The most likely reason for that error is a problem extracting the files. There was a major change in the format of creating archives which makes them incompatible with previous versions of software, but the extractor's don't report a problem. Getting the most recent version of WinRar is the most likely fix that I can come up with. Otherwise, try to extract all the files into separate folder before starting the game.
thank you for responding so quickly with that. After downloading a new version of WinRAR I was able to start the game. Unfortunately this was about as far as I got before I would be stuck with it unresponsive. In the app data it says init render device error. The place which this error occurs is usually when loading the new character, though I have gotten past that a few times. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Without the exact error text it is hard to be certain what that could mean. If it is hard to type the error, then I recommend using Alt + PrtSc (PrintScreen) to get a screenshot of the currently selected application.
It doesn't sound like a game code issue, so if I were to guess it would probably be an openGL problem especially if you have an older/integrated/cheap graphics card (manufacturer's website is a great way to find out), or possibly if you haven't updated the graphics drivers. The game should be running on openGL 2.0, but some users have reported problems despite having hardware that should support openGL 2.0.
it sadly hasn't been giving me a crash report so I haven't been able to search the issues. It is a response issue with openGL and my graphics card is intel HD 620 which from what I have searched is quite above openGL 2.0. I've already tried updating the drivers and that hasn't fixed the issue. I also looked into task manager to make sure it wasn't my laptop just being garbage, but that also was fine. Any ideas where I can start? Thanks for the help so far!
I thought perhaps you had a specific error message, since you stated "In the app data it says init render device error.". I know very little about openGL, and googling related terms hasn't revealed anything specific. Godot seems to have a history of problems with the intel HD 620, but I don't know how much of that is still relevant.
Two recommendation of a driver rollback, though they were a year old and few months old, and working with drivers gets messy. Recent one:
https://godotengine.org/qa/42629/solved-godot-working-intel-integrated-intel%c2%...
There were some non-specific recommendations for better laptop performance by running it on the better GPU or white-listing the program with antivirus software.
You might look into whether Intel has a graphics settings manager or control panel that is compatible with your hardware, maybe messing with those options or setting Strive to high performance would change something.
