmts)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\translation\__init__.py", line 368, in restructure

    Restructurer(children)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\translation\__init__.py", line 238, in __init__

    self.callback(children)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\translation\__init__.py", line 340, in callback

    i.restructure(self.callback)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\ast.py", line 2131, in restructure

    callback(block)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\translation\__init__.py", line 340, in callback

    i.restructure(self.callback)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\ast.py", line 2131, in restructure

    callback(block)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\translation\__init__.py", line 344, in callback

    tl = self.create_translate(group)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\translation\__init__.py", line 280, in create_translate

    code = i.get_code()

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\ast.py", line 853, in get_code

    rv.append(renpy.translation.encode_say_string(what)) # @UndefinedVariable

AttributeError: 'Say' object has no attribute 'append'

Windows-10-10.0.26100 AMD64

Ren'Py 8.0.3.22090809

Gilded Shadows 4

Thu Nov 13 17:29:45 2025

Windows 11, immediately upon completing character creation. I've updated my graphics drivers, restarted, and reinstalled; I'm not sure what else to do. :/

[code]

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:

  File "game/script.rpy", line 756, in <module>

UnboundLocalError: local variable 'rv' referenced before assignment

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

Full traceback:

  File "script.rpyc", line 756, in script

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\ast.py", line 1131, in execute

    renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\python.py", line 1061, in py_exec_bytecode

    exec(bytecode, globals, locals)

  File "game/script.rpy", line 756, in <module>

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\exports.py", line 885, in input

    rv = renpy.ui.interact(mouse='prompt', type="input", roll_forward=roll_forward)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\ui.py", line 299, in interact

    rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\display\core.py", line 3377, in interact

    repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, pause_modal=pause_modal, **kwargs) # type: ignore

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\display\core.py", line 4048, in interact_core

    ev = self.event_wait()

  File "C:\Users\eriny\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\gildedshadows\GildedShadows-4-win\renpy\display\core.py", line 2927, in event_wait

    self.last_event = rv

UnboundLocalError: local variable 'rv' referenced before assignment

Windows-10-10.0.26100 AMD64

Ren'Py 8.0.3.22090809

Gilded Shadows 4

Wed Nov 12 18:07:59 2025

[/code]

Thank you! A reinstall didn't work, but I sent the traceback!

Hiii! First of all, Ebon Light is gorgeous, and beautifully written. I can't wait to dig further into it!

(I found kind of a convoluted workaround with a mobile version I installed on BlueStacks loool.)

In terms of the error message, sometimes it gives me that "rollback" option and works for a bit; sometimes it does the "rollback" thing a few times, but works for a while; sometimes it does the rollback thing, then crashes. Other times it crashes straight to desktop.

Sometimes when it crashes to desktop, a Notepad doc pops up called "traceback." I honestly can't tell you how often a desktop crash is accompanied by a "traceback" doc, but it's not every time? 

But because I never close tabs anywhere, I can tell you when I opened Notepad, eight instances of "traceback" popped up.

I'm almost completely ignorant about most things programming, but I can tell you that at an untrained glance, it looks like the contents of each instance are very similar, but not (necessarily?) identical.

The errors at the top of each are as follows:

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:

- IndexError: tuple index out of range (6 instances)

- AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'perform' (2 instances)

Anyway, thanks for responding so quickly! I'd love to play without an emulator (once I'm done with this Final Project of Doom, of course lol).

The game keeps crashing for me. :( First during character creation, then twice once I created a character and hit "next."

I'm on a Windows 11 PC playing through itch. Help?