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Post is unread #1 Oct 13, 2020 8:23 am   
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Gunner
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Hi.
I'm using codebase Swfote 2.1.
when I use the nofloor flag in a room and i'm falling down, the mud crashess.
The error is:
#0  0x00000000004ddd52 in char_to_room (ch=0x12e7490, pRoomIndex=0x0) at handler.c:1098

That line of handler.c is:
void char_to_room( CHAR_DATA *ch, ROOM_INDEX_DATA *pRoomIndex )
{
    OBJ_DATA *obj;

    if ( !ch )
    {
	bug( "Char_to_room: NULL ch!", 0 );
	return;
    }
   if( !get_room_index( pRoomIndex->vnum ) )
      pRoomIndex = NULL;

And the nofloor flag code in the act_move.c file is:
bool will_fall( CHAR_DATA *ch, int fall )
{
    if ( IS_SET( ch->in_room->room_flags, ROOM_NOFLOOR )
    &&   CAN_GO(ch, DIR_DOWN)
    && (!IS_AFFECTED( ch, AFF_FLYING )
    || ( ch->mount && !IS_AFFECTED( ch->mount, AFF_FLYING ) ) ) )
    {
	if ( fall > 80 )
	{
	   bug( "Falling (in a loop?) more than 80 rooms: vnum %d", ch->in_room->vnum );
	   char_from_room( ch );
	   char_to_room( ch, get_room_index( wherehome(ch) ) );
	   fall = 0;
	   return TRUE;
	}
	set_char_color( AT_FALLING, ch );
	send_to_char( "Caes...\n\r", ch );
	move_char( ch, get_exit(ch->in_room, DIR_DOWN), ++fall );
	return TRUE;
    }
    return FALSE;
}

Thank you in advance and sorry for my English

Post is unread #2 Oct 13, 2020 12:37 pm   
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InfiniteAxis
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Gunner said:


#0  0x00000000004ddd52 in char_to_room (ch=0x12e7490, pRoomIndex=0x0) at handler.c:1098



pRoomIndex = 0x0 means that RoomIndex was NULL, or non-existant.

Post is unread #3 Oct 13, 2020 3:32 pm   
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Gunner
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it's strange, because the room does exist. in fact if there is no exit down does not run the nofloor

Post is unread #4 Oct 16, 2020 5:21 pm   
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Remcon
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void char_to_room( CHAR_DATA *ch, ROOM_INDEX_DATA *pRoomIndex )
{
    OBJ_DATA *obj;

    if ( !ch )
    {
	bug( "Char_to_room: NULL ch!", 0 );
	return;
    }
   if( !get_room_index( pRoomIndex->vnum ) )
      pRoomIndex = NULL;

id suggest maybe changing that last if check to
   if( !pRoomIndex || !get_room_index( pRoomIndex->vnum ) )

Can even try to handle it and give some log info to protect it from crashing there if you want. In mine it looks like it will warn about trying to put them in a null room. place them in the previous room if there is one, try to put them in limbo if no previous room, tell you to prepare for a crash if none of those exist lol.

Post is unread #5 Oct 21, 2020 3:16 am   
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GatewaySysop
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My understanding from seeing this same question on Nick's forum was that the issue happened in a variety of places and circumstances, so it would seem a larger problem than just falling.

You need to find out why char_to_room( ) is being called with a NULL value of the pRoomIndex argument.

Is this only happening with falling or elsewhere? If so, where else does it happen? Under what conditions?

Post is unread #6 Oct 21, 2020 12:53 pm   
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Samson
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What really needs to be done here is an analysis of the backtrace. I'd suggest having a look through the GDB Tutorial that's linked in the main menu at the top right and then figuring out why NULL data is being passed.

Making the change Remcon suggested will simply mask the issue and it'll never be found, and will likely go on to cause crashes elsewhere that become even harder to diagnose.

Post is unread #7 Oct 21, 2020 5:58 pm   
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Remcon
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lol it logs it and lets you pin point when its happening. had the issue once and using that allowed me to stop crazy crashing while i dig into what was crashing it and when null was being passed.

Post is unread #8 Nov 4, 2020 1:48 pm   Last edited Nov 4, 2020 1:49 pm by GatewaySysop
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GatewaySysop
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Based on the complete lack of follow-up or any recent reply after myself and others attempted to help this same OP on Nick's forum, I am not at all surprised that there's been no response from the OP here either. At least we tried (again). :rolleyes:

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