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Trouble with Published Game ... Again #451704 05/17/15 20:56 05/17/15 20:56
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL Dooley OP User
Dooley OP User Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL	I am having trouble with running my game from the published .exe file again. This time it crashes before even starting. The log file mentions one strange thing: Quote: Log of A7 Engine 7.86.6 run at Sun May 17 15:51:53 2015 Schmidt on Windows NT/2000/XP version 6.1 Build 7601 Options -diag App: E:\My Documents\3dGameStudio\Star Explorers Lite-C - New Terrain\Level_001.cd\Level_001.exe in E:\My Documents\3dGameStudio\Star Explorers Lite-C - New Terrain\Level_001.cd\ Author: Michael Schmidt MM mixer opened DSOUND device opened DI interface opened Start Window opened (c) Conitec - Dieburg - San Diego - www.3dgamestudio.com A7 Engine - Commercial Edition V7.86.6 - Aug 7 2010 Linking E:\My Documents\3dGameStudio\Star Explorers Lite-C - New Terrain\Level_001.cd\Level_001.exe... Mouse found Speakers (VIA High Definition Audio) opened NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 pure T&L device 1ff9 detected D3D device NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1ff9 selected. quest_info: function not found.................................................................. Running LEVEL_001.EXE. Main started at 1.311 D3D_Init Window: 1200x800 -> Window: 1x1200x800x32 Video memory found: 4032 MB LevelInit at 1.371 46 entities 1 cameras 0 lights 0 sounds 0 paths 1 lmaps 1 textures 1 meshes 24 faces 0 entities 0 cameras 0 lights 0 sounds 0 paths 2 lmaps 1 textures...ok LevelReady at 2.005 Main loop at 2.007 Now, I've actually removed the "quest_info" function and all references to it in the script. However, somehow it's still showing up here. I'm not sure if this is even the cause of the crash, but it seems like a good place to start. Any ideas why it's showing up here, when none of my other functions call on this script? Last edited by Dooley; 05/17/15 21:01. See my games here: https://www.indiedb.com/company/michael-klaus-schmidt

Re: Trouble with Published Game ... Again [Re: Dooley] #451705 05/17/15 21:00 05/17/15 21:00
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL Dooley OP User
Dooley OP User Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL	I should reiterate for those not familiar with my issues, the game works fine when it is run through WED. It only crashes in the published version. See my games here: https://www.indiedb.com/company/michael-klaus-schmidt

Re: Trouble with Published Game ... Again [Re: Dooley] #451706 05/17/15 21:24 05/17/15 21:24
M Malice Unregistered
Malice Unregistered M	Hello, we have been talking a lot about dx dills not being binded in the publication folder. Is this the problem? Are you using A7?

Re: Trouble with Published Game ... Again [Re: ] #451707 05/17/15 21:33 05/17/15 21:33
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL Dooley OP User
Dooley OP User Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL	Yes, A7. Are you talking about "d3dx9_32.dll" files? I have them in the .cd folder already. I've already encountered that issue ... thanks though. It seems to be something else. See my games here: https://www.indiedb.com/company/michael-klaus-schmidt

Re: Trouble with Published Game ... Again [Re: Dooley] #451710 05/17/15 21:43 05/17/15 21:43
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL Dooley OP User
Dooley OP User Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL	I put the warning level up to 6 and it did not encounter any errors when run through WED, not until later anyway. For some reason it won't even run at all when published. See my games here: https://www.indiedb.com/company/michael-klaus-schmidt

Re: Trouble with Published Game ... Again [Re: Dooley] #451712 05/17/15 22:00 05/17/15 22:00
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL Dooley OP User
Dooley OP User Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL	Okay, I found out why "quest_info" was still being called. I've gotten rid of it, and that warning is gone now. Next, what does this mean? Quote: 46 entities 1 cameras 0 lights 0 sounds 0 paths 1 lmaps 1 textures 1 meshes 24 faces 0 entities 0 cameras 0 lights 0 sounds 0 paths 2 lmaps 1 textures...ok It looks like it's loading a level, then maybe loading a different level? Why would there be 46 entities, then 0 entities? My level actually has 46 starting entities on it, but the script causes some of these entities to remove themselves. This never caused a problem before ... and as I mentioned earlier, it works fine in WED. See my games here: https://www.indiedb.com/company/michael-klaus-schmidt

Re: Trouble with Published Game ... Again [Re: Dooley] #451715 05/17/15 23:36 05/17/15 23:36
M Malice Unregistered
Malice Unregistered M	Have you tried creating and reading the log file...?

Re: Trouble with Published Game ... Again [Re: Dooley] #451716 05/17/15 23:39 05/17/15 23:39
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL Dooley OP User
Dooley OP User Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL	Update: It starts up now... yay! I found out that it was because I disabled this line in my main script: #include <mtlFX.c> I don't know why I had it disabled. It did not cause any problems when running through WED. I wish I understood why this happens. It might help a lot. It still crashes when loading a new level. But I think I can figure it out from here. Some things I'm going to do from now on: 1. Always have a working version of the game saved separately, to fall back on. 2. For any new code, always test in published version before moving on to something new. 3. When testing published version, always check all the different actions and level loading/saving etc... I'm still open to advice about preventing this sort of problem in the future. I figure it's good to keep track of these things here, in case other users encounter the same problems. Last edited by Dooley; 05/17/15 23:39. See my games here: https://www.indiedb.com/company/michael-klaus-schmidt

Re: Trouble with Published Game ... Again [Re: Dooley] #451718 05/18/15 00:01 05/18/15 00:01
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL Dooley OP User
Dooley OP User Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL	Okay, I'm getting a couple of undefined material errors in my log: Quote: Material #DEFAULT undefined 1 textures 1 meshes 24 faces 0 entities 0 cameras 0 lights 0 sounds 0 paths 2 lmaps Material PORTAL_001 undefined 1 textures...ok LevelReady at 2.037.... 1st frame with 4032 MB. at 2.211 However, even in the published version of the game, this is not preventing it from loading the level. It crashes when it tries to load a new level. See my games here: https://www.indiedb.com/company/michael-klaus-schmidt

Re: Trouble with Published Game ... Again [Re: Dooley] #451719 05/18/15 00:14 05/18/15 00:14
M Malice Unregistered
Malice Unregistered M	If you have it, is d3dx9_42.dill being included also the D3DCompiler_42.dill

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