Armagetron crashes, because of a script error?

[schwuli]

hi guys and pc pros,
recently,now and then, tron (v.2.8.3_rc4) freezes and shuts down automatically.
it says:
script error

line 485
position 43.

Set objFileSync = CreateObje<script language="VBScript">

does anyone know whats the problem?

cheers
schwulaoff

[Z-Man]

Wha? We don't use VBScript. Anywhere. Ever. Not even in the Windows installer (I think, but anyway, not in anything that is installed). Can you get a more detailed error report? There is some way, usually: say you want to report the error to Microsoft, then there is an option to see what is about to be sent.

[schwuli]

hm strange
but there was no way to get a more detailed report. i dont even know what a vbsript is. is it possible that my videocard is responsible? i am playing on my notebook (Nvidia Geforce 8600M GS)

[Z-Man]

VBscript is Visual Basic Script. I somehow don't think your graphics driver is using it in its core components, either.

[Jonathan]

This isn't an area I know well, but maybe you're seeing some garbage that got into a dynamically generated map?

[schwuli]

hm, i dont know what to do, so i just installed another tron version. lets see what happens.

[schwuli]

hi,
its me again
so i installed tron version 0.2.8.3_alpha20100130. its freezing almost every round now. but tron isnt shutting down itself automatically. i just have to go to windows task manager -> applications and it says armagetron -> no respond... BUT and thats news to me, it switches back to "running" mode and its possible for me to play again.

its still very annoying, cause i cant play one single round normally. but i dont get the strange visual basic script bug report (i just got it one time) anymore, so maybe it was just a coincidence and the strange tron freezing behaviour has nothing to do with VBScript?! but whats the reason for those strange freezes?! i dont get any bug reports etc.

should i record it? maybe it would help.

cheers
schwulaoff

[nsh22]

yes record it please.
also what server(s) are you playing onwhen this happens,like jon said, it could be a bad map file

[teen]

Cody told me some players managed to learn how to crash servers. Server just freezes giving unlimited rubber and all players go straight

[Z-Man]

In that case, serverside recordings would help narrow down and fix the issue.

[schwuli]

i usually play on sumo server like emphas sumo bar or crazy tronners open sumo. bad mape files could be possible, i have never recognized any freezing on single player mode.

i would record my problem, but i did install another version of tron and actually it has been runnning quite stable.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/armaget ... e/download

i ll try this version a bit longer. if there are any problems i ll record it.

[schwuli]

hey guys,
i managed to get a bug report, but i dont understand anything
its mostly in german
its an application error:

Fehlgeschlagene Anwendung armagetronad.exe, Version 0.0.0.0, fehlgeschlagenes Modul armagetronad.exe, Version 0.0.0.0, Fehleradresse 0x00026eff.


more detailed:

0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 61 72 6d ure arm
0018: 61 67 65 74 72 6f 6e 61 agetrona
0020: 64 2e 65 78 65 20 30 2e d.exe 0.
0028: 30 2e 30 2e 30 20 69 6e 0.0.0 in
0030: 20 61 72 6d 61 67 65 74 armaget
0038: 72 6f 6e 61 64 2e 65 78 ronad.ex
0040: 65 20 30 2e 30 2e 30 2e e 0.0.0.
0048: 30 20 61 74 20 6f 66 66 0 at off
0050: 73 65 74 20 30 30 30 32 set 0002
0058: 36 65 66 66 0d 0a 6eff..

and... that sounds crazy to me...

0000: 6c707041 74616369 206e6f69 6c696146
0010: 20657275 6d726120 74656761 616e6f72
0020: 78652e64 2e302065 2e302e30 6e692030
0030: 6d726120 74656761 616e6f72 78652e64
0040: 2e302065 2e302e30 74612030 66666f20
0050: 20746573 32303030 66666536 0a0d

so, wtf does that mean? xD

thx in advance
schwulaoff

[Z-Man]

The last bit looks like the beginning of a callstack, but that'd only be useful if it could be combined with debug symbols. And I don't know how to do that