DRD Team

Hello. I might not be the right person to stay around these places, but... there's an IMPORTANT thing that comes out from work that I need to consult.
I've got this heavy as hell pk3 (150MB in size) that makes GZDoom.exe crash on run. I've tried dragging my file into the exe, running a shortcut with it's parameters inside, etc.
The thing is, the maps are alright, even MAP01 and TITLEMAP which don't have (methinks) mapping problems. Might be due to the incredible size, but I don't really know. I searched undercover far and wide for a similar issue but I didn't find anything.
So, excuse my comeback, but I really need a solution for this for once.
I attach a crash report. The logs so far:

Spoiler: report.txt

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Code: C0000005 (Access Violation - tried to write address 00000008)
Address: 02C00E94
Flags: 00000000

Windows NT 4.0 Build 1381 Service Pack 5

GS=002b  FS=0053  ES=002b  DS=002b
EAX=02c00e8c  EBX=00000001  ECX=02805c30  EDX=02c00e94
ESI=00000008  EDI=02805c30
EBP=0018f4d0  EIP=02c00e94  ESP=0018f464  CS=0023  SS=002b
EFlags=00010206
 CF- PF+ AF- ZF- SF- TF- IF+ DF- OF- NT- RF+ VM- AC- VI- VP-

FPU State:
 ControlWord=027f StatusWord=4020 TagWord=ffff
 ErrorOffset=0043fb6b
 ErrorSelector=045c0023
 DataOffset=0018f528
 DataSelector=0000002b
 Cr0NpxState=0111031a

MM0=0000000000000000
MM1=0000000000000000
MM2=0000000000000000
MM3=8000000000000000
MM4=0000002b0111031a
MM5=0000000802805c30
MM6=0018f4d002c00e8c
MM7=0000002b0018f464

Running threads:
00000a7c at 02C00E94*
00000c54
00000ff0

Loaded modules:
00400000 - 00917FFF  gzdoom.exe
774D0000 - 7764FFFF  ntdll.dll
76F40000 - 7703FFFF  kernel32.dll
75260000 - 752A5FFF  KERNELBASE.dll
76B80000 - 76C1FFFF  ADVAPI32.dll
752B0000 - 7535BFFF  msvcrt.dll
750A0000 - 750B8FFF  sechost.dll
766C0000 - 767AFFFF  RPCRT4.dll
75040000 - 7509FFFF  SspiCli.dll
75030000 - 7503BFFF  CRYPTBASE.dll
74B40000 - 74CDDFFF  COMCTL32.dll
750C0000 - 7514FFFF  GDI32.dll
76800000 - 768FFFFF  USER32.dll
764B0000 - 764B9FFF  LPK.dll
751C0000 - 7525CFFF  USP10.dll
755A0000 - 755F6FFF  SHLWAPI.dll
753A0000 - 7541AFFF  COMDLG32.dll
75600000 - 76248FFF  SHELL32.dll
71890000 - 718B1FFF  GLU32.dll
71270000 - 71337FFF  OPENGL32.dll
74740000 - 74826FFF  DDRAW.dll
74DB0000 - 74DB5FFF  DCIMAN32.dll
762B0000 - 7644CFFF  SETUPAPI.dll
75370000 - 75396FFF  CFGMGR32.dll
77040000 - 770CEFFF  OLEAUT32.dll
76DE0000 - 76F3BFFF  ole32.dll
751A0000 - 751B1FFF  DEVOBJ.dll
74720000 - 74732FFF  dwmapi.dll
738D0000 - 73901FFF  WINMM.dll
73940000 - 73946FFF  WSOCK32.dll
75560000 - 75594FFF  WS2_32.dll
774A0000 - 774A5FFF  NSI.dll
74F90000 - 74FDAFFF  apphelp.dll
74430000 - 744BBFFF  AcLayers.DLL
735E0000 - 735F6FFF  USERENV.dll
73670000 - 7367AFFF  profapi.dll
743D0000 - 74420FFF  WINSPOOL.DRV
74700000 - 74711FFF  MPR.dll
6DC80000 - 6DE97FFF  AcGenral.DLL
749B0000 - 74A2FFFF  UxTheme.dll
70480000 - 7048EFFF  samcli.dll
71870000 - 71883FFF  MSACM32.dll
73A80000 - 73A88FFF  VERSION.dll
71860000 - 71862FFF  sfc.dll
71850000 - 7185CFFF  sfc_os.DLL
75420000 - 75555FFF  urlmon.dll
76CE0000 - 76DD4FFF  WININET.dll
764C0000 - 766BCFFF  iertutil.dll
76900000 - 76A1BFFF  CRYPT32.dll
767F0000 - 767FBFFF  MSASN1.dll
6DA20000 - 6DC78FFF  AcXtrnal.DLL
71840000 - 71845FFF  SHUNIMPL.DLL
71800000 - 7180CFFF  SortServer2003Compat.dll
76450000 - 764AFFFF  IMM32.DLL
76A20000 - 76AEBFFF  MSCTF.dll
71FE0000 - 72055FFF  riched20.dll
735D0000 - 735DCFFF  wtsapi32.dll
74910000 - 74938FFF  WINSTA.dll

Bytes near EIP:
02C00E84: 7a 02 00 00 84 0e c0 02 84 0e c0 02 8c 0e c0 02
02C00E94: 8c 0e c0 02 94 0e c0 02 94 0e c0 02 9c 0e c0 02
02C00EA4: 9c 0e c0 02 a4 0e c0 02 a4 0e c0 02 ac 0e c0 02

Possible call trace:
 02c00e94  BOOM
 007e00a0
 00912f60
 00912f60

Stack Contents:
0018F464: 005af210 00000000 00000000 9e442c62  ··Z·········b,D·
0018F474: 02805c30 00000008 0018f4d0 0307158c  0\··············
0018F484: 0018f4d0 04034b50 0307158c 9e442c96  ····PK·······,D·
0018F494: 0018f4c4 006a2a4b ffffffff 005b2482  ····K*j······$[·
0018F4A4: 00000001 9e442cc6 000000e0 0307158c  ·····,D·········
0018F4B4: 0018fd78 9e442caa 0307158c 0018f4a8  x····,D·········
0018F4C4: 0018f530 006a2e2b ffffffff 0018f53c  0···+.j·····<···
0018F4D4: 00421b97 00000001 9e442d2a 000000e0  ··B·····*-D·····
0018F4E4: 007389f8 0018fd78 00000002 81b60000  ··s·x···········
0018F4F4: 00000001 6da20000 00000002 09626b66  ·······m····fkb·
0018F504: 4f390863 00000000 4f38f8c6 00000000  c·9O······8O····
0018F514: 4d9964b4 00000000 02805c30 0032680c  ·d·M····0\···h2·
0018F524: 00000000 0018fd98 0018f4dc 0018fd8c  ················
0018F534: 0069a3d3 ffffffff 0018fd98 00421fa9  ··i···········B·
0018F544: 0018fd84 0018fd78 9e44258e 000000e0  ····x····%D·····
0018F554: 000001f0 00000000 0018f598 775353b8  ·············SSw
0018F564: 7777b2b8 00000020 00000002 00f0ceb0  ··ww ···········
0018F574: 00000000 001c02b6 0018f59c 7681a484  ···············v
0018F584: 00f0ceb0 00000000 0000000f 00000000  ················
0018F594: 00000000 0018f5a8 768161d3 76880230  ·········a·v0··v
0018F5A4: f6a80000 0018f5e4 7681a524 7681a4f4  ········$··v···v
0018F5B4: 9e4ce5c4 0000000f 00000000 001c02b6  ··L·············
0018F5C4: 00000001 00000000 0018f5b4 001c02b6  ················
0018F5D4: 0018f7a8 76830155 e8d5b4d8 fffffffe  ····U··v········
0018F5E4: 7681a4f4 004f41c1 001c02b6 0000000f  ···v·AO·········
0018F5F4: 00000000 00000000 00000001 004f4110  ·············AO·
0018F604: 0018f740 004f419e 00400000 00000000  @····AO···@·····
0018F614: 00000000 80000000 0018f6ac 00000000  ················
0018F624: 0018f66c 75274962 002b0000 00000000  l···bI'u··+·····
0018F634: 75274a79 9e516ee5 80000000 0018f6ac  yJ'u·nQ·········
0018F644: 00000000 4da5a9a5 774f04f2 76a4537a  ·······M··OwzS·v
0018F654: 0018f638 00000000 0018f85c 75296560  8·······\···`e)u
0018F664: eb6018f9 fffffffe 75274a79 76a45518  ··`·····yJ'u·U·v
0018F674: 00321590 0031c268 76a45541 ffffec78  ··2·h·1·AU·vx···
0018F684: ffffffff 00000000 00000011 00000001  ················
0018F694: 00000000 02930828 02930828 7681698b  ····(···(····i·v
0018F6A4: 9e4ce6f4 76816947 02930828 001a030c  ··L·Gi·v(·······
0018F6B4: 7681698b 02949ae0 02949ae0 00000000  ·i·v············
0018F6C4: 0000000f 0018f6e8 749c0dff 0000000f  ···········t····
0018F6D4: 74a00d60 0000001a 00000001 0018f738  `··t········8···
0018F6E4: 00000000 00000000 00000001 71fe20fa  ············· ·q
0018F6F4: 02949ae0 00000000 749c0ed6 00000001  ···········t····
0018F704: 71fe20fa 00000000 001a030c 9e461f5b  · ·q········[·F·
0018F714: 0018f740 76816238 001a030c 0000000f  @···8b·v········
0018F724: 00000000 00000000 71fe20fa 00000000  ········· ·q····
0018F734: 00000000 00000000 0018f7b8 0018f750  ············P···
0018F744: 0018f76c 00000000 02949af0 0018f7b8  l···············
0018F754: 76816941 76816901 9e4ce798 00000000  Ai·v·i·v··L·····
0018F764: 001a030c 00f1a590 00000024 00000001  ········$·······
0018F774: 00000000 00000000 00000070 ffffffff  ········p·······
0018F784: ffffffff 76816899 76816941 00000000  ·····h·vAi·v····
0018F794: 00000001 00000000 00000000 0018f75c  ············\···
0018F7A4: 71fe20fa 0018f804 76830155 e8d57928  · ·q····U··v(y··
0018F7B4: fffffffe 76816901 76817177 00000000  ·····i·vwq·v····
0018F7C4: 71fe20fa 001a030c 0000000f 00000000  · ·q············
0018F7D4: 00000000 00f1a5b8 76817182 9e4ce834  ·········q·v4·L·
0018F7E4: 0018f900 00000000 00f1a590 71fe20fa  ············· ·q
0018F7F4: 0018f804 00000000 0018f7e0 9e5ee84f  ············O·^·
0018F804: 0018f860 76830155 e8d561a8 fffffffe  `···U··v·a······
0018F814: 76817182 768172f1 00f1a590 774ef87a  ·q·v·r·v····z·Nw
0018F824: 76817304 0018f838 00000018 00000000  ·s·v8···········
0018F834: 0018f8f8 00000000 00000000 00000000  ················
0018F844: 774e00e6 00000000 00000000 0018f8cc  ··Nw············
0018F854: 774e00e6 0018f868 00000000 0018f8bc  ··Nwh···········
0018F864: 774e0070 00f1a590 00000000 0000000f  p·Nw············
0018F874: 00000000 00000000 71fe20fa 77502602  ········· ·q·&Pw
0018F884: 00000000 76820e8f 76820ee5 76817d4f  ·······v···vO}·v
0018F894: 9e4ce8ec 76837051 7683ed58 76817d79  ··L·Qp·vX··vy}·v
0018F8A4: 7683eec0 00000000 00000000 0018f900  ···v············
0018F8B4: 0018f894 00000001 00000064 76837051  ········d···Qp·v
0018F8C4: 7683ed58 76817d79 76818103 004f2de2  X··vy}·v···v·-O·
0018F8D4: 0018f8f8 00000000 00000000 00000000  ················
0018F8E4: 00000001 03070a3a 001a030c 00000036  ····:·······6···
0018F8F4: 7683eef4 001a030c 0000000f 00000000  ···v············
0018F904: 00000000 00326806 000002db 000001aa  ·····h2·········
0018F914: 004f8a9d 00000002 000000e0 03070a04  ··O·············
0018F924: 004f8aca 00000002 00000020 00000013  ··O····· ·······
0018F934: 0032ebb0 002b0000 00000038 00000038  ··2···+·8···8···
0018F944: 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000073  ············s···
0018F954: 0018fa40 00000013 002b0000 0032ebb0  @·········+···2·
0018F964: 0018fa40 77503423 77503452 766d0ec0  @···#4PwR4Pw··mv
0018F974: 766d1758 0032ed88 0032ec04 00000000  X·mv··2···2·····
0018F984: 00000000 00000201 00000002 0032ebc0  ··············2·
0018F994: 00000001 0032ece4 00b196b8 749136f0  ······2······6·t
0018F9A4: 203a534f 646e6957 2073776f 2820544e  OS: Windows NT (
0018F9B4: 3420544e 2029302e 6c697542 33312064  NT 4.0) Build 13
0018F9C4: 200a3138 53202020 69767265 50206563  81·    Service P
0018F9D4: 206b6361 77000a35 0018fb0c 00000000  ack 5··w········
0018F9E4: 00000000 766c0000 766c0000 00000000  ······lv··lv····
0018F9F4: 0018fa76 766c00f0 0018f998 0018fa74  v·····lv····t···
0018FA04: 0018fac0 775470d5 0020f830 fffffffe  ·····pTw0· ·····
0018FA14: 775001cb 7750031a 002b3ab8 0018fa76  ··Pw··Pw·:+·v···
0018FA24: 00000000 0018fa74 002cae28 0018fad0  ····t···(·,·····
0018FA34: 77500392 774fe1b2 77500368 7777bdf0  ··Pw··Owh·Pw··ww
0018FA44: 7493190e 749199bc 0000ffff 766c0000  ···t···t······lv
0018FA54: 00004692 0018fb20 002b3cd8 00000000  ·F·· ····<+·····
0018FA64: 002b3ab8 0018fa74 76770aae 00000000  ·:+·t·····wv····
0018FA74: 644e0000 79734172 6c43636e 00000007  ··NdrAsyncCl····
0018FA84: 03070ae0 03070000 0307ffe0 0018fac4  ················
0018FA94: 0018fb58 775470d5 00000000 00001e99  X····pTw········
0018FAA4: 0018fb90 00000007 00000007 77504311  ·············CPw
0018FAB4: 03070ae8 00000000 77503452 7777bcb0  ········R4Pw··ww
0018FAC4: 00000030 030701bc 03070000 03070150  0···········P···
0018FAD4: 00750042 006c0069 03070150 00330031  B·u·i·l·P···1·3·
0018FAE4: 00310038 0020000a 00001e99 00530000  8·1··· ·······S·
0018FAF4: 03070150 00690076 03070ae8 00500020  P···v·i····· ·P·
0018FB04: 0000007f 0020006b 00000007 00000000  ···k· ·········
0018FB14: 0307023c 03070000 03070150 00000000  <·······P·······
0018FB24: be001ea0 030700c4 0018fb44 7753527c  ········D···|RSw
0018FB34: 76f514d1 00000000 0018fb54 7753527c  ···v····T···|RSw
0018FB44: 76f514d1 00000000 00000002 6da62478  ···v········x$·m
0018FB54: 0018fbb4 775353a9 6da62484 0018fb98  ·····SSw·$·m····
0018FB64: 00000022 00000002 00000000 0018fbb4  "···············
0018FB74: 00000000 0018fbb4 775353b8 7777bc94  ·········SSw··ww
0018FB84: 00000020 0018fba0 7753527c 004df50f   ·······|RSw··M·
0018FB94: 00000000 00000002 6da62500 0018fc00  ·········%·m····
0018FBA4: 775353a9 6da62510 0018fbe4 00000022  ·SSw·%·m····"···
0018FBB4: 00000002 00000000 0018fc00 00000000  ················
0018FBC4: 0018fc00 775353b8 7777bb20 00000020  ·····SSw ·ww ···
0018FBD4: 00000002 6da62500 0018fc00 0018fc00  ·····%·m········
0018FBE4: 00000006 0018fbcc 00000011 03070a88  ················
0018FBF4: 03070a88 00208d10 fffffffe 775353b8  ······ ······SSw
0018FC04: 7753531f 6da62500 00000022 00190000  ·SSw·%·m"·······
0018FC14: 6da624f8 6da50e0c 000116e8 0018fc44  ·$·m···m····D···
0018FC24: 00000000 03070a88 775172fd 0a4cc586  ·········rQw··L·
0018FC34: 1aad2334 7fffffff 00000011 00000001  4#·············
0018FC44: 0018fc68 6da28a4c 6da50dd8 03070aa4  h···L··m···m····
0018FC54: 76f513b0 030709f8 0018fc5c 0018fc5c  ···v····\···\···
0018FC64: 00000036 0018fc8c 6da2a188 030709f8  6··········m····
0018FC74: 000000b0 00000000 00000001 000000e0  ················
0018FC84: 00000036 00000000 0018fca0 76f514d1  6··············v
0018FC94: 03070000 00000000 000000b0 0018fe48  ············H···
0018FCA4: 004df50f 03070000 00000000 030709f8  ··M·············
0018FCB4: 0040e906 9e4424aa 00000004 03070a04  ··@··$D·········
0018FCC4: 0018fe3c 00699f58 ffffffff 0040e953  <···X·i·····S·@·
0018FCD4: 0018fce0 004f7ab1 006d68b0 006d56bc  ·····zO··hm··Vm·
0018FCE4: 00000004 00000000 00000565 0018fd10  ········e·······
0018FCF4: 000001f0 004f7ae0 0000009c 00000004  ·····zO·········
0018FD04: 00000000 00000565 00000002 76726553  ····e·······Serv
0018FD14: 20656369 6b636150 00003520 0018fd38  ice Pack 5··8···
0018FD24: 0018fd38 76462d3f 00000027 76462f3e  8···?-Fv'···>/Fv
0018FD34: 0030d690 0018fd5c 76e1ea32 0030d690  ··0·\···2··v··0·
0018FD44: 0018fd5c 76e273db 0030d690 00000001  \····s·v··0·····
0018FD54: 00000000 00000001 0018fd84 76e209a8  ···············v
0018FD64: 0307151c 0030d690 0018fd84 76e209bf  ······0········v
0018FD74: 0000015a 02805c50 00000010 00000001  Z···P\··········
0018FD84: 000000e0 0018f54c 0018fe3c 0069a45a  ····L···<···Z·i·
0018FD94: 00000001 0018fe48 004f4f04 9e44265e  ····H····OO·^&D·
0018FDA4: 00000565 00000002 00400000 000015c8  e·········@·····
0018FDB4: 0018fd48 00000011 0018fe80 775470d5  H············pTw
0018FDC4: 00209558 fffffffe 774fe394 774fe0f2  X· ·······Ow··Ow
0018FDD4: 0018fea4 0018febc 00000000 6da50dd8  ···············m
0018FDE4: 00000000 00000000 000001f0 0000015a  ············Z···
0018FDF4: 00000001 000f4240 752a0800 00000001  ····@B····*u····
0018FE04: 00000000 004f4110 00000000 00000000  ·····AO·········
0018FE14: 00400000 00600297 00010003 00000000  ··@···`·········
0018FE24: 00000000 006d6180 76f40000 03070994  ·····am····v····
0018FE34: 00400000 0018fda0 0018ff78 0069f4b8  ··@·····x·····i·
0018FE44: 00000000 00646463 00000000 00000000  ····cdd·········
0018FE54: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ················
0018FE64: 00000000 04010401 0000007c 007e00a0  ········|·····~·
0018FE74: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ················
0018FE84: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ················
0018FE94: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ················
0018FEA4: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000020  ············ ···
0018FEB4: 00000500 00000320 00000000 0000003c  ···· ·······<···
0018FEC4: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ················
0018FED4: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ················
0018FEE4: 9e44265e 0018ff88 004f5143 00000001  ^&D·····CQO·····
0018FEF4: 006826e6 00400000 00000000 002b31b9  ·&h···@······1+·
0018FF04: 00000001 9e44279e 00000000 00000000  ·····'D·········
0018FF14: 7efde000 00000044 002e6188 002e6ef8  ···~D····a.··n.·
0018FF24: 002e6ce0 00000000 00000000 00000000  ·l.·············
0018FF34: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ················
0018FF44: 00000c01 00000001 00000000 00000000  ················
0018FF54: 00010001 00000000 c0000005 00000000  ················
0018FF64: 00000004 00000000 00000000 0018ff08  ················
0018FF74: 0018f03c 0018ffc4 00681150 9e2d5af6  <·······P·h··Z-·
0018FF84: 00000001 0018ff94 76f53677 7efde000  ········w6·v···~
0018FF94: 0018ffd4 77509f42 7efde000 7777b8f4  ····B·Pw···~··ww
0018FFA4: 00000000 00000000 7efde000 c0000005  ···········~····
0018FFB4: 76f79795 76f79795 0018ffa0 0018f02c  ···v···v····,···
0018FFC4: ffffffff 775470d5 00208270 00000000  ·····pTwp· ·····
0018FFD4: 0018ffec 77509f15 00912f60 7efde000  ······Pw`/·····~
0018FFE4: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ················
0018FFF4: 00912f60 7efde000 00000000           `/·····~····

Spoiler: local.txt

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Code: Select all

ZDoom version 1.5.6 (r1281) / ZDoom 2.5.0 (r3334) (Dec 30 2011)

Command line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Gitek\Supermarket 3D\gzdoom.exe" -file rep_gureak.pk3 +set savestatistics 1


Not in a level.

Spoiler: Log.rtf

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OS: Windows NT (NT 4.0) Build 1381
Service Pack 5
M_LoadDefaults: Load system defaults.

And the file in question will be uploaded soon if needed.

The crash happens when it's not in a level, so it's unrelated to maps themselves.

I also don't think it's just a question of size. GZDoom can handle Aeons of Death.

Windows NT 4.0?
Does it even run on such old software even without your project?

Anyway, from the startup log it looks like the crash happens before anything significant is done at all and your crash log doesn't give any hint to the crash location - the call stack is bogus. Please have this tested on a more modern OS first to see if it's your computer or your mod which is the problem here.

Windows 7 64bit. I don't know why it's still NT 4.0 anyway (I guess it's the old laptop where Windows 7 is). I've tested it there. And I did too with XP and worked fine, but we're mostly interested in making it work on Windows 7. I've also tested GZDoom on FreeDoom, and did work fine. The curious thing is that I try to load other mods in GZDoom and they just won't load, instead, only the IWAD is loaded.
Anyway, you might need the minidump I guess? I'm also almost done uploading the pk3 in question.

EDIT: File's done uploading.
File name: rep_gureak.zip File size: 70.63 MB

EDIT: I still need to see if it works on other systems rather than this laptop.

I tested the file and, yes, it crashed on me as well (Windows XP SP3).

The issue here is that the pk3 is corrupted or something. I tried to open it with both WinRAR and 7-Zip, but I get an error from both softwares upon doing that.

Blue Shadow wrote:The issue here is that the pk3 is corrupted or something. I tried to open it with both WinRAR and 7-Zip, but I get an error from both softwares upon doing that.

What error message did you get and, more importantly, what version of 7z are you using? There was an update to version 9.20 of 7z some time ago but a lot of people seemed to have missed it. Files made with the new version by default cannot be opened in the old version. So if the file was made with the new 7z but you still ave the old one then there will be problems. I think (G)ZDoom can handle the new version so I'm just trying to rule out an old version of 7z as the cause for your problem Blue Shadow.

I would check myself but I'll need to be on a better connection to grab a big file (even the slimmed down one is a bit big for my connection).

I'm using what I believe to be the latest version of 7-Zip (9.22 beta), so I don't think that's the problem. As for the error message, well, 7-Zip doesn't recognize the pk3 file as a "valid" archive and WinRAR says something like "Unexpected end of archive".

Maybe zipping the file from Windows 7's zip feature was a mistake? I'm reuploading that thing again. (Though it will take me 'til tomorrow to get it uploaded.)

EDIT: I figured out later that the file is corrupted. So no need for more shit like this. I will get back to work tomorrow, reextract from there the contents of the pk3 and pack it again properly.
Anyway, does that have something to do with Slade?

Quick question? Is there any way to repair corrupted data in a pk3?

Don't you have backups? If you used SLADE, it generates them automatically when saving.

Anyway, to answer your questions, since a pk3 is just a zip: google.

Gez wrote:Don't you have backups? If you used SLADE, it generates them automatically when saving.

Anyway, to answer your questions, since a pk3 is just a zip: google.

Not really. They were lost during development. But I'll just try the first result on that google and tell you later.

I tried several ZIP repair programs. Didn't work yet.

I have had very little success with repairing zips in the past. Even when a repair program tells you that the zip has been repaired it can simply mean that the contents are now in a format that can be extracted but the actual data in the individual files can still be corrupted.

Now I did "fix" from Windows 7 with Zip2Fix 1.0 the file, I did a small modification, tested it, started the first level and...
GZDoom closes without any error itself.
Is this familiar to you?

Have you checked that the data inside the zip wasn't corrupt?