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Topic: Game crashes for no apparant reason!
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Raider Of Tombs' Clone
Member Posts: 38
From:The mining ship Red Dwarf
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 10-28-2001 05:22 PM
  
Help me - I am on the verge of releasing my first completely complete level, until it decided to crash! Ok, here's what happened:I begin the level and run foreward and should trigger a flyby camera. The game crashes. In order to make sure the problem is not the flyby camera, I delete the trigger fo it. I rebuild and play again, and I get about two squares farther, and it crashes again, sending me to the desktop. What could possibly be causing this?
Considering:
- I am using an unedited wad
- I have seven flame_emitters in the next room
- I have two objects in the next room
- I am well under the room limit
- The next room is rather large
- I have about 4 shadows and about 4 lights in the next room
- I can't think of any more crazy reasons
Help me, Please! The Level is guaranteed to be released during this next week if this is fixed! Thanks,
-Raider IP: Logged |
Fearful Symmetry
Member Posts: 32
From:Ten Forward
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 10-28-2001 05:40 PM
maybe that 'large room' used up too much video memory.------------------
Tiger Tiger, burning bright, in the forrest of the night.... IP: Logged |
Raider Of Tombs' Clone
Member Posts: 38
From:The mining ship Red Dwarf
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 10-28-2001 07:00 PM
I don't think that's it, the room was there for a long time and everything worked. I haven't changed that room since it was working, so I don't think that's the problem.IP: Logged |
Phabius Phodes
Member Posts: 332
From:Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 10-28-2001 09:11 PM
Maybe you´ve reached the texture memory limit. I had this problem a thousand times.Look at the converter window when converting the TOM to TR4 and post here all the results related to textures. Maybe I can help you. IP: Logged |
Lupo
Member Posts: 55
From:
Registered: May 2001
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posted 10-29-2001 03:29 AM
Try to delete some flame emitter. There's a certain limit on flames. Isn't it Psiko?IP: Logged |
psiko
Member Posts: 619
From:Rome
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 10-29-2001 04:01 PM
31 exactly... who are you?anyhow the problem in this case I think it is in the wad... too many objects to load (both in the wad either in the prj) don't go over 256 for the SAME static object in the PRJ... IP: Logged |
psiko
Member Posts: 619
From:Rome
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 10-29-2001 04:03 PM
sorry, 255IP: Logged |
Raider Of Tombs' Clone
Member Posts: 38
From:The mining ship Red Dwarf
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 10-29-2001 04:09 PM
Good god - I only have about 15 flames total, objects, about 20 of the same... Is there a limit on enemies? I have about 15 skeletons in the whole level, all triggered separately...IP: Logged |
psiko
Member Posts: 619
From:Rome
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 10-30-2001 12:00 AM
there are also limits in the objects you can put in the wad (not too many moveable, start deleting them) and even in the amount of flipmaps you can have (depending on the number of animations in the wad)If you have a SAS in your wad, start deleting it. IP: Logged |
psiko
Member Posts: 619
From:Rome
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 10-30-2001 12:02 AM
oh, try to not have more then 15 lights (shadow too) in the same room (every room). Try keeping the number down 10 for each room (it is better and faster).IP: Logged |
john sutton
Junior Member Posts: 10
From:A Brave New World
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 10-30-2001 06:22 AM
Have you got a trapdoor in any of these rooms?If it is not positioned properly (on the roof of the room below) the game will either freeze or crash IP: Logged |
Raider Of Tombs' Clone
Member Posts: 38
From:The mining ship Red Dwarf
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 10-30-2001 01:39 PM
I bet it's the lights thing... I will check now!IP: Logged |
aktrekker
Member Posts: 602
From:WA, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 10-30-2001 04:05 PM
Try turning off the flame emitters or torches after you leave the room so they don't count against your light total. And if you have any fog bulbs, I think they also count toward your light total, because they all come on at once and stay on.
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Raider Of Tombs' Clone
Member Posts: 38
From:The mining ship Red Dwarf
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 10-31-2001 04:07 PM
It works! Thanks guys! Expect the level within the week!IP: Logged |
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