New ship hull crash

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I don’t know why, but went I create a new ship in the Xedilco directory, when accessing the Ship list of the Ship builder, the game crash.
If I move this ship from the Xedilco directory, to the main one: No problem!

WTFake?

I don’t have any “ERROR” message.
Here is my debug files:

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Windows 7 detected
GSB Debug File. App version Full 1.60
Desktop resolution is 1920 x 1200
Initialising Direct3D
Initialising global vertex buffer
creating render targets
success in initialising 3D
Initialising Direct Input
Finished Initialising Direct Input
Initialising Sound Engine
Initialised Sound System with 512 channels

Finished Initialising Sound Engine
Design [EA GOD Platform] deleted because it was not valid with this version
Design [EA Nova Frigate] deleted because it was not valid with this version
Design [EA Sagittarius Missile Frigate] deleted because it was not valid with this version
Design [Imperial Shuttle] deleted because it was not valid with this version
Design [republic patrol ship] deleted because it was not valid with this version
Design [prae_delta_wip] deleted because it was not valid with this version
Design [Unit elite FA Cruiser] deleted because it was not valid with this version
Design [EA Nova Frigate] deleted because it was not valid with this version
Design [EA Sagittarius Missile Frigate] deleted because it was not valid with this version
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Help?

2

Can you post the hull code for teh ship that is giving you grief? I’ve had some weird issues in the past that came from odd places. Have to admit that on the surface this one has me stumped.

3

Few more questions in addition to AcePalarum. Could you please:

  • Post the \My Documents\My Games\GratuitousSpaceBattles\debug\errors.txt
    (might be a clue in there - if the game left one)

  • Copy/Paste the full names of the .dds for the ship (including _damaged & _hulk or _sprite if its a fighter)
    (looking for case sensitive naming error with the hull file)

4

The error.txt is empty. T.T

[code][config]
classname = fighter
name = test
guiname = test
sprite = Alliance Hornet Fighter.dds
damagetexture = Alliance Hornet Fighter_damaged.dds
hulktexture = alliance_hulks.dds
hulkUVstart = 0
hulkUVend = 3
width = 11
height = 11
powerproduced = 2.3
cost = 37
racename = alliance

[bonuses]
0 = ARMOURBOOST,0.12

[runninglights]
0 = 11,191,100,3,1
1 = 245,191,100,3,0

[contrails]
0 = 78,214,40,500,1.5,4
1 = 178,214,40,500,1.5,4

[targets]
0 = 76.00,91.00,0,0,
1 = 148.00,41.50,1,1,115.00,13.00,181.00,70.00,SHIP_EMMITER_SMALL,
2 = 126.50,131.00,1,1,99.00,103.00,154.00,159.00,SHIP_EMMITER_SMALL,

[slots]
0 = 128.00,61.00,TURRET,(97.00-21.00),(159.00-21.00),
1 = 128.00,163.00,STANDARD,
2 = 128.00,128.00,STANDARD,

[explosions]
0 = 0,128,128,EXP_STARTBREAKUP
1 = 0,128,128,EXP_FIGHTER_DESTROYED_LOD
2 = 0,128,128,EXP_FIGHTER_DESTROYED
3 = 0,128,128,EXP_BLASTGLARE[/code]

I’ve tested it with “racename = alliance” and “racename = xedilco”, but no change in the error, still bugged in Xedilco folder and clean in the alliance one.

5

Do you have the appropriate .dds sprites located in the Xedilco folder as well as the main? That’s the only thing that’s jumping out at me; you don’t appear to have any of the typical typos in your ship code that tend to give me problems. Puzzling.

6

I’ve try this hull with different data:
Different race
Different .dds
Different classname
… name
and guiname

Always it crash in the Xed directory and work fine in the Alliance one.

Why [size=50](By the 9 hell)[/size] the game don’t want to see a new hull for my dear Xedilco?

7

T.T

Believe me or not, but the crash have corrected itself without my help!
I didn’t install/uninstall a new mod
I have just work a little on the Xedilco modules.

I don’t understand…

8

Did you work on modules that would be equippable on that hull?

When building my Matmos Rift mod I had a frigate hull that kept crashing the design screen - turned out it was a frigate module that was creating the problem, and I only thought it was the hull because it was the only frigate in that mod. Change the race on the hull, it worked fine. Put it back to normal, crash.

I mention this because it sounds like what you’ve been experiencing.

9

I don’t think so, Xedilco have modules and ship of all size, even before the crash cause by the hull.

It will possibly stay a mystery…

10

I got the crash again! And the error log are empty, again…


Help me Ciff ‘Cliffski’ Harris, you’re my only hope!

11

Here is the current buggy version of the mod, mediafire.com/?h6gpa7cgr7d7cc9
I “hope” it will crash on your PC as much as on my own ^^
I hope (really this time) that this can be useful…

(A chance for you darkstar076 that I was still wake at this hours (It 0.00 in France!)

12

Well that took a bit of work to find out what was bugging your mod

To fix the crash:
Open \Gratuitous Space Battles\xedilco\data\hulls\Xedilco\Xed Small Station.txt
Change: classname = CRUISER
To: classname = cruiser

The classname is case sensitive

Now you also have a bit of work ahead of you fixing bugs - they dont impact the game but they really should be fixed all the same.
Some of the missions the ship designs you have specified do not exist (missing the _ )

Ship Design not found ->xed axe a
Ship Design not found ->xed axe b
Ship Design not found ->xed daiklave
Ship Design not found ->aspis
Ship Design not found ->aspis istm
Ship Design not found ->xed daiklave

Also there might be a problem with one of your missile weapons - I kept getting the error

At this point in time i do not know what it means
Anyways - these answers should get you started

13

Thanks a lot! I corrected all of the little problem you have identifies!

For the:

It come from the game engine unable to show us missiles trail for rocket sub-munition… (Spline effects!) (And because shadow cannon are missiles with splines and sub-munitions… -.-)

An other thing, why do the classname is case sensitive only part of time? Depend of the Moon Phase? (I didn’t have much problem with that until you showed me this!)

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All part of the service of the Friendly Community Mod Squad

Good to know - if someone reports that as a reason why their game is crashing then we know its a red herring

Why is modules upper case and hulls is lower case - My guess, its a code thing
But its all useful knowledge as we learn what rules can and cant be broken when modding