Hmmmm ... I have d3dx9_42.dill, but I've never heard of D3DCompiler_42.dill. Where do I find it?

I assume you mean "dll" right?

lol Yes DLL

there should be a compiler dll in the main folder. maybe not compiler_42
Compiler_42 compiles shaders. You might not need it for your project.

I found it online ... I did not see it in the GStudio7 folder.

There was a 32 bit and a 64 bit version... neither solved the problem. I've never needed these before though, and the game has worked fine in previous builds, so I'm sure it's probably something wrong with my code.

In that case good luck bug hunting.

Okay, I've removed all actions from the models in my level, and it loads, and does not crash. Now I am going to add the actions one by one, in order to find out which one is causing the trouble. If anyone knows a better way to do this, please, don't hesitate to chime in

I have found the culprit! I had a function named "ground_cover" which was used by an "ent_create" command. Somehow by renaming the function "gc" it works. Can anyone explain this?

Now it's crashing when I try to enter the cave levels, but I will figure it out. My problem is, now that I've figured out the crash, I still don't think I've learned anything. "Ground_cover" is not a really long name for a function, right? If I rename all my functions with shorter names, would that make my program more stable?

I'm thinking there must be some strange issue causing this, I don't think I've really solved anything yet.

I think you might have run into a memory leak

Thank you! Yes, I think that's what happened. Any ideas on how to track those down? I'm not an expert programmer, and I tend to use a lot of trial and error to get things working. I sometimes make changes to things without fully understanding what they do ... and then I forget to change them back

Can you provide an example of what might cause a memory leak?

I have heard about them, and how bad they are, but I can't say I fully understand the concept.

From Gamestudio website:



Is this true? Maybe upgrading to A8 will solve my problem? I don't want to go through the trouble of upgrading, revising all my code, to find out the problem still exists. Any thoughts?