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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0006919Valley 1Crash/ExceptionMar 28, 2012 11:34 pm
ReporterProfessor Paul1290 Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version0.918 
Fixed in Version0.919 
Summary0006919: Error when on "meteor defense" mission. Cannot properly exit game.
DescriptionI've gotten some kind of error where I can't move, I cannot see my character, and I'm stuck in the area the mission took place in.

I cannot exit the game properly once loading this world and I have to close the game using the task manager. Abandoning the character or trying to exit the mission area do not work.

I attached the world folder.
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has duplicate 0006921 resolvedChris_McElligottPark Multiplayer - unhandled errors galore 

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Professor Paul1290

Mar 28, 2012 9:05 pm

reporter  

Debrion World 2.zip (4,949,220 bytes)

tigersfan

Mar 28, 2012 9:07 pm

reporter   ~0021528

was this just as you entered the mission?

Professor Paul1290

Mar 28, 2012 9:10 pm

reporter   ~0021529

It was after playing the mission for a bit. At some point while trying to fend of some enemies and meteors it got this error and everything sort of "stopped", but I was still able to move my character.

When I load the world again I can no longer see my character or move.

Professor Paul1290

Mar 28, 2012 9:12 pm

reporter  

UnhandledErrors.txt (591,738 bytes)

Professor Paul1290

Mar 28, 2012 9:13 pm

reporter   ~0021530

Oops, forgot to upload the unhandled errors file, just did.

Chris_McElligottPark

Mar 28, 2012 11:11 pm

administrator   ~0021537

Okay, thanks -- I'll look into this in the morning. This is just a garden variety bug -- not related to the memory leak from earlier today, thankfully. The program was becoming unresponsive because it was writing so many errors to disk, and it was doing so in a place that made the updating of new frames super slow.

It was technically responsive still, I'd wager, but just on a timescale so slow that it barely qualifies. This is different from the "heap exceptions" error because a) that never leaves error messages of any kind; b) all processing of the game stops instantly, so your CPU usage goes down; c) if you tab out and look around, there's actually a popup telling you about the heap exceptions, but most people just miss it.

What is happening here is more akin to an infinite loop, where it pegs your CPU. In this case, your CPU somewhat but more your disk I/O writing all those errors, which is just as bad.

TLDR: Thanks for the world file, that should make this easy to duplicate and fix in the morning! Knock on wood! ;)

Chris_McElligottPark

Mar 28, 2012 11:20 pm

administrator   ~0021539

Thanks!

* Fixed a garden variety null reference exception that was introduced two versions ago (aka, this morning), which was nonetheless making some worlds unplayable.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Mar 28, 2012 9:05 pm Professor Paul1290 New Issue
Mar 28, 2012 9:05 pm Professor Paul1290 File Added: Debrion World 2.zip
Mar 28, 2012 9:07 pm tigersfan Note Added: 0021528
Mar 28, 2012 9:10 pm Professor Paul1290 Note Added: 0021529
Mar 28, 2012 9:12 pm Professor Paul1290 File Added: UnhandledErrors.txt
Mar 28, 2012 9:13 pm Professor Paul1290 Note Added: 0021530
Mar 28, 2012 11:11 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0021537
Mar 28, 2012 11:20 pm Chris_McElligottPark Internal Weight => New
Mar 28, 2012 11:20 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0021539
Mar 28, 2012 11:20 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => resolved
Mar 28, 2012 11:20 pm Chris_McElligottPark Fixed in Version => 0.919
Mar 28, 2012 11:20 pm Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => fixed
Mar 28, 2012 11:20 pm Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
Mar 28, 2012 11:34 pm Chris_McElligottPark Relationship added has duplicate 0006921
Apr 14, 2014 9:28 am Chris_McElligottPark Category Bug - Crash or Exception => Crash/Exception