Crash To Desktop!?

[Daniel Howard]

Hey Guys I believe I have found a bug on the Beta (and Cvs.97)! I am using a GeForce 2 GTS video card and a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 on WinXPpro. When I get close to where Fitch should be at the end of the cave that leads to the northern wastes, the game crashes to the desktop. I have also been experiencing sporatic crashes to the desktop when I save my games. I have a dump from Stderr.txt and Stdout.txt.

Stderr.txt ==

Setting Shape to 747
Setting Shape to 1028
Setting Shape to 1028
Setting Shape to 1028
Setting Shape to 1028
Setting Shape to 1028
Setting Shape to 1028
Setting Shape to 1028
Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)

Stdout.txt ==

Exult version 0.97cvs
Built at: Dec 4 2001 20:48:54
Compile-time options: DEBUG, HAVE_ZIP_SUPPORT
Compiler: gcc, version: 2.95.3-6 (mingw special)

Platform: Windows XP Version 5.1 Build 2600
Data path = data
Audio system assembled. Audio buffer at 16384
4 Midi Devices Detected
Listing midi devices:
-1: Microsoft MIDI Mapper
0: A: SB Live! MIDI Synth
1: B: SB Live! MIDI Synth
2: SB Live! MIDI UART
3: Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth
Using device -1: Microsoft MIDI Mapper
Internal Win32 Midiout Midi Player for Exult.
Created PCB 0
Created PCB 1
Created PCB 2
Created PCB 3
Created PCB 4
Created PCB 5
Audio initialisation OK
is_installed: c:\uc\serpent/static/endgame.dat
is_installed: c:\uc\serpent/static/sispeech.spc
Audio subsystem request: Custom Music track
setting game directories to: c:\uc\serpent
Starting a SERPENT ISLE game
Okay. It looks like an IFF file chunk
length looks like: 3028232
Frame count : 1
Width : 320
Height : 200
Depth : 8
Speed : 5
::0 end_consumption
::1 end_consumption
::2 end_consumption
::3 end_consumption
::4 end_consumption
::5 end_consumption
Audio subsystem request: Music track # 28
Gamedat identity SILVER SEED
Loading exult.flx...
Loading /exult_si.flx...
Loading default keybindings
Audio subsystem request: Music track # -1
Running usecode 0128 (0000) with event 5
Executing intrinsic 2
RETurning from usecode 0128
Cheats enabled.
Iolo at distance 5 trying to catch up.
Shamino at distance 5 trying to catch up.
Iolo at distance 6 trying to catch up.
Egg type is 5, prob = 100, distance = 0, crit = 0, once = 0, hatched = 0, areset = 0, data1 = 0, data2 = 1860
Egg type is 5, prob = 100, distance = 0, crit = 0, once = 0, hatched = 0, areset = 0, data1 = 0, data2 = 1860
Iolo at distance 5 trying to catch up.
Running usecode 0744 (0000) with event 3
RETurning from usecode 0744
Running usecode 0744 (0000) with event 3
RETurning from usecode 0744
Shamino at distance 15 trying to catch up.
Iolo at distance 7 trying to catch up.
Iolo at distance 6 trying to catch up.
Shamino at distance 11 trying to catch up.
Dupre at distance 5 trying to catch up.
Iolo at distance 5 trying to catch up.
Shamino at distance 5 trying to catch up.
Shamino at distance 6 trying to catch up.
Iolo at distance 5 trying to catch up.
Egg type is 5, prob = 100, distance = 0, crit = 0, once = 0, hatched = 0, areset = 0, data1 = 0, data2 = 1860
Shamino at distance 8 trying to catch up.
Egg type is 2, prob = 100, distance = 6, crit = 2, once = 1, hatched = 0, areset = 0, data1 = 30, data2 = 0
Audio parameters might be: 30 and 0
Audio subsystem request: Music track # 30
Egg type is 5, prob = 100, distance = 5, crit = 2, once = 1, hatched = 0, areset = 0, data1 = 0, data2 = 1743
Running usecode 0744 (0000) with event 3
RETurning from usecode 0744
Running usecode 06cf (0000) with event 3

~ Morgul King

[Dominus]

see the FAQ on how to do bug reports to our bug tracker. We need a savegame to reproduce bugs.

[wjp]

Could you submit a bug report with a savegame soon before the crash occurs? Thanks.

http://sf.net/bugs/?group_id=2335

[Daniel Howard]

I am having problems getting the file to attach to the bug report. The first time I tried it said the file was too large so I zipped the file and attached it and got an error. The bug is submitted but with no attachment. Is there anyway i could send the .sav to one of you directly?

~ Morgul King

[wjp]

Sure, you can send it to me. (Email address is at the top of my posts)

[Daniel Howard]

Thanks. I just sent you the save! Hope you can find the problem.

~ Morgul King

[wjp]

I attached the savegame to the bug report. Thanks

[wjp]

Where exactly did it crash for you? I walked all the way to the nothern wastes without encountering a crash. (It could be that we already fixed it the last couple of days, though)

[Daniel Howard]

Just as you start to see blood on the ground. The Coordinates in hex are (0357, 0537, 00)I got todays latest snapshot. Did you test it on XP pro? It's crashing everytime with me?!

~ Morgul King

[Daniel Howard]

Just to clarify: The coordinates are where it crashes on me.


~M K

[Dominus]

Hm, I tried it with a Voodoo5, SB live!, XP pro. No crash for me!
(and to be a bit picky, you should submit a savegame near where you get the crash not some stairs away )

[Daniel Howard]

WJP & Dominus: I have just sent you a save that if you take on more step to the right (east) it crashes. This is as close as it gets..hehe

~Morgul King

[Dominus]

thanks. What wjp and me talked about is that your savegame was obviously started before the beta1. We clearlyy state in the README.1ST.txt that you need to start a new game with the beta1. There may be problems like that being still present in old saves.
Please start a new game and teleport next to that point to the map and see if the game still crashes for you.

[Dominus]

oh, btw, you've sent the wrong file. It's the same one that got attached to the bug tracker by wjp before...

[Daniel Howard]

Doh...sorry..lol

[Daniel Howard]

Your right on a new game it doesn't crash. Man, That sucks!! I don't want to start over.... I guess I will run the pre beta snap shot..hehe.
Thanks guys...and I am sorry about sending you on a wild goose chase. I only ready the FAQ...I guess that calls for a flogging..hehe

[Stephan]

I'm not one to miss a good flogging!

[Dominus]

Aehm, that bug won't go away and others won't go away too.
We are talking about bugs that got fixed between Alpha5 and Beta1. Some of them are still in old saves (you will probably run into another with the gwannis). You will run into them and you won't like it. So if you want to play in full glory start a new game.
And you probably won't like it if on every bug you encounter we can only say "This got fixed. Start a new game."

[Daniel Howard]

I Understand. I am not going to be sending you bug reports like that anymore (I actually read Readme.1st). I Understand that if I were to use the last snapshot before the beta that it will probably have those bugs. Btw, I completely uninstalled Exult and then Reinstalled the latest Snapshot and my savegame doesn't crash anymore... I will start a new game to be on the safe side anyway. Thanks

~M K