> > Does anyone know what would cause the following error? > > > > z_checkheap: blocksize does not touch the next block > > When the engine allocates memory, it checks the consistency of memory that > has been previously allocated and freed. For each block of memory, there is > a size associated with it. Ideally, the address of the beginning of the > block of memory + the size of the memory should equal the address of the > next block of memory. This error occurs when this isn't so. > > Perhaps you are allocating and freeing memory (by creating and removing > entities?) and somewhere along the way you are stomping on memory that you > should not be. If you have recently added some new entities, take them out > one-by-one until the error message goes away and then begin inspecting all > of your code for that entity (especially look for overrunning array bounds).
Thanks Jeff :) Foolish me was using strcpy to set a CVAR instead of CVAR_SET_STRING...guess I can be forgiven for not thinking well after two weeks of binge eating, drinking too much, and of lazing in a pool ... you have to love having Christmas in summer time :} Jeff "Codiac" Fearn ----------------------------------------------------------------- Lead Coder, Web Master, Server Administrator for SWARM http://swarm.edgegaming.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
