The most common cause of crashes in release mode but not in debug are due to variable initializations. In debug mode all variables are initialized to '0', while in release mode they do not have a default initialization value.
The most common cause of these crashes is failing to properly initialize variables. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Fearn Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 7:09 PM To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Crash in release mode only AND Changing the viewports On 4/26/06, ChromeAngel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Crash in release mode only AND Changing the viewports > > scheme > > Reply-To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com > > > > ChromeAngel wrote: > > > >> 2 Issues, I doubt they are related : > >> Issue 1) I've got my HL2DM mod running sweet and lovely and i'm about > >> ready to send it out to my testers, so I compiled in in release mode, > >> only to find it causes a crash in HL2.exe when I spawn on my listen > >> server. How should I go about finding the cause of this crash? > >> > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore98/ht ml/vcrefgz(catchrelease-builderrorsindebugbuild).asp > > > > -- > > Jorge "Vino" Rodrigue > > > Issue 1) Cheers for the URL Vino. By adding the /GZ parameter to my > debug compile I did manage to catch and fix a bug that was not otherwise > happening in debug builds. However, it still does not reproduce the > crash bug I get in release mode, even after full rebuilds. Any more > suggestions? Try this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore/html /_core_turn_on_generation_of_debug_information_for_the_release_build.asp -- Jeff Fearn "Postmodernism: Once more without feeling." -- Geoffrey Nunberg _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
