Strange GE crash error

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Strange GE crash error

Postby DST » Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:20 am

My Ge has this strange error, where symbols start replacing text in the menus:
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It then crashes upon your next menu click, though if i click save, it does successfully save before the crash.

I tried to fix this by editing gameeditor.ini, and making the following changes:
MaxUndoLevels=0
PersistentUndo=False

Remember to always create a backup of an ini file before editing it!

The problem got better, but it still persists.
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Re: Strange GE crash error

Postby pyrometal » Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:46 am

This happened to me several times in the past too. I don't know about your case, but my strange symbols would actually change at 60 fps in the editor! Soon after that GE would crash...
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Re: Strange GE crash error

Postby MrJolteon » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:18 am

That happened to me too, but GE didn't crash.
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Re: Strange GE crash error

Postby savvy » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:12 pm

Me too, but only when i was making 2 of my hundreds of games, try not to use script editor too much, and it seemed to add 10 mins to the time between when it crashes...and save a lot more than usual. XD
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Re: Strange GE crash error

Postby DST » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:18 pm

savvy wrote:try not to use script editor too much


That would basically mean NOT making a game.
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Re: Strange GE crash error

Postby DST » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:48 pm

As my game gets more complex, the problem gets worse. It's now happening every 2-5 CLICKS/edits. That is crazy.
I'm saving the game after every single edit, every single 'add action' at the bottom of script editor, i have to save the game.
To reset the problem, i don't even have to exit ge, i just have to re-open the game from the file menu.

Note still that the game plays PERFECTLY!

One interesting note about it, is that when it happens in a script window, it affects a certain block; if you scroll the script, any script appearing in that exact block on the screen will be changed to strange symbols. Scroll down a line, and that line becomes ok, and the next line alters in that same spot.

Something to do with displaying the text only, as when you run the game, even with those errors, all the scripts are fine and it still plays fine.
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Re: Strange GE crash error

Postby jimmynewguy » Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:22 pm

re-installing GE worked for me when i had this error. and i hasnt come back since *knocks on wood*
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Re: Strange GE crash error

Postby Turon » Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:30 pm

:shock: yup very irritating it has never happened to me but when it does i will be angry! well i am sorry i can't help
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