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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0004792Valley 1Crash/ExceptionOct 11, 2011 12:21 pm
Reporterallison Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status confirmedResolutionnot fixable 
Product Version0.521 
Summary0004792: Game unplayable when run directly from Windows location bar
DescriptionSteps to replicate:

-> Open any folder which is not a subfolder of the AVWW install directory

-> Type the location of the AVWW executable directly into the address bar and press Enter to run it

-> Strange behavior ensues:
  * lots of MISSING_LOCALIZATION errors
  * trial prompt appears (I'm running the registered version already)
  * Game hangs on "GameInit: 10"; output_log.txt bloats up
TagsNo tags attached.
Internal WeightFix Before Major Release

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tigersfan

Oct 11, 2011 12:07 pm

reporter   ~0016406

While I agree that this doesn't work, I'm not sure how crucial of a fix this needs to be, as it's so very easy to aviod.

Chris_McElligottPark

Oct 11, 2011 12:18 pm

administrator   ~0016407

Josh -- does AI War do this? I suspect all our games do.

This looks to be a windows bug more than anything else, with it not properly initializing the context of the folder when starting the game. But it's odd that it would really happen this way, because we put in a lot of safeguards for when that happens...

tigersfan

Oct 11, 2011 12:20 pm

reporter   ~0016408

Yeah, AI War does this too. Must be a Windows thing.

Chris_McElligottPark

Oct 11, 2011 12:21 pm

administrator   ~0016409

It sort of is -- it's initializing the game wrong, anyhow, but the game is meant to recover from that...

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Oct 11, 2011 11:57 am allison New Issue
Oct 11, 2011 11:57 am allison File Added: rundirect.png
Oct 11, 2011 11:57 am allison File Added: output_log.txt
Oct 11, 2011 12:07 pm tigersfan Note Added: 0016406
Oct 11, 2011 12:07 pm tigersfan Internal Weight => Fix Before Major Release
Oct 11, 2011 12:07 pm tigersfan Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
Oct 11, 2011 12:07 pm tigersfan Status new => assigned
Oct 11, 2011 12:18 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0016407
Oct 11, 2011 12:20 pm tigersfan Note Added: 0016408
Oct 11, 2011 12:20 pm tigersfan Status assigned => closed
Oct 11, 2011 12:20 pm tigersfan Resolution open => not fixable
Oct 11, 2011 12:21 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0016409
Oct 11, 2011 12:21 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status closed => confirmed
Apr 14, 2014 9:28 am Chris_McElligottPark Category Bug - Crash or Exception => Crash/Exception