[NightFright]

I am experimenting with grouping together several maps using the per-map art file feature (mapname_00.art). In this example, I have arranged LEM 1-4 as one-level episodes. Lem2-4 all use tiles014.art, so I renamed files like lem2_00.art, lem3_00.art, lem4_00.art.
However, EDuke32 crashes to desktop when starting a new game after loading maps in a specific order. I am unable to figure out the pattern. Remarkably, it crashes sooner with certain combinations than with others.

Crashes appeared in this sequence:
Numbers below represent the episode from the ingame menu. Last number is the episode that crashed.
How to test: Choose one episode, load. Then choose "New game", pick a different episode, load. Repeat (if possible).
21 (this means: Lem II loaded successfully, Lem I crashed --> etc)
23
31
41
42
43
123
142
143
241
243
342
321
1342
13241
13242

In the EDuke32 log, these lines always appear after the crash:
current actor: 404 (4154) <-- values can be different
g_errorLineNum: 43, g_tw: 124 <-- always the same

Used EDuke32 build/config:
EDuke32 2.0.0devel r5326 (32-bit)
Windows 7 64bit
Intel Core i5/750 @2.67 GHz, 4GB RAM
nvidia GeForce 9500 GT (ForceWare 341.44)

How to use attached test file(s):
- Extract folder into EDuke32 dir
- Load EDuke32 with -jlemtest parameter
- Select "Lem Series" from EDuke32 menu

[Helixhorned]

No luck in reproducing so far.

 NightFright, on 11 August 2015 - 07:05 AM, said:

However, EDuke32 crashes to desktop when starting a new game after loading maps in a specific order.

And it crashes consistently for a given pattern?

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Numbers below represent the episode from the ingame menu. Last number is the episode that crashed.
How to test: Choose one episode, load. Then choose "New game", pick a different episode, load. Repeat (if possible).
21 (this means: Lem II loaded successfully, Lem I crashed --> etc)

After choosing one episode, what am I supposed to load? Could you expand a bit to mention explicitly where you save a game?

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In the EDuke32 log, these lines always appear after the crash:
current actor: 404 (4154) <-- values can be different
g_errorLineNum: 43, g_tw: 124 <-- always the same

This C-CON state dumps have rarely (if ever) helped debugging general crashes. Is an eduke32.crash.log file generated? (If yes, check its modification date to be sure it contains recent information.)

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Used EDuke32 build/config:
EDuke32 2.0.0devel r5326 (32-bit)
Windows 7 64bit

It there a reason you're running 32-bit EDuke32 on a 64-bit OS? Maybe the crash is 32-bit only; I haven't yet checked such a build.

[Hendricks266]

Using r5326 (32-bit) from synthesis, I can't reproduce this either.

[NightFright]

I am unable to use 64-bit builds on this machine here since it wouldn't work, EDuke32 would hang on startup. Never figured out why, PC has 4GB RAM and is working with a 64-bit Win7, but well.

The crash would happen already when loading the new episode/map, you wouldn't have to do anything. I will check this on my other PC at home with more RAM and Win10.