crashed doing multiple battles

[Frits]

My OS is windows Vista, i don't think i read it was tested for it but anyway. The game seemed to be running fine, played two hours and the only thing that occurred was a graphic (memory-) glitch twice when the background wasn't updated timely while moving.

The crash was in the system after Aurelius, i was being chased and close to a pirate station, there were charon pirateships. A guided missile was about to hit me (was the last i saw) and the game stopped running.

05/28/2007 04:09:30 Start logging session
05/28/2007 04:09:30 Transcendence 0.98
05/28/2007 07:57:35 Unable to continue due to program error
**** it seems i played a lot longer than two hours but i opened windows a couple of times to access the internet. I'll keep the savefile for if it's wanted.****

program state: updating object
obj class: CMissile
obj name: missile
obj pointer: 5e66fa0
m_pDesc: 20484/0
m_pSource: 5eb6d68 Ronin/B-class gunship wreck (CStation)
m_pHit: none
m_iHitDir: -1
m_pTarget: none
game state: in game

[dvlenk6]

Hmm, it looks like a Ronin/B wreck fired the missile.

...at no target. Must have had a bad day at the office.

[Frits]

Mhm no, i resurrected using the save and the system was 'cleared' so i started over and destroyed a station and picked up the exact same loot. And then when i get into a fight with charon pirates it crashed again.

05/29/2007 03:17:10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------05/29/2007 03:17:10 Start logging session
05/29/2007 03:17:10 Transcendence 0.98
05/29/2007 05:50:08 Unable to continue due to program error

program state: updating object
obj class: CMissile
obj name: missile
obj pointer: 6e75a98
m_pDesc: 20484/0
m_pSource: 6e70010 Dwarg master wreck (CStation)
m_pHit: none
m_iHitDir: -1
m_pTarget: none
game state: intro

[Frits]

I'll make this as complicated as you (don't) like, later that day i switch user and try to run transcendence 0.98 again, resulting in this:
05/29/2007 07:31:38 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
05/29/2007 07:31:38 Start logging session
05/29/2007 07:31:38 Transcendence 0.98
05/29/2007 07:31:58 Unable to blt surface: 887601c2
05/29/2007 07:31:59 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:00 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:01 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:02 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:03 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:04 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:05 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:06 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:08 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:08 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:09 Unable to lock surface
05/29/2007 07:32:09 Flip failed: 887601c2
05/29/2007 07:32:11 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:11 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:12 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:13 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:14 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:14 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:15 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:16 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:16 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:17 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:32:17 Unable to lock surface
05/29/2007 07:32:17 Flip failed: 887601c2

** That's twice the same, it keeps on trying that 15 more times*******
05/29/2007 07:33:36 Surface restore failed: 8876024c
05/29/2007 07:33:36 Unable to lock surface
05/29/2007 07:33:36 Flip failed: 887601c2
05/29/2007 07:33:51 End logging session

I stopped running using Ctrl alt del.
I seem to have worked around it now by marking a box... so far For people using windows vista, click properties and select compatibility, at this point you can select your personal trusted old operating system under which the program worked fine.

[george moromisato]

If you've got the save file, please send it my way ([email protected])

In both crashes, the "missile" seems to be debris from a wreck being hit by something.

In the second crash, it looks like the crash happened in the intro screen...

[Frits]

Files sent. That's right, altho in fact it's the third crash. I had it minimized and when i reactivated it crashed. But that was all using vista, do you still find it worth the efort?

[george moromisato]

If it's not too much trouble, I'd still like to see the save files (see if I find a hidden bug).

It's a little suspicious to me that more than one crash happened because of debris flying off a wreck. If it were a Vista problem then I would have expected the crashes to happen in random (and unrelated) places.

I suspect there is a real bug there.