GZDoom crashes when I start a new game

[Bobinator]

So, I'm using the newest version of GZDoom 1.2.1 (r548), using a laptop with Windows Vista, and I use ZDLSharp 3.0.5.3 to launch it. Whenever I start a new game, after I pick a difficulty, the game crashes. It does this even without mods, with Doom 1 and 2. I know it was working perfectly 15 minutes ago, all I did since then is change video settings.

Apparently, the problem is some ind of access violation. If anyone needs more information, I'll put it in.

[Graf Zahl]

Can you retry with the 1.3.0 beta?

If it still crashes please post the crash log you can save (the one from the 1.3.0 version.)

[Bobinator]

OK, here's the crash report with the newest version.

[Graf Zahl]

This is still a 1.2.1 crash report. Please retry with the latest available beta. From the crash report I can't see what goes wrong but before I invest time in tracking this down I'd like to be certain that the problem still exists.

[Bobinator]

Whoops, sorry. OK, this should be the new crash report.

[Graf Zahl]

I can't really track this down to something specific. I added a few checks in the last bit of code I could identify. Please retry when I upload the next beta later today.

[Bobinator]

Sorry, still won't work.

[Graf Zahl]

'Does this also happen when you start the game directly without the launcher?

[Bobinator]

Yes.

[Graf Zahl]

I can't make any sense out of this crash. It happens when it tries to delete the last level's data - which right after start should not be there. This can't be a general problem because otherwise everybody would see it but from the WADs you are loading I can't see anything in there that might cause it.

[simc]

This might be related, I had a crash when I tested titlepics in a wad. But it happened even without external wads. It's a crash when I:

1. run GZDoom (without commandline parameters)
2. start a new game from the main menu
3. type "endgame" into console
4. start a new game from the main menu

And crash follows at that point. The crash didn't occure yet with version r419 (2009/08/09) but version "r461/462" (2009/09/17) did crash. And so does the beta 1.3.05.

[NeoHippo]

Maybe my 2 cents worth can be of help.
It's the first time I used endgame at the console, because of simc's post.

What I did was, I started r424, then typed 'ENDGAME' once map01 had loaded, and GZDoom quits to this screen



then I typed 'QUIT' and GZDoom closed and I'm back at the desktop.

Then I did the same with r447 and GZDoom throws this crash report.
I can confirm, that this happens with every version after r447 right up to 06b.

[edit]
Of the downloaded r_versions which I have, r428 is the last one that quits cleanly. Then r439 is the next one that I have and it throws a crashreport

[Graf Zahl]

Fixed that one. The original is still a mystery.