Crash (2.2 trunk - rev 12177 - 2007-10-03)

[Kaerius]

Unfortunately I probably won't be that helpful here but:

Mission: Wachau (day)
I was doing my first turn, and the game crashed to desktop without any error message when my fifth soldier(not necessarily soldier #5, just the fifth I moved) was moving.

It didn't register in ufoconsole.log either.

[Mattn]

it would be cool if you could give us a backtrace if it is reproducible for you. See the debugging section in our wiki about more infos.

[Kaerius]

It's totally reproducible, it happens as soon as a soldier sets foot on the stairs. My gut tells me it's a sound bug.

EDIT:
And I was right, I checked wiki, and set the game to +set developer 1. This is what I got that's causing the error:

ExecuteString: ''
event(dispatching): EV_ACTOR_MOVE 0E4B4218
FS_FOpenFile: can't find sound/footsteps/stone2.ogg
FS_LoadFile: Could not open sound/footsteps/stone2.ogg
FS_FOpenFile: can't find sound/footsteps/stone2.wav
FS_LoadFile: Could not open sound/footsteps/stone2.wav
LE_PlaySoundFileAndParticleForSurface: volume 0.80

[Mattn]

please try to provide a backtrace for us - this can be done with the gnu debugger - also written in the wiki article

[Kaerius]

I need to redownload and compile the game myself for that? The instructions are kind of vague.

[Mattn]

no, you just have to start the game in the debugger - grab gdb.exe and copy it into your ufo root folder, open cmd.exe via start->execute - enter your ufo folder, type gdb ufo.exe[enter] run +set vid_fullscreen 0[enter]

after the crash appeared, type bt full[enter]

[Kaerius]

Hmm, I seem to have saved over the savegame, doh, I'll see if I can get the mission to appear again(I have a save from 5 days gametime earlier).

EDIT:
Yup, got it to appear again, but I'm having trouble downloading DevCPP.

[Kaerius]

Well, finally got the download working, and here's your backtrace, copied from the command window(don't know if it creates a log...)

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0047831c in S_StartSound (origin=0x22fcc0, sfx=0x0, relVolume=0.800000012,
    attenuation=0.0199999996)
    at C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/mattn/Desktop/dev/trunk/src/client/cl_soun
d.c:323
323     C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/mattn/Desktop/dev/trunk/src/client/cl_sou
nd.c: No such file or directory.
        in C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/mattn/Desktop/dev/trunk/src/client/cl_
sound.c
(gdb) bt full
#0  0x0047831c in S_StartSound (origin=0x22fcc0, sfx=0x0,
    relVolume=0.800000012, attenuation=0.0199999996)
    at C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/mattn/Desktop/dev/trunk/src/client/cl_soun
d.c:323
        volume = 102
#1  0x00442c6b in LE_PlaySoundFileAndParticleForSurface (le=0xa8b7374,
    textureName=0xe7e4bfc "tex_buildings/floor_se01")
    at C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/mattn/Desktop/dev/trunk/src/client/cl_le.c
:470
        sfx = (sfx_t *) 0x0
        t = (const terrainType_t *) 0xe0b7c74
        origin = {16, -16, 32}
#2  0x0044300c in LET_PathMove (le=0xa8b7374)
    at C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/mattn/Desktop/dev/trunk/src/client/cl_le.c
:550
        dv = 2 '\002'
        frac = 2.29270358e-035
        tuCost = 2
        start = {2.61108563e-032, 8.22039794e-039, 8.40779079e-044}
        dest = {1.54142831e-044, 1.93953784e-030, 3.21349127e-039}
        delta = {8.22039794e-039, 1.93953784e-030, 2.24207754e-044}
        trace = {allsolid = qfalse, startsolid = qfalse,
  fraction = 0.609130859, endpos = {16, -16, 18.03125}, plane = {normal = {0,
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
      0, 1}, dist = 18, type = 2 '\002', signbits = 0 '\0', pad = "\0"},
  surface = 0xe7e4bfc, contentFlags = 65281, le = 0x0, ent = 0x0}
        from = {16, -16, 96}
        to = {16, -16, -32}
#3  0x00443306 in LET_StartPathMove (le=0xa8b7374)
    at C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/mattn/Desktop/dev/trunk/src/client/cl_le.c
:602
No locals.
#4  0x004426c1 in LE_Think ()
    at C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/mattn/Desktop/dev/trunk/src/client/cl_le.c
:309
        le = (le_t *) 0xa8b7374
        i = 17
#5  0x0044a086 in CL_Frame (now=106430, data=0x0)
    at C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/mattn/Desktop/dev/trunk/src/client/cl_main
.c:2376
        last_frame = 106430
        delta = 21
#6  0x00495957 in tick_timer (now=106430, data=0xe100578)
    at C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/mattn/Desktop/dev/trunk/src/common/common.
c:827
        timer = (struct timer *) 0xe100578
        old_interval = 11
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
        lateness = 2
#7  0x00495bd2 in Qcommon_Frame ()
    at C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/mattn/Desktop/dev/trunk/src/common/common.
c:908
        event = (struct event *) 0xe643e00
        time_to_next = 0
#8  0x004b2ff8 in WinMain (hInstance=0x400000, hPrevInstance=0x0,
    lpCmdLine=0x241f01 "+set", nCmdShow=10)
    at C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/mattn/Desktop/dev/trunk/src/ports/windows/
win_main.c:413
No locals.
#9  0x004dcd9a in main ()
No symbol table info available.
(gdb)

[Kaerius]

Incidentally, this crash, once again, messed up my gamma in windows, second time a crash has done that with this game...

[Nasenmann]

I have had a similar problem with the current version & already filed in a bug report, although my Backtrace was a bit shorter. Still, it was looking quite similar to yours. The problem descritpion matches as well.
If it is of any service to the devs, I had something strange happen to me after "upgrading" from the previous build to this one (due to the "inventory full"-bug): after loading my savegames, I received an error message the first time I tried to go to the equipment screen of my landing craft (one crash per base), after wich the items previously equipped to my soldiers were now unequipped, yet not lost. I think this may have to do with similar items now stacking in the inventory, and the crash was a side effect of an older savegame version.

As for the gamma being messed up, I have witnessed the same thing, although this happens to me all the time with games whose gamma settings differ from my desktop's. I would always have to go to my display properties, hit "advanced", and then the "color"-tab, and it would automatically switch back to my previous settings.

[Mattn]

thank you very much - it's fixed in the current trunk revision and will be fixed in the next beta installers which will be online in a few days (2 or 3)

[Nasenmann]

Good news indeed!