The game falls during loading savegame

Sardaykar · Post by **Sardaykar** » January 15th, 2007, 7:29 pm

I found an error in the game. It isn`t critical, but irritates a lot:

when I try to load savegame during the AI`s step the game falls
(not always, but very often).
I have: Windows XP professional second edition.
Wethnot version: 1.1.11

I don`t think that this problem can be solved by giving me any advises and I only want to warn you about it.
I hope that this problem will be solved in the next versions of Wethnot.

P.S. I don`t know if it needed but I inculde the contents of STDERR.TXT,
after the last falling:

----------------------------------------
Battle for Wesnoth v1.1.11
Started on Mon Jan 15 20:58:30 2007

started game: 0
Checking video mode: 1024x768x32...
32
setting mode to 1024x768x32
locale could not be determined; defaulting to system locale
WARNING: setlocale() failed for .
found valid cache at 'D:/Games/Wesnoth NEW/userdata/cache/game.cfg-cache-v1.1.11-MEDIUM-NORMAL' using it
loadscreen: filesystem counter = 101
loadscreen: binarywml counter = 11309
loadscreen: setconfig counter = 221
loadscreen: parser counter = 202
started music
7302
showing title screen...
7302
Loading tips of day
title screen returned result
locale could not be determined; defaulting to system locale
found valid cache at 'D:/Games/Wesnoth NEW/userdata/cache/game.cfg-cache-v1.1.11-CAMPAIGN_HEIR_TO_THE_THRONE-HARD' using it
error config: [attack] uses special=magical, which is now deprecated. Use the macros provided in abilities.cfg.
scenario: '07_Crossroads'
has snapshot: yes
setting replay to end...
error config: [attack] uses special=magical, which is now deprecated. Use the macros provided in abilities.cfg.
scenario: '07_Crossroads'
error display: could not open image ''
locale could not be determined; defaulting to system locale

Post by **Yogibear** » January 15th, 2007, 7:54 pm

1.1.11 is quite outdated actually. I strongly recommend to get the up-to-date 1.2.1 release.

Nevertheless, thanks for pointing this out.

Taku · Post by **Taku** » January 17th, 2007, 7:30 pm

It still happens in version 1.2.1

My *guess* for the problem is some kind of race condition. During the read from the file loading, a close on the file from the opening dialog happens. Just a guess, but it would fit since waiting a bit makes sure that the problem does not occur.

Post by **Iris** » January 18th, 2007, 2:43 am

Taku wrote:[...] since waiting a bit makes sure that the problem does not occur.

I never thought it was a bug. I actually thought it was a feature for...

Someone, in the Wesnoth wiki (GettingStarted, section 'Getting the Most Fun Out of the Game') wrote: Don't abuse saved games. Long ago, Wesnoth only allowed saving the game at the end of a scenario. Mid-scenario saving was added as a convenience to use if you had to continue the game another day, or to protect against crashes. We do not recommend loading mid-scenario saved games over and over because your White Mage keeps getting killed. Learn to protect your White Mage instead, and balance risks! That is part of the strategy.

DISCLAIMER: I know that if the developers really added such a feature, it wouldn't crash the game, but just display a dialog with "Do not abuse saved games. - Developer's Signature" or something.

lyml · Post by **lyml** » January 22nd, 2007, 7:28 pm

Actually I just planned to post the very same bug. I got the same problem here.