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9 BASS: Save game corruption on Android (and other platforms?) - ID: 3487117

Last Update: Comment added ( wjpalenstijn )

Details:

ScummVM Version: 1.4.0 (Android) , 1.4.1 (Android) & 1.4.1 (Windows)

Bug Details: When I try to load any save file (have tried different ones at different time points) for BASS it shows the Virgin logo with some scene audio (changes depending on where save was made within the game) and then closes with no exception report. This behavior happens on both Android and Windows (Both 'Crash' out to their respective desktops). This ticket is only in regards to the Android problem but for fault finding purposes I tried this on a Windows PC to see if the error was isolated to Android and it appears that it isn't.

Language of Game: English

Version: Talkie CD version from http://www.scummvm.org/downloads

Platform: Android Honeycomb 3.2.1 on HTC Flyer (with HTC Sense 1.1 for Tablet) also tried on Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit.

Submitted:

Timothy Smith ( timsmith0 ) - 2012-02-12 15:00:59 PST

Priority:

Status:

Closed

Resolution:

Fixed

Assigned:

Willem Jan Palenstijn

Category:

Unknown Crash/Other

Group:

Beneath a Steel Sky

Visibility:

Public

Comments ( 11 )

Date: 2012-02-13 12:40:58 PST Sender: wjpalenstijn This should be fixed now in git by revision 87e85e17cbe.
Date: 2012-02-13 07:15:09 PST Sender: wjpalenstijn Good to hear, and thanks for the assistance. We'll get back in touch for testing if we have a fix available for the problem.
Date: 2012-02-13 07:12:05 PST Sender: timsmith0 That's great Thank You for taking the time to do that it now works. I hope the information I have provided has been useful. Again if any testing for Windows (Vista & 7), Mac (Lion) or Android on HTC (Gingerbread (phone) & Honeycomb (tablet)) is needed and I have the game I'm happy to try recreate any problems for you. I'm a 1st year Games Development Student myself and I know how sometimes testing on a specific platform is needed but hard to do if the equipment is not available.
Date: 2012-02-13 06:55:47 PST Sender: wjpalenstijn I've replaced the corrupt values in SKY-VM.000, and attached it as sky_repaired.000. (You'll have to rename it back for it to work.) You may get slight font or mouse glitches after loading, but they should be only temporary.
Date: 2012-02-13 06:37:16 PST Sender: timsmith0 Let me know if there is anything you would like me to test
Date: 2012-02-13 06:35:37 PST Sender: timsmith0 So I guess my save data won't work now? Oh and just for your information if needed in future with it being Android there is no escape button so I have tried some options and found it to be the back button (on Honeycomb at least) still no way of accessing the native Game Menu. Just checked and yes with skipping the intro saving via the ScummVM menu works when loading the save. Another save file SKY-VM.002 (Description added to help identify it) is attached to give you a comparison file.
Date: 2012-02-13 05:30:03 PST Sender: wjpalenstijn Thank you for extra the information. We think we have tracked it down to the combination of watching the entire intro without interrupting it with escape, and then using the ctrl-f5 menu to save without ever having opened the f5 menu. We're still working on a solution, but as a workaround skipping the intro should work.
Date: 2012-02-13 03:51:57 PST Sender: timsmith0 So it appears that the error is isolated to the way the Android Platform saves the files for BASS. I have tried on another Game (Full Throttle). I have attached this file as well just for you to have a look and see if the mouse is saved differently on FT compared to BASS.
Date: 2012-02-13 03:37:39 PST Sender: timsmith0 That's fine no problem. There is a lot of information so I will try to lay it out as clear as I can to help with the replication of the error. The 1st save was created in version 1.4.0 from the Android Market The 2nd save was created in version 1.4.1 obtained from the ScummVM Download page. I did this to check if it was a version dependent problem/issue. Both contained the same error when saving on an Android Device. The saves were created via the ScummVM type menu which appears when you press the Android menu button (same menu that appears when using CTRL+F5 on Windows). I have since tried again on the Windows system (using ScummVM 1.4.1 exe file from the Download page and when using either F5 (Native Game Menu) or CTRL+F5 (ScummVM Menu) the error does not replicate itself These saves work fine and are now attached SKY-VM.002 is F5 method and SKY-VM.003 is CTRL+F5 method I have tried loading the saves via the ScummVM launcher and from both menus within the game (Native and ScummVM) but the same force close happens (Windows only). Within Android there is only one in game menu but the same force crash happens from ScummVM launcher and in game ScummVM menu (No access to native in game menu) Hope this is clear as I am typing as I check each point.
Date: 2012-02-12 15:46:57 PST Sender: wjpalenstijn To help with debugging, could you describe as exactly as possible how you created the savegames you attached? Specifically: On Android or on Windows? How did you start BASS in ScummVM in the session in which you saved? (Going through the ScummVM launcher? Loading a different game from the ScummVM launcher directly? Starting BASS regularly, and then loading a save from within BASS?) How did you save? (Using the in-game F5 menu? The scummvm menu behind ctrl-f5? Autosave?) (I'm using windows-specific keys here, because I don't know the equivalents on Android, but since you have run scummvm on both android and windows, I hope you understand what I mean.)
Date: 2012-02-12 15:38:12 PST Sender: wjpalenstijn Thank you very much for this. We had had multiple reports of savegame trouble with BASS on Android, but nobody had managed to supply a broken savegame yet for debugging. It seems the mouse cursor stored in these saves is invalid. I'm not yet sure of the cause for this, but it seems as if the code saving the mouse cursor (from the _skyMouse object to the _savedMouse variable) is missing when using the GMM instead of the main control panel. I don't yet see how to reproduce the problem, though, since _savedMouse is apparently usually set in other ways when entering the game. But regardless, this seems wrong.

Attached Files ( 8 )

Filename	Description	Download
SKY-VM.000		Download
SKY-VM.001		Download
SKY-VM.SAV		Download
SKY-VM.002	F5 Save Method	Download
SKY-VM.003	CTRL+F5 save Method	Download
ft.s00	FT Save .s00 Game File	Download
SKY-VM.002	Save File after skipping intro	Download
sky_repaired.000	hopefully repaired version of SKY-VM.000	Download

Changes ( 15 )

Field	Old Value	Date	By
close_date	-	2012-02-13 12:40:58 PST	wjpalenstijn
assigned_to	nobody	2012-02-13 12:40:58 PST	wjpalenstijn
resolution_id	None	2012-02-13 12:40:58 PST	wjpalenstijn
status_id	Open	2012-02-13 12:40:58 PST	wjpalenstijn
File Added	435699: sky_repaired.000	2012-02-13 06:53:07 PST	wjpalenstijn
File Added	435696: SKY-VM.002	2012-02-13 06:36:35 PST	timsmith0
priority	5	2012-02-13 05:37:52 PST	wjpalenstijn
summary	BASS: Unable to load save games on Android	2012-02-13 05:37:52 PST	wjpalenstijn
File Added	435672: ft.s00	2012-02-13 03:56:04 PST	timsmith0
File Added	435671: SKY-VM.003	2012-02-13 03:39:43 PST	timsmith0
File Added	435670: SKY-VM.002	2012-02-13 03:39:15 PST	timsmith0
summary	Unable to load save games on Android	2012-02-12 15:38:48 PST	wjpalenstijn
File Added	435624: SKY-VM.SAV	2012-02-12 15:02:27 PST	timsmith0
File Added	435623: SKY-VM.001	2012-02-12 15:02:14 PST	timsmith0
File Added	435622: SKY-VM.000	2012-02-12 15:01:01 PST	timsmith0