Script Crashes The Game

**Wapez** · 03-11-2014, 01:54 PM

Hello Forum Members!

So recently I created a script for our mod, In Lucy's Eyes. After finishing it, I tried it and got an error message. I fixed some simple mistakes in the script, and then I tried it again. I got into the map, and everything worked normally. Until my script was activated.

The game first froze completely, and after a while I managed to tab it down. I saw a BlackBox message saying "Please wait, gathering system information" or something, as well as being stuck on 2% in the loading bar. This same thing happened repeatedly every time I tried the map.

What the script does:
It's a simple "movement puzzle". Six pipes are placed in a corridor, and each one of them release steam into the corridor every few seconds. (For this I have one area inside every pipe, which I spawn particle systems and sounds at, and one larger area in front of every pipe that I check whether the player is colliding with or not during the time the steam is being released) Your goal is to get past it. The steam will deal damage to you as you get hit.

I wanted to randomize and tweak stuff in a specific way, so I made the script a lot more complicated than it had to be. For anyone who hasn't created it I bet it's hard to read, but just let me know if I can help you understand something.

My question is:
Why does the game crash only when the script is activated, and why does it not provide me with an error message?

What is causing the crash?

After seeing the HPL log, I noticed the 18_steam_release.ogg sound was causing some problems. I disabled that sound in the script, but it still crashes. Any help here is much appreciated.

As I mentioned, there is no problem loading the map.

The actual script:

Spoiler below!

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void SteamRun(string &in asTimer)
{
    AddLocalVarInt("SteamSequenceStep", 1);
    float fEventSpeed = RandFloat(1.5f, 3.0f);

    switch(GetLocalVarInt("SteamSequenceStep")) {
        case 1:
            RunSteamFlow(1);
        break;
        case 2:
            RunSteamFlow(2);
        break;
        case 3:
            RunSteamFlow(3);
        break;
        case 4:
            RunSteamFlow(4);
        break;
        case 5:
            RunSteamFlow(5);
        break;
        case 6:
            RunSteamFlow(6);
        break;
    }
    
    if(GetLocalVarInt("SteamSequenceStep") < 7){
        AddTimer("steamloop", fEventSpeed, "SteamRun");
    }
    else{ 
        SetLocalVarInt("SteamSequenceStep", 0);

        AddTimer("steamrestart", RandFloat(5.0f, 10.0f), "SteamRun");
        
        for(int i=1;i<=6;i++) SetLocalVarInt("iBlockedSteamArea_"+i, 0);
    }
}

void RunSteamFlow(int alEventCount){
    int iSteamArea = RandInt(1, 6);
    int RunCount = alEventCount;
    for(int i=1;i<=6;i++)
        if(iSteamArea == GetLocalVarInt("iBlockedSteamArea_"+i)){
            RunSteamFlow(RunCount);
        }
        else{
            SteamEvent(iSteamArea);
            SetLocalVarInt("iBlockedSteamArea_"+alEventCount, iSteamArea);
        }
}

void SteamEvent(int alCount)
{
    if(GetLocalVarInt("PlayerInAreaSteamDamage_"+alCount) == 1)
    {
        GivePlayerDamage(20, "BloodSplat", true, false);     
        PlaySoundAtEntity("", "18_burn_steam", "Player", 0.0f, false);
    }

    CreateParticleSystemAtEntity("damage_steam"+alCount, "ps_steam_deadly", "AreaSteamCore_"+alCount, false);
    //PlaySoundAtEntity("sound_damage_steam"+alCount, "18_steam_release", "AreaSteamCore_"+alCount, 0.2f, false);
    SetLocalVarInt("iSteamCount", alCount);
    SetLocalVarInt("iSteamActive_"+alCount, 1);
    
    AddTimer("timer"+alCount, 2.5, "TimerStopSteam");
}

void TimerStopSteam(string asTimer)
{
    if(asTimer == "timer1"){
        SetLocalVarInt("iSteamActive_1", 0);
        StopSound("sound_damage_steam1", 0.3f);
    }
    if(asTimer == "timer2"){
        SetLocalVarInt("iSteamActive_2", 0);
        StopSound("sound_damage_steam2", 0.3f);
    }
    if(asTimer == "timer3"){
        SetLocalVarInt("iSteamActive_3", 0);
        StopSound("sound_damage_steam3", 0.3f);
    }
    if(asTimer == "timer4"){
        SetLocalVarInt("iSteamActive_4", 0);
        StopSound("sound_damage_steam4", 0.3f);
    }
    if(asTimer == "timer5"){
        SetLocalVarInt("iSteamActive_5", 0);
        StopSound("sound_damage_steam5", 0.3f);
    }
    if(asTimer == "timer6"){
        SetLocalVarInt("iSteamActive_6", 0);
        StopSound("sound_damage_steam6", 0.3f);
    }
}

void CollidePlayerSteam(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{    
    if(alState == 1) SetLocalVarInt("PlayerIn"+asChild, 1);
    if(alState == -1) SetLocalVarInt("PlayerIn"+asChild, 0);
    
    GetSteamActivePos();
    
    if(alState == 1 && GetLocalVarInt(asChild) == 1)
    {
        GivePlayerDamage(20, "BloodSplat", true, false);     
        PlaySoundAtEntity("", "18_burn_steam", "Player", 0.0f, false);
    }
}

void GetSteamActivePos()
{
    for(int i=1;i<=6;i++) SetLocalVarInt("AreaSteamDamage_"+i, GetLocalVarInt("iSteamActive_"+i));
}

void OnStart()
{
    for(int i=1; i<=6; ++i) AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "AreaSteamDamage_"+i, "CollidePlayerSteam", false, 0);
}

void OnEnter()
{
    AddTimer("steam", RandFloat(7.0f, 12.0f), "SteamRun");
}

void OnLeave()
{

}

(Is the window too small to read the script in? Copy it all and paste it into a .hps or .txt file to get a better view.)

HPL log after disabling the sound:

Spoiler below!