Hey all,

Lately I got this invalid memory area error popping up, never had it before. A bit frustrating cause I wanted to release a demo of my project soon on this site cry.

The error happens only when I create an item after an enemy dies. E.g. I can create tons of items when the enemy is alive and when there is no enemy etc and get no error. And the strange thing is that it is kindy random, but does seem to always happen when killing a large group of enemies.

I will try to keep the code as short as possible here.

First the code after the enemy dies:

Code:
//update monsters left
 if ((connection & CONNECT_SERVER) || connection == 0) {
 monsters_left -= 1; send_var(monsters_left); }
 //drop item
 if ((connection & CONNECT_SERVER) || connection == 0) enemy_createitem();	
 //decay	
 ...		
 you = ent_createlocal("MDL_BloodSplatGreen.mdl",vector(my.x,my.y,my.z-16),bloodsplat);
 wait(-15);
 var decay_time = 0;
 while (1) { my.z -= 0.1; decay_time += time_step;
 if (decay_time >= 100) break;
 wait(2); }	
 ent_remove(me);


The code that creates item (when I write 'NULL' for the actions of the items, I get no error):

Code:
function enemy_createitem()
{ 
   var i;
   for(i = 1; i < 9; i++) {
  	 if (pointer_player[i]) {
  	  if (random(100) >= 66) you = ent_create("MDL_BonusHealth.mdl",vector(my.x,my.y,my.z+40),item_healthbonus);
  	  else { if (random(100) >= 50) you = ent_create("MDL_BonusArmor.mdl",vector(my.x,my.y,my.z+40),item_armorbonus); 
  	         else { you = ent_create("MDL_BonusSpeed.mdl",vector(my.x,my.y,my.z+40),item_speedbonus); } 
  	       }
  	   you.STATE = i;
  	   send_skill_to(pointer_player[i],you.STATE,0);
  	 }
   }	
}


And the code of the item (I added the Sys_marker after the errors began, don't really no if it has any effect at the moment):

Code:
action item_speedbonus()
{
sys_marker("ITS");	
if (connection & CONNECT_SERVER) my.smask |= NOSEND_FRAME | NOSEND_ANGLES | NOSEND_ALPHA | NOSEND_AMBIENT | NOSEND_COLOR | NOSEND_FLAGS | NOSEND_SCALE | NOSEND_SKIN; 	
while(connection != 0 && my.client_id < 0) wait(1);	
ent_sendnow(my);
wait(1);	
my.smask |= NOSEND_Z;
set(my,INVISIBLE | PASSABLE);
my.group = 5; //world and items
while(my.STATE == 0) wait(1);
 
 //make item visible for only one player
 while(!player) wait(1);
 if (player == pointer_player[my.STATE]) reset(my,INVISIBLE);
	
vec_scale(my.scale_x,0.8); 	 	
if (!is(my,INVISIBLE)) my.material = mtl_specBump;	

while(1)
{	
 if (!is(my,INVISIBLE)) {	
  ...
 }

 if (my.STATE != 0) {
  if (pointer_player[my.STATE]) {	
	if (vec_dist(my.x, pointer_player[my.STATE].x) < 100) {
	 if (connection == 2) { ... }
	 if ((connection & CONNECT_SERVER) || connection == 0) { ...
	 break; }
	}
  }
 }		
wait(1);
}	
ent_remove(me);
}


I runned in diag, below is the acklog file:

Html:
Log of A8 Engine 8.40.3 run at Wed Apr 16 14:22:41 2014
SKYNET on Windows NT/2000/XP version 6.1 Build 7601
Options Test.c -diag -te
App: D:\Tools\GStudio8\acknex.exe in D:\Tools\GStudio8\SKYNET's games\TEST\

MM mixer opened
DSOUND device opened
DI interface opened
Start Window opened(c) Conitec - www.3dgamestudio.com
A8 Engine - Commercial Edition V8.40.3 - Sep  2 2012
Development version
Registered to: SKYNET, ALL YOUR CODE BELONG TO US

Mouse found
Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) opened
NVIDIA GeForce 310M  pure T&L device 1ff9 detected
D3D device NVIDIA GeForce 310M  1ff9 selected.
PATH data\
ackAR.dll opened
acknet.dll opened
ackoal.dll opened
ackphysx.dll opened
ackwii.dll opened
Compiling TEST.C - [Esc] to abort..
PATH D:\Tools\GStudio8\code\
PATH D:\Tools\GStudio8\templates\images\.........
PATH D:\Tools\GStudio8\data\
PATH D:\Tools\GStudio8\data\..
PATH D:\Tools\GStudio8\data\................................................... 3.622 sec
Running TEST.C.
38 objects
Main started at 4.866
D3D_Init Window: 720x480 -> Window: 1x720x480x32
Video memory found: 1734 MB
D3D_Resize Screen: 1366x768 -> Screen: 1x1366x768x32
LevelInit at 5.253
275 entities 0 cameras 3 lights 0 sounds 0 paths
 50 lmaps 12 textures 530 meshes 809 submeshes 28361 faces
Nexus overflow at 34592200...ok
LevelReady at 6.378
mtlfx_startup started
def_startup started
Pointers_startup started
Interface_startup started
globalvars_startup started
Main loop at 6.770....
1st frame with 1734 MB.. at 7.922
HEADRELATIVE sound: 1
Malfunction W1516: Invalid memory area def_debug
Program aborted


Thanks for taking the time! I more code or info is needed, I can add it (I tested alot already).