[unable to reproduce] crash with dsv4 legacy version

[Xtife]

heyas

when i tried to run this wad, it crashes with this
i also tried it in deathmatch, and it ran, but the level ended weirdly

[Graf Zahl]

The crash happens in the Dehacked parser. But I was just able to start the WAD without problems and run around in the first few levels without problems.

[Graf Zahl]

What are all the other WADs you are loading? Is there anything with a Dehacked patch in that list?

[TheDarkArchon]

dsv4 legacy edition has a DeHackEd patch.

[Xtife]

i checked all the wads in my skins folder, none use dehacked

[Graf Zahl]

It doesn't crash for me so it is most likely some interference with all the other stuff. You should try to narrow down the problem because as it is now I can't find anything wrong.

[Xtife]

it does the same thing even without anything being in the skins folder

[Jive]

I'm using the version 2.0.96.0

Maybe my post will help you to work around with this bug, related to... the dehacked patch!!!
Obviously, something is wrong with dehacked.

Legacy is handling perfectly well the dehacked patches included within a pwad, as long as their lump entry is named "DEHACKED".
But GZDoom don't seem to use it.
So, I added on the command line:
-deh C:\Doom\KDX\pwad\Doom2\_Megawad\Vile\Doc\VILE.DEH
As soon as I made it, GZDoom crashed each time I tried it.
When I deleted this line, GZDoom launched the pwad normally.

The other thing is that I'm using the launcher made by King Elvis: KDX, but I can't believe that there is something to do with it.

To let you make your own tries, here is the url to have it:
Vile Flesh
You'll find the dehacked patch alone in the "doc" repertory, if you accept to unzip with the stored paths, with the name of "VILE.DEH"

Another problem: the url given on the screen is wrong. http://forum.drdteam.org
It will direct you toward the Zdoom forum, not here!

Thank you!

Here is the dehacked patch:
[spoiler]Patch File for DeHackEd v3.0

# Note: Use the pound sign ('#') to start comment lines.

Doom version = 20
Patch format = 6


Text 405 404
YOU HAVE ENTERED DEEPLY INTO THE INFESTED
STARPORT. BUT SOMETHING IS WRONG. THE
MONSTERS HAVE BROUGHT THEIR OWN REALITY
WITH THEM, AND THE STARPORT'S TECHNOLOGY
IS BEING SUBVERTED BY THEIR PRESENCE.

AHEAD, YOU SEE AN OUTPOST OF HELL, A
FORTIFIED ZONE. IF YOU CAN GET PAST IT,
YOU CAN PENETRATE INTO THE HAUNTED HEART
OF THE STARBASE AND FIND THE CONTROLLING
SWITCH WHICH HOLDS EARTH'S POPULATION
HOSTAGE.THE SENSE OF FAMILIARITY IS ALMOST AS
EXPECTED AS THE SENSE OF DREAD YOU FEEL
AS YOU ENTER THE UAC LABORATORIES.
YOU'VE MOST CERTAINLY BEEN HERE BEFORE.
YOU KNOW THAT TELEPORTATION TECHNOLOGY
HAS BEEN TESTED HERE, GOING FROM ONE
POINT IN THE BASE TO ANOTHER.

BUT THE DEMONS MUST HAVE UTILISED IT,
SPREADING THEIR VILE ESSENCE THROUGHOUT
THE BASE, AND MOST LIKELY BEYOND...

Text 617 619
YOU HAVE WON! YOUR VICTORY HAS ENABLED
HUMANKIND TO EVACUATE EARTH AND ESCAPE
THE NIGHTMARE. NOW YOU ARE THE ONLY
HUMAN LEFT ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET.
CANNIBAL MUTATIONS, CARNIVOROUS ALIENS,
AND EVIL SPIRITS ARE YOUR ONLY NEIGHBORS.
YOU SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR DEATH, CONTENT
THAT YOU HAVE SAVED YOUR SPECIES.

BUT THEN, EARTH CONTROL BEAMS DOWN A
MESSAGE FROM SPACE: "SENSORS HAVE LOCATED
THE SOURCE OF THE ALIEN INVASION. IF YOU
GO THERE, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BLOCK THEIR
ENTRY. THE ALIEN BASE IS IN THE HEART OF
YOUR OWN HOME CITY, NOT FAR FROM THE
STARPORT." SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY YOU GET
UP AND RETURN TO THE FRAY.YOU'RE NO LONGER SURE WHICH REALITY YOU'RE
TRAVELING IN, YOUR OWN OR THAT OF THE
DEMONS. JUDGING BY YOUR SURROUNDINGS
THOUGH, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE STILL ON
HOME GROUND.

FROM THIS POINT, THE BASE CONTINUES DOWN
FOR SOME WHILE. YOU KNOW THAT SOON YOU'LL
BE SLUGGING YOUR WAY THROUGH THE MINING
FACILITIES DEEP UNDERGROUND.

THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU MUST FIND THE HELL
GATE IS TICKLING THE BACK OF YOUR MIND,
BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU'LL DO THAT.
KNOWING THE DEMONS, THOUGH, THEY'LL MAKE
IT PRETTY OBVIOUS WHEN YOU'VE STRUCK GOLD.



Text 312 312
YOU ARE AT THE CORRUPT HEART OF THE CITY,
SURROUNDED BY THE CORPSES OF YOUR ENEMIES.
YOU SEE NO WAY TO DESTROY THE CREATURES'
ENTRYWAY ON THIS SIDE, SO YOU CLENCH YOUR
TEETH AND PLUNGE THROUGH IT.

THERE MUST BE A WAY TO CLOSE IT ON THE
OTHER SIDE. WHAT DO YOU CARE IF YOU'VE
GOT TO GO THROUGH HELL TO GET TO IT?THE SLEW OF DEMONS YOU'VE JUST DISPATCHED
WAS ONLY THE TIP OF THE DEMONIC ICEBURG, A
SMALL TASTER OF WHAT AWAITS YOU AT THE
NEXT STOP ON YOUR MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR OF
HELL.

YOU'VE GOT TO FIND THE WAY OUT OF HERE
FAST. EARTH DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE IF THESE
HELL-SPAWN BASTARDS AREN'T COMPLETELY
OBLITERATED!

Text 494 492
THE HORRENDOUS VISAGE OF THE BIGGEST
DEMON YOU'VE EVER SEEN CRUMBLES BEFORE
YOU, AFTER YOU PUMP YOUR ROCKETS INTO
HIS EXPOSED BRAIN. THE MONSTER SHRIVELS
UP AND DIES, ITS THRASHING LIMBS
DEVASTATING UNTOLD MILES OF HELL'S
SURFACE.

YOU'VE DONE IT. THE INVASION IS OVER.
EARTH IS SAVED. HELL IS A WRECK. YOU
WONDER WHERE BAD FOLKS WILL GO WHEN THEY
DIE, NOW. WIPING THE SWEAT FROM YOUR
FOREHEAD YOU BEGIN THE LONG TREK BACK
HOME. REBUILDING EARTH OUGHT TO BE A
LOT MORE FUN THAN RUINING IT WAS.
FINALLY, THE BAPHOMET CRUMBLES BEFORE YOU,
IT'S EAR-PIERCING DEATH CRY REVERBERATING
AROUND THE DESSIMATED CITY.
ONCE AGAIN YOU ARE VICTORIOUS. ONCE AGAIN
YOU HAVE STOPPED THE DEMON HOARDS.

YOU FALL TO YOUR KNEES IN FRONT OF THE
DECAYING REMAINS OF THE DEMON LORD AND
SIGH. YOU WONDER IF THIS TIME IT'S TRULY
OVER, THAT HELL WILL NEVER RISE AGAIN.
A DEEP, RUMBLING ROAR CAN BE HEARD FROM
BEYOND THE RUINS OF THE CITY.
SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT.

THE DEMONS HAVE ONE MORE TRICK TO PULL...

Text 164 166
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE FOUND THE SECRET
LEVEL! LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN BUILT BY
HUMANS, RATHER THAN DEMONS. YOU WONDER
WHO THE INMATES OF THIS CORNER OF HELL
WILL BE.CURIOUS...
YOU APPEAR TO HAVE STEPPED INTO A
PARALLEL UNIVERSE. IT LOOKS AND FEELS
FAMILIAR, BUT SOMETHING SEEMS ODD.
IT'S KINDA LIKE THE PLACE IS JUST A
ROUGH DRAFT.

Text 92 92
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE FOUND THE
SUPER SECRET LEVEL! YOU'D BETTER
BLAZE THROUGH THIS ONE!
THIS PART OF THE BASE IS
ROTTING.
THE SOUND OF HUNDREDS OF
MECHANICAL LEGS FILLS YOUR
EARS.

Text 17 19
level 1: entrywayM01: Administration

Text 19 17
level 2: underhallsM02: Nuke Storage

Text 20 21
level 3: the gantletM03: Processing

Text 18 16
level 4: the focusM04: Mainframe

Text 26 24
level 5: the waste tunnelsM05: Outpost

Text 20 20
level 6: the crusherM06: Secure Area

Text 20 20
level 7: dead simpleM07: Labs

Text 25 24
level 8: tricks and trapsM08: Gateway

Text 16 16
level 9: the pitM09: Weapons Bay

Text 24 24
level 10: refueling baseM10: Beacon

Text 29 28
level 11: 'o' of destruction!M11: War Rooms

Text 21 20
level 12: the factoryM12: Cliff Face

Text 18 17
level 13: downtownM13: Subterrainia

Text 25 24
level 14: the inmost densM14: The Pits

Text 25 24
level 15: industrial zoneM15: Village

Text 17 16
level 16: suburbsM16: Cathedral

Text 19 17
level 17: tenementsM17: Guard Towers

Text 23 20
level 18: the courtyardM18: Boneyard

Text 21 20
level 19: the citadelM19: The Pillars

Text 17 16
level 20: gotcha!M20: Demon Seed

Text 17 16
level 21: nirvanaM21: Flesh Mill

Text 23 20
level 22: the catacombsM22: Ungod

Text 24 24
level 23: barrels o' funM23: Return Ticket

Text 19 16
level 24: the chasmM24: City Center

Text 20 20
level 25: bloodfallsM25: UAC Headquaters

Text 29 28
level 26: the abandoned minesM26: Service Tunnels

Text 23 20
level 27: monster condoM27: Dimension Shift

Text 26 24
level 28: the spirit worldM28: Tower Block

Text 24 24
level 29: the living endM29: Earth Siege

Text 21 20
level 30: icon of sinM30: Hell Revealed

Text 21 20
level 31: wolfensteinM31: Rough Draft

Text 16 16
level 32: grosseM32: Spider Web


# Created thanks to WhackEd2 0.60 build 212
# for the values, but made by hand
# by Jean-Yves Delpech (aka Jive)
# for Doom legacy Wads (aka DLW)

####### Blue light #######
# Sprite used: POB2A0 and PLSEA0
Thing 35 (Plasma Bullet)
Death frame = 110

Thing 116 (Dead Lost Soul)
Initial frame = 109

Frame 109
Sprite subnumber = 0
Next frame = 109

####### Big green light #######
# Sprite used: BFE1A0 and BRS1A0
Thing 36 (BFG Shot)
Death frame = 118

Thing 137 (Brain)
Initial frame = 117

Frame 117
Sprite subnumber = 0
Next frame = 117

####### Yellow light ######
# Sprite used: BEXPA0 and PLB2A0
Thing 31 (Barrel)
Death frame = 811

Thing 136 (Pool Of Blood 2)
Initial frame = 810

Frame 810
Sprite subnumber = 0
Next frame = 810

####### Big blue light #######
# Sprite used: TLP2A0 and PLB1A0
Thing 81 (Tall Lamp 2)
Initial frame = 964

Frame 966
Next Frame = 964

Thing 135 (Pool Of Blood 1)
Initial frame = 963

Frame 963
Sprite subnumber = 0
Next frame = 963[/spoiler]

[Xtife]

not sure if this is related or not, but i got another crash at the start of map02 of congestion 1024

[Graf Zahl]

Fixed Jive's crash. The last one is unrelated to Dehacked though but I can't see a cause for that in there. The level works for me.

[Jive]

Very strange, indeed, because I didn't have any problem on this map.
I must advise you that I used ZenNode v1.2 on it fefore playing.
I tried it with and without monsters, 2 times.

[Jive]

Fixed Jive's crash.

Occupation: Programmer
Ok ok !!!!


I understand that you are very busy, but I will be pleased to understand, if you have time, of course.
Don't answer to me if you don't have it!

[Graf Zahl]

The nodes you build with Zennode will be thrown away by GZDoom because it needs GL nodes. This shouldn't have any impact.

[Jive]

I meant: how did you solve the bug with VILE.DEH ?
And what was the bug?

Thank you to advise me about GL Nodes, because I didn't know it...
Sorry, I'm a newbie with GZDoom...

[Graf Zahl]

It was simply a case of not setting a pointer to NULL that was checked afterward. The Dehacked parser loads some data and frees it after it is done. But when run the second time it thought that some data was still valid although it was not.