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Post by Gando on Aug 9, 2008 4:32:40 GMT -5
The program is now unable to access the help files...
And then I crashed walking to a new area 3 frames outside of a dungeon. I think there is some frames counter that fills up and when it hits this number it becomes unable to read the auxillery files (the town text files and help files for example)...at which point if you cross frames it causes a critical failure and crashes. I haven't discovered what number this is yet but I think its in the mid teens to low twenties.
I am assuming the two things are related because after I crashed and reloaded and hit the town (instead of going in the opposite direction like I did last time I was again able to access the help files. (I checked because I was suspicious.)
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Post by Gando on Aug 9, 2008 6:58:24 GMT -5
The mysterious phys immunity crash continues even with the fix build... :/ took me a while to find that this time as Ive been playing a caster. :/
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Post by Gando on Aug 9, 2008 7:07:46 GMT -5
Crafting bug #1:
If you break down a Short Bow you get a single Hickory Log.
#2
If you attempt to make something from the Hickory Log it disappears from your inventory before you even select a second item so if you escape it is gone for good...This is inherently illogical. You should not use up an item if you arent doing anything with it. It is also counterintuitive.
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Post by Variaz on Aug 9, 2008 8:44:47 GMT -5
Nope.
Ok, about missile, this is worst than what you described. It's actually the bolts spells that are broken, as the same thing happens with Fire! I'll check this out right away, and will surely upload a fix patch once it's fixed.
Hmmm, so it's not just town files, but help files too? Frames counter....interesting.
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Post by Variaz on Aug 9, 2008 9:04:01 GMT -5
Bolt bug is fixed. Fix has been uploaded!
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Post by challtdow on Aug 9, 2008 9:57:31 GMT -5
In the newest build, I just got killed when my spin kick was reflected by a magic returner.
Chall T. Dow
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Post by Gando on Aug 9, 2008 22:16:53 GMT -5
I decomposed an Orb that I made with two broken spheres and got a glowing core and broken sphere ....I couldnt decompose the core so I figured I make the orb again...maybe the recipe was funky? but this made an orb with double the to_hit/to_d bonus on it. The tweak points were the same but the bonus was little more than doubled.
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Post by Gando on Aug 10, 2008 0:50:32 GMT -5
Pretty sure I reported this already but: the Ruins of Fidac Bottom floor map is sometimes dysfunctional. the area below the entrance where the archers are supposed to be disappears and does not display at all...You cant scroll beyond the hallway leading down to it.
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Post by Gando on Aug 10, 2008 1:11:26 GMT -5
Just had something very strange happen in the Lake Dungeon. I was on level 14 or so... I suddenly got a stat reducing affect on me out of the blue, no explainations...then when I tried to use a stat recovery potion the game crashed.
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Post by Gando on Aug 10, 2008 1:33:37 GMT -5
Same dungeon level 13 ...suddenly out of the blue all my equipment became cursed...and lost half their names. The weapons turned into Morgothian cursed artifacts complete with turns player into a wraith effects...I believe this also happened the first time when it crashed..This would account for the massive stats drains. I suspect there is some old code being reused from Angband days in a way that is extremely buggy involving that dungeon. =edit= Here is the screen shot  |
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Post by Gando on Aug 10, 2008 4:52:53 GMT -5
I just experienced the crash bug (text file couldn't load) in Udor comng out of the witness' hut.
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and again in Jindar after visiting my home...it seems like it happens so often that the game is hardly playable.
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What is REALLY irritating is that it happens usually right after I complete a section of the quests. :/
Edit yet again...this time I crashed while trying to unlock a door... :/
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Post by Variaz on Aug 10, 2008 8:07:23 GMT -5
Wow... you sure have bad luck when it comes down to bugs...  I played Portralis a lot yesterday, and there was no crashes or anything, and I only experienced the text file bug when scumming the black market... I suspect, however, that this bug might happen more frequently if you have less memory in your machine or something... About that old code thing... all I can say is: WOW.  I'll check that out, though I've never seen it before. |
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Post by Variaz on Aug 10, 2008 8:23:07 GMT -5
Ok, so I'm now able to consistently reproduce the text file problem. It seems that after 42 times switching between two cells of Jindar, it crashes. It actually stops working at 41, then crash at 42. And you're right about the help menu, help files don't work anymore at this point.
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Post by Variaz on Aug 10, 2008 10:51:24 GMT -5
Interesting... If I disable the code where it generates a store's inventory, it prevents crashing! So perhaps the problem is with the new store code...
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Post by Variaz on Aug 10, 2008 11:06:15 GMT -5
A note to myself: When a file is opened, it's always a good idea to CLOSE it!  So, yeah, that was the problem. I forgot to close the stores.txt file everytime it was called. Thus, the ressources kept accumulating, eventually crashing. |
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I'll check that out, though I've never seen it before.