Game crashing question

[drarem]

Any idea why a tester is getting this crash?

 

http://i.imgur.com/L3uI4zF.png

 

Specs:

Windows 7 64-bit

Intel Core i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHZ

8GB RAM

Geforce GT 620

 

Thanks.

[DerRidda]

Something either went wrong during Window creation or it was skipped entirely or maybe a forgotten 'self'. Best to post your App.lua script here.

[drarem]

self.window = 0

--Create a window/ hide mouse functon at very bottom self.window:HideMouse()

local windowstyle = window.FullScreen

if System:GetProperty("fullscreen")=="1" then windowstyle=windowstyle+window.FullScreen end

self.window=Window:Create(self.title,0,0,System:GetProperty("screenwidth","1600"),System:GetProperty("screenheight","900"),windowstyle)

self.window:ShowMouse() --- line 96

[DerRidda]

I can nail down the exact reason for the crash but just from snippet you have posted I can already see a few 'unclean' things.

 

1st: Why are you even setting 'self.window=0' at all? There's no need for that and even though Lua isn't strictly typed, this could cause issues more than be helpful. It should actually be hard to even detect window being nil with that in the code. You should be seeing type issues instead.

 

Judging from that I somehow fear that you are setting self.window to nil somewhere in the lines you didn't post.

 

2nd: Setting 'windowstyle = window.FullScreen' will cause issues while keeping if 'System:GetProperty("fullscreen")=="1" then windowstyle=windowstyle+window.FullScreen end' if somebody actually ever uses command line option for fullscreen, as window.FullScreen .titlebar are actually just constant numbers that, when added, give a sum that can be uniquely traced back to the flags that were set. Adding the same constant twice should never happen here.

 

I would strongly recommend pasting the entire App.lua contents unless you are hiding the secret sauce there.

[drarem]

That's pretty much the window init code, nothing cut out. I do have the self.title="Pump-Action Captain" right above it.

 

I commented out:

self.window = 0

if System:GetProperty("fullscreen")=="1" then windowstyle=windowstyle+window.FullScreen end

 

Will see if this helps, but it's almost like the person's pc doesn't support 1600x900 resolution?

 

Thanks.

[Einlander]

I would create a new blank template, then copy the app.lua there.

[Einlander]

That's pretty much the window init code, nothing cut out. I do have the self.title="Pump-Action Captain" right above it.

 

I commented out:

self.window = 0

if System:GetProperty("fullscreen")=="1" then windowstyle=windowstyle+window.FullScreen end

 

Will see if this helps, but it's almost like the person's pc doesn't support 1600x900 resolution?

 

Thanks.

 

1600x900 isn't a common resolution.

 

Take a look at http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/api-reference/_/system/systemcountgraphicsmodes-r857

That will count the resolutions that the computer has.

And this will use one of those numbers to give you the actual resolution: http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/api-reference/_/system/systemcountgraphicsmodes-r857

[drarem]

Thanks, using the countmodes and setlayout this really helps.

[josk]

1600x900 isn't a common resolution.

 

1600x900 is the 3rd most popular resoulution according to Steam.

 

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

 

My second monitor is 1600x900.

 

Monitor rage