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its christams sadues stop emialing and tget with ti, man!
On Dec 24, 2007 7:10 PM, Mulchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All of our buildable objects - detpack, dispenser, sg - run the code below
> when they explode. The detpack is a "real" physics object (as in it uses
> VPhysicsInitNormal()) and I'm assuming your hat you describe is vphysics
> as
> well.
>
> void CFFBuildableObject::Explode( void )
> {
> VPROF_BUDGET( "CFFBuildableObject::Explode",
> VPROF_BUDGETGROUP_FF_BUILDABLE );
>
> // MUST DO THIS or CreateExplosion crashes HL2
> m_takedamage = DAMAGE_NO;
>
> // Remove bounding box (other models follow this pattern...)
> SetSolid( SOLID_NONE );
>
> // Do the explosion
> DoExplosion();
>
> // Notify player to tell them they can build
> // again and remove current owner
> m_hOwner = NULL;
>
> // Remove entity from game
> UTIL_Remove( this );
> }
>
> And that's it. There's also a method for 'quietly' removing a buildable
> object (like when dismantling) but it's the same code minus the
> DoExplosion() call.
>
> Anyway, we've never experienced/received minidumps from people w/ weird
> physics related errors so perhaps you need some other steps in addition to
> using UTIL_Remove().
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of A.Oliver
> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 08:09
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [hlcoders] Physics crash related (urgent).
>
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> Our recently released modification (Fistful of Frags) is suffering some
> stability issues. Hope someone can bring some light to these serious
> servers
> crashes. I posted another similar issue in this list, and as I said
> before,
> I never modified any part of the physics code. Now I'm starting to
> understand what's going on, seems like a physic entity was removed, but
> server is still trying to use it so finds a null pointer and crashes. Is
> that rigth?
>
> These issues were noticed only during maximum stress, once the mod was
> released. They may happen rarely or not, depends the way physics are
> stressed I guess.
>
> I'm using UTIL_Remove in several parts of the game, example: a cowboy hat
> is
> created (falls to ground), and after some seconds is deleted. There are
> other items deleted in a similar way. Should I use other method different
> from UTIL_Remove?
>
> And a last question. Can server performance ( low FPS) make these issues
> worse? Because they tend to happen more in our own server, which sometimes
> is even below 10 FPS.
>
> Hope this helps, these are 3 different call stacks we are seeing
> repitedly.
> If you need any other info plz let me know.
>
>
> > server.dll!AllocTouchLink() Line 361 + 0x41 bytes C++
> server.dll!CBaseEntity::PhysicsMarkEntityAsTouched(CBaseEntity *
> other=0x0d21e300) Line 850 + 0x5 bytes C++
>
> server.dll!CBaseEntity::PhysicsMarkEntitiesAsTouchingEventDriven
> (CBaseEntity
> * other=0x00000000, CGameTrace & trace={...}) Line 908 C++
> server.dll!CCollisionEvent::DispatchStartTouch(CBaseEntity *
> pEntity0=0x0d21e300, CBaseEntity * pEntity1=0x0fdf0dd8, const Vector &
> point={...}, const Vector & normal={...}) Line 1567 + 0x8c bytes C++
> server.dll!CCollisionEvent::UpdateTouchEvents() Line 1590 C++
> server.dll!PhysFrame(float deltaTime=0.015000000) Line 1262 + 0xa bytes
> C++
> server.dll!CPhysicsHook::FrameUpdatePostEntityThink() Line 271 C++
> server.dll!InvokePerFrameMethod(void (void)* f=0x22198170, const char *
> timed=0x2217be3f) Line 431 C++
> server.dll!CServerGameDLL::GameFrame(bool simulating=true) Line 1001 +
> 0x14 bytes C++
>
> ---------
>
> > server.dll!CCollisionEvent::UpdateDamageEvents() Line 1624 + 0x8 bytes
> C++
> server.dll!CCollisionEvent::PostSimulationFrame() Line 1499 C++
> server.dll!PhysFrame(float deltaTime=0.015000000) Line 1206 C++
> server.dll!CPhysicsHook::FrameUpdatePostEntityThink() Line 271 C++
> server.dll!InvokePerFrameMethod(void (void)* f=0x22198170, const char *
> timed=0x2217be3f) Line 431 C++
> server.dll!CServerGameDLL::GameFrame(bool simulating=true) Line 1001 +
> 0x14 bytes C++
>
>
> ---------
>
> server.dll!CBaseEntity::TakeDamage(const CTakeDamageInfo &
> inputInfo={...}) Line 1204 + 0xd bytes C++
> server.dll!CCollisionEvent::UpdateDamageEvents() Line 1642 C++
> server.dll!CCollisionEvent::PostSimulationFrame() Line 1499 C++
> server.dll!PhysFrame(float deltaTime=0.015000000) Line 1206 C++
> > server.dll!CPhysicsHook::FrameUpdatePostEntityThink() Line 271 C++
> server.dll!InvokePerFrameMethod(void (void)* f=0x22198420, const char *
> timed=0x2217bddf) Line 431 C++
> server.dll!CServerGameDLL::GameFrame(bool simulating=true) Line 1001 +
> 0x14 bytes C++
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>
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