Unna Oertdottir on 26/11/2019 at 07:38
Crashes in Servant's Life seems random. We can't see a pattern.
Who can examine crash dumps?
john9818a on 26/11/2019 at 16:32
I played twice yesterday, once on Expert and once on Normal and I didn't get any crashes.
After looking at the mis file I remembered that I purposely placed an AI in a position next to solid terrain to keep it from moving away. In a couple of others the AI are placed close to terrain. One is sitting on a chair made of solid brushes and the other is inside a small cage made of solid brushes.
ZylonBane on 26/11/2019 at 19:07
Quote Posted by john9818a
After looking at the mis file I remembered that I purposely placed an AI in a position next to solid terrain to keep it from moving away.
Good lord. You know there are actual, built-in, non-horrible-hack ways to accomplish this, yes? Mute the AIs senses... set up an explicit idle animation loop... put it to sleep... pose it... There's probably a dozen legit ways to make an AI stay put.
john9818a on 26/11/2019 at 21:26
This AI was experiencing damage and could also see the player. At the time this was the only way to keep the AI in place and get the desired result.
voodoo47 on 27/11/2019 at 10:14
Quote Posted by Unna Oertdottir
Who can examine crash dumps?
post them, we'll check (systemshock.org). include the main log as well.
Unna Oertdottir on 27/11/2019 at 10:30
Who's we? We (on SystemShock) have the tool to analyze the crash.dump.
[ ] You're joking :joke:
[ ] You're a messenger for others, Very likely. "Others" should fire you. You're giving away too much.
voodoo47 on 27/11/2019 at 11:22
the Council of Elder Dromeders. basically the old guys who have retired from forums, but are still interested in very specific Dark related stuff (scripts, hacks, etc). the coolest TFix enhancements usually come from them - as I'll never be able to reach that level of skill, I am really grateful for their assistance.
Unna Oertdottir on 27/11/2019 at 13:13
The council of retired mummified DromEders has a secret tool to read and analyze crash dumps. :weird: There's only one person/group who can do this.
You're talking too much. Mr. Raven told me that you're fired since you can't keep a secret.
voodoo47 on 27/11/2019 at 14:22
well, you are free to think whatever you want. all I know is that the crashdumps are readable if you know how (I don't, not a script/hack guy), and for example, if the crash is being caused by an object, there is a good chance its id can be extracted, simplifying troubleshooting tremendously.
also technically, I can't be fired from anything, since nobody is paying me for whatever I do around here.
