I downloaded from the website itself instead of this itch.io, and haven't tried the itch.io download, but bear with me (since ideally, both versions should be the same, I assume).
Whenever I try starting the game, the loading screen never progresses past 0%. The window remains "Updating Argentum Age...", and the loading progress bar is captioned "Updating Game. Contacting Server...", but in red text right below that, it says "Error while updating anura: Error resolving connection". I have yet to try this game (because it won't work), but from what I've heard, it certainly doesn't come off as one of those "has to always be online" kinds of games! Is there a way to get it to skip that mandatory update checking step? Could it maybe in the next update be made so it skips that step and takes you to the proper game if it can't connect? Because at the moment, it seems to be stuck, and preventing the game from being playable. This game is still in development mode, so is there a more stable version I could downgrade to without this bug available to get? I'd really like to try Argentum Age, as it's a rare exception to my usual lack of interest in digital card games, but it's simply not working.
I'm playing on Windows 10, and installed it in Program Files (x86), if it makes a difference. The little command-prompt-style box that shows up alongside the game is displaying some odd text... I don't know enough about code to understand all of it, but it seems to be acting like it thinks it maybe shouldn't have been installed where I installed it? Attached below:
INFO: preferences.cpp:591 : GET SAVE FILE PATH: save.cfg
INFO: main.cpp:440 : Anura engine version 1.4
INFO: main.cpp:479 : Default Tile Size: 16
INFO: main.cpp:480 : Default Tile Scale: 2
INFO: main.cpp:482 : Build Options:
INFO: main.cpp:484 : box2d
INFO: main.cpp:484 : isomap
INFO: main.cpp:484 : lua
INFO: main.cpp:484 : save_png
INFO: main.cpp:484 : sdl2
INFO: main.cpp:484 : svg
INFO: main.cpp:488 : LOADING CONFIGURATION FROM master-config.cfg
INFO: main.cpp:501 : ADDING ARGUMENTS FROM master-config.cfg:
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --log-file=update-log.txt
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --module=citadel
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --module-chunk-server=cdn.theargentlark.com
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --module-chunk-port=80
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --module-chunk-query=GET /module_server/chunks/
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --module-chunk-deflate=true
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --utility=update_launcher
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --timeout=1200000
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --update-module=true
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --update-anura=true
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --anura=anura_windows
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --anura-exe=anura.exe
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --args
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --module=citadel
INFO: main.cpp:503 : --log-file=game-log.txt
INFO: preferences.cpp:580 : SET PREFERENCES PATH: C:\Users\MYNAME\AppData\Roaming/citadel/
INFO: preferences.cpp:580 : SET PREFERENCES PATH: C:\Users\MYNAME\AppData\Roaming/citadel/
INFO: main.cpp:585 : ARGS: --log-file=update-log.txt
My actual name redacted for privacy, but the rest is all the same. I didn't install it in the suggested path because-- Windows being Windows-- C:\Users\MYNAME\AppData seems to be one of those stupid invisible folders that they think is too important to show the user, so installing it there would've made me unable to see and find the files at all... needless to say, I can't find any "update-log.txt" either. But since the installer gives you the option to install elsewhere, why is it acting this way? I don't have a Mac or Linux PC to test those versions, and don't know enough about Linux to try running that version even if I wanted to. This is as far as I've got. Please help.
Asking here instead of in the Discord so my question and whatever answer it gets can be found online.