Damm Range Check Errors

pathfinder · #1 May 21st, 2002, 01:11 AM

Game/programming gurus: Question for those with knowledge in this area: I keep getting RCE's in the B5 mod, always involves the design minister. There are several pics missing for components. Would these missing pics be a possible cause of the RCE's? Wondering since when I right click on them with mouse button the PC locks and I have to ctl-atl-del and end task to free up again.

Me uses WIN98 SE with Athalon 500 mhz cpu/256 MB pci-100 RAM (ASUS K7M Motherboard).

[ May 21, 2002, 00:32: Message edited by: pathfinder ]

mac5732 · #2 May 21st, 2002, 05:08 AM

I swear these metal mechanical beastie machines have a life of their own and just love to introduce Gremlins to frustrate us gamers. Prior to posting in this thread I did not have a single RCE for ages. Right after I posted, booted up my current game and wham 2 RCE's back to back, I am now saving just before ending each turn or two.
ugh...... Playing TDM Mod Pack 3.0

Dell, B733 XPS desktop, 128 RDRam, 64DDR Geoforce 4x agp, Windows 98 2E, PIII

be careful, be very very careful
look to the sky
its "THEM"

just some ideas Mac

[ May 21, 2002, 04:10: Message edited by: mac5732 ]

zaphod-42 · #3 May 21st, 2002, 11:42 AM

What i've watched so far:
An RCE occures every time the value for a variable (byte, word, double-word) gets to big. Like setting "max number of systems" to 256 in settings.txt. This wouldn't be a problem if it is defined as word.
So my gues is:
Many Race-Styles and mods modify values and some programm calculations (like damage where random values are used) result in values not allowed by the variable definitions.
I don't think this are bugs in some of the mods or the game.
I simply think there are some combinations and results possible the developers haven't foreseen by allowing nearly everything to be modded (and that's realy understandable)

Phoenix-D · #4 May 21st, 2002, 09:58 PM

How about we make a list of things known to make RCEs?

1- more than 255 standard movement points (not SHIP movement points, the total made by the engines). Only applies in QNP or similar, and the cause of many AI problems.
2- more than 255 systems

capnq · #5 May 22nd, 2002, 06:18 AM

Quote:

I am now saving just before ending each turn or two

Say, does anybody know offhand at what point in a turn an autosave is saved?

TerranC · #6 May 22nd, 2002, 06:20 AM

When the Turn begins.

You set it to 1 turns autosave and get an RCE the next, you start from scratch: one turn behind.

mac5732 · #7 May 22nd, 2002, 06:49 AM

I agree with PhoenixD's idea of listing things that cause RCE's. Even tho I'm not literate in the internal workings of these infernal machines, I am able to explain what was taking place at the time I received RCE and the experts here hopefully would be able to decipher and record the info for the list

just some ideas mac