Report, edit, etc...Posted by chuiu on 2005-04-21 at 10:42:31
I wanted to do a little extended unit research, so I decided to go into the unit list and add a sub-section for extended units. Basically at the end of Unused, I added a new section and a bunch of entries.
Well I guess that was too much, because opening starforge and clicking to extend the dropdown caused a, I believe, division by 0 error. So I went back and set it down to just 9999. It worked fine after that, except when I went to place the units. That gave me the same crash error.
But here's the real problem, when I delete that entire section and revert the .lst file how it was before I started editing it, I still crash. Whenever I open the program Extended is not listed (as it shouldn't be because I removed it) but if I move my mouse cursor into the map area when I have a map open, it's the same division by zero crash error.
So I replaced the .lst file, thinking I might have done something wrong in reverting it, with one found in the .cab in the installer. Still crashes.
So I decide I will completely uninstall and reinstall Starforge. I got to add/remove programs, uninstall it. Then install it again from the installer. Still crashes.
I have no idea what else I can possibly do to get it to stop crashing. Have you found this problem and have a fix for it? Because it's seriously getting annoying. I can't work at all with extended units.
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187: Khaydarin Crystal Formation
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#Extended
9000: Unit 9000
9001: Unit 9001
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10219: Unit 10219
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#Extended
9000: Unit 9000
9001: Unit 9001
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10219: Unit 10219
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Well I guess that was too much, because opening starforge and clicking to extend the dropdown caused a, I believe, division by 0 error. So I went back and set it down to just 9999. It worked fine after that, except when I went to place the units. That gave me the same crash error.
But here's the real problem, when I delete that entire section and revert the .lst file how it was before I started editing it, I still crash. Whenever I open the program Extended is not listed (as it shouldn't be because I removed it) but if I move my mouse cursor into the map area when I have a map open, it's the same division by zero crash error.
So I replaced the .lst file, thinking I might have done something wrong in reverting it, with one found in the .cab in the installer. Still crashes.
So I decide I will completely uninstall and reinstall Starforge. I got to add/remove programs, uninstall it. Then install it again from the installer. Still crashes.
I have no idea what else I can possibly do to get it to stop crashing. Have you found this problem and have a fix for it? Because it's seriously getting annoying. I can't work at all with extended units.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by chuiu on 2005-04-21 at 17:44:08
AHA!
At first I could not find registry entries to check to see if something went wrong there, but I extended my search. I found that the grid entries somehow became set to 0. Which explains the not divisable by 0 error. I set them to 1/1, opened the program and a map. And went to view grid. As I suspected the grid was now 1x1. No errors. I set it back to 16x16 (the way I like my grid) and now it all works fine.
The only problem for you, Heimdal, is to find out how the grid became set to 0/0 now. I've provided you with all the information I really can. Talk to me if you need more.
At first I could not find registry entries to check to see if something went wrong there, but I extended my search. I found that the grid entries somehow became set to 0. Which explains the not divisable by 0 error. I set them to 1/1, opened the program and a map. And went to view grid. As I suspected the grid was now 1x1. No errors. I set it back to 16x16 (the way I like my grid) and now it all works fine.
The only problem for you, Heimdal, is to find out how the grid became set to 0/0 now. I've provided you with all the information I really can. Talk to me if you need more.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Heimdal on 2005-04-22 at 09:29:45
Nice job, chu. I'll bet this is the solution to some of the other division by 0 errors. I'll try and figure out how it could have happened. Do you know if you had the "save last" option checked for the grid settings?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by chuiu on 2005-04-22 at 16:22:22
Yes, I have save last enabled. I like my grid to stay at 16/16. 