Weird Bug

Author	Topic: Weird Bug
Wham Bam Shizzlezam Shock Trooper Member # 4942	written Sunday, December 26 2004 09:26 Profile #0 Alright. I was editing a town in my scenario. Town number 1. I went in to play it, and it put me in the default town, Town number 0. However, when I enter the town, it is completely black. There is some cave floor, and some adobe porticuli. I take one step, and it throws be out of the town. Not only that, but the town name was changed to something like %#&!. I went into the editor, and as soon as I started to edit the town terrain, it gave me an error message. It said I could close the program, or ignore the problem. If I ignore it, then it closes the editor anyway. I am on XP. -------------------- Wham Bam Shizam Posts: 247 | Registered: Monday, September 6 2004 07:00
The Almighty Doer of Stuff Shaper Member # 73	written Sunday, December 26 2004 11:29 Profile #1 This is a known bug that manifests itself occasionally for no known reason, and doesn't happen to everyone. First of all, you didn't change the starting location to Town 1, most likely. Second, I assume you left Town 0 blank and started on Town 1. This bug only occurs in blank, unedited towns. Placing a tile or two of floor or wall will prevent this from happening, however once it happens there is no cure that I know of. It probably also added random monsters and items that don't exist to the town. Just don't use that town. If you haven't done much, though, I recommend starting over with a fresh file, just in case. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Wham Bam Shizzlezam Shock Trooper Member # 4942	written Sunday, December 26 2004 12:53 Profile #2 Actually, I am starting in town 0. I had fully edited it, and it was just about complete. I would not really worry if I was not going to use it. There were no random monsters, however. If there were, I did not see them because I would take one step out in the town and be taken outside. I am just wondering if this is a common bug, like the one you mentioned ADoS, or if there is something wrong with my computer. Thankfully, I had sent the latest versioin to Kelandon, and he sent it back to me, so I have recovered all the lost information. This will teach me to save backups more frequently. -------------------- Wham Bam Shizam Posts: 247 | Registered: Monday, September 6 2004 07:00
Milu Shock Trooper Member # 1249	written Monday, December 27 2004 02:11 Profile Homepage #3 One possibility is that the editor has just messed up the town. It happens from time to time. I haven't seen an explanation of what causes it. It happened once to a town that I had finished when I was designing The Leaving. I make backups about once a week nowadays. [ Monday, December 27, 2004 02:11: Message edited by: Milu ] Posts: 259 | Registered: Saturday, June 1 2002 07:00