Let's talk theory

Team SomeGuy · General **Joined**: 18 Aug 2006

Now before you go all "check ModEnc noob!" and what other jackassery have you. I have done some research into this one beforehand.

No, the EIP is not listed on the ModEnc page.

No, ExceptChecker by pd (which is actually a surprisingly useful tool) has no determinable causes.

The circumstances surrounding it are most likely linked to something in the secondary missile weapon on what is code-wise the [MammothTusk].

Kinda like this:

Code:

; Vehicle carried anti-tank missile
[MammothTusk]
Damage=40 ;separate Warhead.
ROF=120
Range=12
Projectile=Cannon2 ;AAHeatSeeker2
Speed=60
Warhead=ApocHE
Burst=2
Report=ApocalypseAttackAir

[Cannon2]
AA=yes
AG=yes
Image=DRAGON
ROT=8
Proximity=yes
Ranged=yes
Shadow=no
;Image=DRAGON
;Arcing=True

; high explosive (shrapnel)
[ApocHE]
CellSpread=1 ;thermobaric warheads on the Mammoth's missiles.
PercentAtMax=.5
Wall=yes
Wood=yes
Verses=200%,200%,200%,80%,25%,35%,75%,40%,20%,80%,0%
Conventional=yes
Rocker=no
InfDeath=2
AnimList=XGRYSML1,XGRYSML2,EXPLOSML,XGRYMED1,XGRYMED2,EXPLOMED,EXPLOLRG,TWLT070
Deform=10%
DeformThreshhold=300
Tiberium=yes
Sparky=yes
ProneDamage=70% ; Presumes air burst

Now then, the way I am seeing this in theory (although the last time it brought up an IE under these circumstances it was a wholly different EIP) this probably has something to do with either A) during the process of combat it pulls from somewhere it wasn't even coded to do so, or B) a memory overrun of the kind where it calls from one or more array positions it is not supposed to. (Perhaps from calculating overlapping splash hits from these missiles)

What thoughts do you believe could be the cause behind this one? (Or am I just blind and have a typo or something?)

Just one note however, the error is not fully consistent nor is it reliably replicable. (As of yet)

EIP: 00442832

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Lt Albrecht · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:00 pm Post subject:

I recognise that douuble 0 double 4 at the beginning, back when I was using npatch the game would pull it randomly... Odd.

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OmegaBolt · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject:

I take it you've fixed Sparky.

Dark Templar X · Commander **Joined**: 26 Feb 2009

Probably not since the except did come back to OnFire data as the source. Likely nothing is listed or not enough are listed.

TSG, add OnFire to AudioVisual and use the existing fire animations or ones converted from TS. Requires three entries IIRC.

- geno - · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:19 am Post subject:

Well it might be busy firing... like when primary and secondary weapons conflict with the ROF... when changing targets...

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crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

Sounds like a similiar problem i'm having with my hind chopper firing its hornet missle with nuke warhead attached, it miss fires alot not hitting target in whole.