for some reason when I try to start the game after unpacking it says something along the lines of "format can’t be read’, then three messages saying 'end of file reached’ then it shuts down. can anyone help me?
You can fix it by following this guide:
https://forums.p-insurgence.com/t/end-of-file-reached/18551/2Reinstalling the Core won’t work, this is a savegame corruption