Game crashes after ship is shot down

[Rabiator]

I've experimented with attacking a mining base, and the following things happened:
-Station starts shooting back
-my ship is chewed up
-after they got through my shields and armor, the game crashes. I assume this was the point where a 'game over' should have appeared.

Game version 3.9.1 Windows, OS Win 98SE.


The last lines of stdout.txt

WARNING: no section/variable/color named mshrak_sector
WARNING: no section/variable/color named trkpahn_sector
WARNING: no section named sound
SITUATION IS 0force change 1 bool 1
SITUATION IS RESET TO 0
panic
WARNING: no section/variable/color named trkpahn_sector
WARNING: no section/variable/color named mshrak_sector
WARNING: no var named hull_damage_to_eject in section physics using default: 100
WARNING: no var named autoeject_percent in section physics using default: .5
WARNING: no var named eject_cargo_percent in section physics using default: .25
WARNING: no var named explosionforce in section graphics using default: .5
WARNING: no var named explosiontorque in section graphics using default: .001
no ships left in fg blue
WARNING: no var named explosion_animation in section graphics using default: explosion_orange.ani
WARNING: no var named explosion_size in section graphics using default: 3
WARNING: no var named explosion_damage_center in section physics using default: 1
WARNING: no var named explosion_damage_edge in section graphics using default: .125
WARNING: no var named percent_shockwave in section graphics using default: .5
WARNING: no section named sound
WARNING: no section named sound
WARNING: no var named debris_time in section physics using default: 500


and the last lines of stderr.txt:

1.Loading bmp file noise14.png Bind... !!!! Load Success
1.Loading bmp file noise15.png Bind... !!!! Load Success
1.Loading bmp file noise16.png Bind... !!!! Load Success
1.Loading bmp file noise17.png Bind... !!!! Load Success
1.Loading bmp file noise18.png Bind... !!!! Load Success
stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22171844stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22171844stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22171844stole 22171844stole 22171844stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22171844stole 22171844stole 22175560stole 22171844stole 22171844stole 22175560stole 22171844stole 22171844stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560stole 22246164stole 22246164stole 22175560Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)

It's gibberish to me, but maybe the developers can use the info.

Good luck...

[hellcatv]

that's really too bad...i hope we've fixed this problem in 0.3.9 or in the up and coming release


does it happen every time...or just that once

did you have any missions going at the time?

what video card and driver settings are you using? win98 win2k?

[Rabiator]

I'm running win98SE with DirectX 9.0
My graphics card is a Matrox G400, driver version 4.0, maximum hardware acceleration selected in the system settings


I've repeated the experiment as follows:
-start a new game
-shoot at mining station
-wait until it destroys my ship

The result was essentially the same.
Only this time, VegaStrike managed to remove itself from the screen before crashing completely.
The "Saved Game selector" was still running, but not responding anymore.

The stderr.txt and stdout.txt looked quite similar to last time, here are the last few lines from each:

sderr.txt:

1.Loading bmp file noise16.png Bind... !!!! Load Success
1.Loading bmp file noise17.png Bind... !!!! Load Success
1.Loading bmp file noise18.png Bind... !!!! Load Success
stole 22261028stole 22201572stole 22268460stole 22268460stole 22261028stole 22168128stole 22168128stole 22168128stole 22201572stole 22197856stole 22268460stole 22197856stole 22261028stole 22201572stole 22168128stole 22268460stole 22197856stole 22261028stole 22201572stole 22261028stole 22261028stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22261028stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22261028stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22261028stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22268460stole 22268460stole 22197856stole 22268460stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 222684602.Loading bmp file jump-hud.png alp jump-hud.png Bind... !!!!Load Success
stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22168128stole 22197856stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22268460stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572stole 22201572Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)


Loop average : 77.2649

stdout.txt:

WARNING: no var named explosion_damage_edge in section graphics using default: .125
WARNING: no var named percent_shockwave in section graphics using default: .5
WARNING: no section named sound
WARNING: no section named sound
WARNING: no var named debris_time in section physics using default: 500
curmodechange 0
WARNING: no var named sparkleoffglow in section graphics using default: true
WARNING: no var named sparkleenginesizerelativetoship in section graphics using default: .0625
WARNING: no var named sparklescale in section graphics using default: 8
WARNING: no var named sparklespeed in section graphics using default: .5
WARNING: no var named sparkleflare in section graphics using default: .5
WARNING: no var named sparklespread in section graphics using default: .04
WARNING: no var named sparklesizeenginerelative in section graphics using default: .125


Loop average : 77.2649

Thank you for playing!

[hellcatv]

try clicking windows2000 as your OS/Driver optimization in the setup.exe setting

this helped on one other matrox card we tried...I think the same revision.

it makes the game go a lot slower--because it uses older driver paths--
but those older driver paths are what quake2 used--so they were adequately tested by the driver developers--hence that will make it go slower, but more reliably

it's a driver problem only--not one VS is responsible for

if that doens't work, disable sound