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SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

When converting my .mud for the first time I got a crash as the conversion neared completion. The file converts properly when done through an untitled session. I haven't gotten to testing this with other files, so it is possible it is something evil amongst my settings that misbehaves during the to opening of a session. If no one else runs into this then I will spend some time to diagnose what the bad item is.

Procedure
1. Fresh Install to clean directory
2. Launch CMud
3. Import Sessions
4. Open Session Offline
5. Wait for crash

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

What is your variable special character? @? (I see the last thing CMUD was doing was trying to get it.)

Also, when you reopen CMUD, is it trying to reconvert your .mud file or open the new package? (Probably best to check via Sessions Window, Edit, Files, or whatever.)

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

I converted my *.mud file without a crash... Although I didn't use the Import Sessions wizard - I got CMUD to import my character file first and then convert my *.mud file when I opened the session.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

This may be tied to other bugs. Even though I could get the conversion to go through when using an untitled session and opening the .mud directly; I can't it to save the results at all. Hopefully I can narrow down what the problem portion is before too long.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

I have narrowed this down to a single class. Oddly the variables cause the problems here. There are different procedures to note different problems that appear, but they are all traceable to this class.

Among other things to note: when I imported my full settings by opening the .mud from an untitled session no results would be saved to the package. However importing this class by itself does save a package correctly. I finally managed to get what looks to be a good import by doing a few extra copies and moves around.

Procedure A (causes crash above)
1. Copy the .mud file some place easy to work with
2. Launch CMud
3. Create a session, setting the .mud as the main package
4. Save the session settings
5. Open the new session offline

Procedure B (causes hang in package editor or hard Access Violation crash)
1. Launch CMud
2. Close Sessions Window (ESC)
3. Open Package Editor (CTRL-G)
4. Select File|Open from the Package Editor menu
5. Locate the .mud and open it
6. Once conversion is complete copying or moving the variables will cause the problem
6a. Moving the first variable to the untitled package by dragging it to that tab cause the hang
6b. Copying the variable to the untitled package with r-click Copy To, then examining the copy causes AV

File sent is butterfly.zip

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

This gets even weirder. If you open another session offline first then the file will convert properly.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

File uploaded to Guru area incase you didn't get the email.

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:49 pm

I'll download your file and make this a priority for my bug testing tomorrow (Tuesday). Sorry I didn't respond quicker, but I'm going through the forums today and actually fixing bugs instead of just adding them to the bug list.

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:08 pm

Found the bug and fixed it for v2.07. It was a bug in the status bar import routine. I'm surprised I hadn't run into it when importing my own files. Not only does it cause this crash, but I think the same bug is responsible for your status bar items being put in the wrong class (or top level of the package). Thanks for the files...it was actually easy to fix once I found it :)