Release() causing crash

[YouGroove]

I corrected some project problem of someone else.

 

I tried to free some object in it's script using Release but it crashed.

Must Release() be called by some manager or parent entity, or can it be called by the entity scripts owner in it's script ?

 

function Script:stopbullet()
       self.bullActive = false  
       self.entity:Hide()
       --Makes crash
       --self.entity:Release()
end

[Josh]

If you give me the project or a small demo I can debug it in Visual Studio.

[YouGroove]

Here is a simple map file.

Steps to test :

- create new project

- download and dezip file test1.zip somewhere , than put test1.map in map directory

- download and put turret.zip on your "Models" folder

- dezip turret.zip (you should have Models/turret containing models,scripts)

- run the level

 

It will fire bullets and will crash at some point.

If you remove the call to Release() in script Models/turret/bullet.lua , it won't crash after lot of bullets.

 

Crash version

function Script:stopbullet()
self.bullActive = false
self.entity:Hide()
self.entity:Release()
end

 

ok version

function Script:stopbullet()
self.bullActive = false
self.entity:Hide()
end

test1.zip

[Josh]

First, if you are using physics commands you do not need to modulate things by GetAppSpeed(). The physics simulator runs at a constant 60 hz and will take care of this for you. In fact, that is the reason your bullets are wobbling around strangely.

 

I found the cause of this and was able to fix it. It's not really crashing, just creating an infinite loop.

 

This will first be available on the beta branch in Steam.