Re: [Exult-general] Crash/bug located - fix?

[Jeff F. <je...@si...>]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Max Horn wrote:
> OK,
> 
> I know now why it crashed often for me on startup: faulty is 
> Npc_actor::Npc_actor() in file actorio.cc, line 188.
> 
> 
> It looks like this:
> Npc_actor::Npc_actor
> 	(
> 	istream& nfile,			// 'npc.dat', generally.
> 	int num,			// NPC #.
> 	int has_usecode			// 1 if a 'type1' NPC.
> 	) : Actor(nfile, num, has_usecode), nearby(0),
> 		num_schedules(0),
> 		schedules(0), alignment(0)
> 	{
> 	Chunk_object_list *olist = Game_window::get_game_window()->
> 				get_objects(get_cx(), get_cy());
> 	switched_chunks(0, olist);	// Put in chunk's NPC list.

Hmm, I wonder why they're getting bad values... I'll try to verify tonight.  In
the meantime, a workaround would be to replace the above with:

	Chunk_object_list *olist = Game_window::get_game_window()->
				get_objects_safely(get_cx(), get_cy());
	if (olist)
		switched_chunks(0, olist);