CRASH LOGS

[Renwood]

Been having a lot like this lately:


2014-09-27 14:20:38
Myth II Build 427b running under Modern Windows 5.010000 ----------------------------------------------
Loading poweruser.txt... OK.
DEBUG: Updating monolithic tag cache:
Initial count: 90
Number removed: 0
Number added: 0
New count: 90
INFO: ignoring non-required patch file 'Patch 1.4 Interface'
INFO: ignoring non-required patch file 'Patch MariusNet'
DEBUG: Adding 16 monolithic tags:
small install
medium install
large install
international small install
international large install
Patch 1.2
Patch 1.3
Patch 1.4
Patch 1.5
GateofStormsNet
Patch 1.8 Interface
Patch Templates
Jon God's Bungie Map TexturesB5
Magma - Detail Texture Megapack
Bogged Down dtex addon
Into the Ghol Lands dtex addon
Scanning for software devices...
Found 1 to use
Scanning for Direct3D devices...
Found 1 to use
Scanning for 3Dfx devices...
Found 0 to use
Scanning for OpenGL devices...
Found 1 to use
GeForce 7800 GTX/PCIe/SSE2/3DNOW! | NVIDIA Corporation | OpenGL 2.1
Initializing sound with DirectSound...
Initialized for DirectSound3D using COM
DirectSound initialized successfully.
Warning: Unable to find cutscene 'prologue'.
Establishing connection with metaserver at metaserver.gateofstorms.net:6321...
Connected.
Running OpenGL 2.1 at 1280 x 1024 (VSync ON)
Starting mesh "Dead Man's Chest"...
Using 1.8.0 gameplay...
OpenGL: Initialized with ErasePreviousFrame=1, MaxAnisotropy=8, MSAASamples=1, UseDepthTest=1, UseMipMaps=1, UseNPO2Textures=1, UseShaders=1, UpdateCMapChunked=1, UseCMapTiles=1, UseAppleClientStorage=0
Quitting networked game...
Running OpenGL 2.1 at 1280 x 1024 (VSync ON)
Starting mesh "Gimble in the Wabe"...
Using 1.8.0 gameplay...
OpenGL: Initialized with ErasePreviousFrame=1, MaxAnisotropy=8, MSAASamples=1, UseDepthTest=1, UseMipMaps=1, UseNPO2Textures=1, UseShaders=1, UpdateCMapChunked=1, UseCMapTiles=1, UseAppleClientStorage=0
Myth Crashed: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
Attempting Stack Trace...
0 0x004b78fb _build_models_surface_list + 0x0072 (myth2code\render\render_models.c:63)
1 0x004c17e7 _build_scene + 0x0019 (myth2code\render\render_scene.c:167)
2 0x004b2c0c _render_scene + 0x0012 (myth2code\render\render.c:145)
3 0x0042bec9 _rasterize_myth + 0x0005 (myth2code\main.c:1381)
4 0x0042bdb1 _idle_myth + 0x00a4 (myth2code\main.c:1301)
5 0x00200000 _realloc_pointer + 0x20103b (corelibrary\cseries\memory_wrappers.c:10)
Stack Trace Complete
Recording Buffers Flushed
Saved Recording To 'Crash- 2014-09-27 15.22.21'

[wwo]

Holy shit, that's an old card.

[Melekor]

The stack trace indicates that myth is crashing in some code related to rendering models, but that doesn't make much sense since you were playing on Gimble which has no models. Either the trace is wrong or something funky is going on.

You said this was happening a lot, so post some more logs and we'll see if there are any clues.

[Renwood]

Ask and ye shall receive.

[Melekor]

Hmm. Looks like there might be a few different things in there.

Two crashes "__byte_swap_data". This usually indicates corrupt tags or plugins. Both of yours were when playing "Ground Zero" on "Magma TFL Multipack", so it seems highly likely that plugin is corrupt. You could try an MD5 check.

Two crashes in "_get_bitmap" usually mean corrupt collection files. Both on "A Murder of Crows" with "Myth HD Total Conversion v1.2".

Six crashes with empty stack traces, or lowlevel graphics functions. These are usually graphics driver bugs, or possibly failing graphics card (hardware).

One crash in the network code. This looks like it might be a bug. I am not surprised that there might still be bugs in that code which only occur very rarely.

Two crashes in build_scene. These are the most curious, no idea what could be going on there.


I'll need to know how to reproduce a crash to be able to say more or to fix anything.

[Renwood]

Yes I wrote in my first post of crash logs on this thread, how that I thought that some of these might be from what I believe is my venarable nVida Geforce 7800 GTX finally dying. But I edited that out to see if you would find a video card problem without being directed in that area.
Just as I thought, you saw some logs that make you think the video card is at fault. I always get the newest drivers as well. But they never really release anything for this 8 year old card. I have lots more crash logs, and I can try to locate all the films that go along with them, as well as the required plugins. Glad to see my messing around on myth and crashing a lot can help out!

[Chohan]

inb4 renwood starts a kickstarter for $15,000 for a new video card.

[shadow]

inb4 renwood starts a kickstarter for $15,000 for a new video card.

and so he can continue his work on MYTH 4 Derp Age