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gamemaster
gamemaster


Adventuring Hero
posted March 26, 2020 09:05 PM
Edited by gamemaster at 21:18, 26 Mar 2020.

@Bersy
I played game with few mods included for few ingame days and did not found other problems with "IfThen" beside that one i reported.
Perhaps problem is not in "IfThen" but in way how it is used in this particular place.
You have 2 arguments. Second parameter ask for field value ".count". In case that "Self" is nil second parameter raise exception. You can not get "count" of nil object.
So "IfThen" is ok to use only if all stataments can be evaluated.

Perhaps you can use "IfThen" but with some care.


@majaczek
Hi,
Few questions:
1. Do you have experience with delphi. Or this is first time?
2. What version of source did you used? One from Bersy's git hub?
3. You have any particular need for source code or just need another dlls (latest dll from ported version)?

If you plan to detect problem in source that will not be easy because you need to track code trough h3era.exe also. I just want to say that there is no one place that you will see obvious cause of problem.

Anyway if you willing to try i can assist anytime i am free .

Last few days i investigating your problem (i have not much time but i tried to locate problem. And i fail ).
First crash dump lead to some corrupted memory. It finish with call to location that hold skill names instead of valid program code. It is clear that something gone wrong.
Later you posted update mentioning that ?var and var can be root of problem. That should be investigated.

Can you delete "Debug" folder in you heroes3 folder. Then load game and play until you get error. Save erm memory dump. Zip entire "Debug" folder and give link to it. Perhaps that give more clues.
Another better solution will be to pack all you mods and game save file so i can try reproduce error.

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majaczek
majaczek


Supreme Hero
Work at Magic Dimmension
posted March 26, 2020 09:43 PM
Edited by majaczek at 22:14, 26 Mar 2020.

gamemaster said:
@Bersy
I played game with few mods included for few ingame days and did not found other problems with "IfThen" beside that one i reported.
Perhaps problem is not in "IfThen" but in way how it is used in this particular place.
You have 2 arguments. Second parameter ask for field value ".count". In case that "Self" is nil second parameter raise exception. You can not get "count" of nil object.
So "IfThen" is ok to use only if all stataments can be evaluated.

Perhaps you can use "IfThen" but with some care.


@majaczek
Hi,
Few questions:
1. Do you have experience with delphi. Or this is first time?
2. What version of source did you used? One from Bersy's git hub?
3. You have any particular need for source code or just need another dlls (latest dll from ported version)?

If you plan to detect problem in source that will not be easy because you need to track code trough h3era.exe also. I just want to say that there is no one place that you will see obvious cause of problem.

Anyway if you willing to try i can assist anytime i am free .

Last few days i investigating your problem (i have not much time but i tried to locate problem. And i fail ).
First crash dump lead to some corrupted memory. It finish with call to location that hold skill names instead of valid program code. It is clear that something gone wrong.
Later you posted update mentioning that ?var and var can be root of problem. That should be investigated.

Can you delete "Debug" folder in you heroes3 folder. Then load game and play until you get error. Save erm memory dump. Zip entire "Debug" folder and give link to it. Perhaps that give more clues.
Another better solution will be to pack all you mods and game save file so i can try reproduce error.



1. almost no experience with delphi
2. yes, latest one from Bersy's github
3. I need latest dll to check if it already helps with my problem
===============================================================
first crashdump was indeed corrupted memory and it was my fault (my updated version of amethyst had some stupid typo, new version works ok now)
the second problem is when code uses DL:A and first thing after A is variable (not a constant). I will send you my whole mod (I use one huge mod + of course wog)

here is my repo with the current state of mod click here

steps to reproduce: use any new big button in hero screen

well i put the debug folder into package in this folder

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Bersy
Bersy


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Supreme Hero
posted March 26, 2020 10:13 PM

gamemaster, I know. When compiler inlines IfThen, it's expanded into

If Condition Then Expr1 Else Expr 2 end;
End Expr2 is not executed always.

But if compiler refuses to inline function, it results in real
IfThen(Cond, Expr1, Expr2) call, leading to bugs. I fixed such cases, thank you.
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gamemaster
gamemaster


Adventuring Hero
posted March 26, 2020 10:32 PM
Edited by gamemaster at 22:36, 26 Mar 2020.

@majaczek
1. uhh let then first try 3.
2. Bersy's version use old delphi 2009. That is why i ported it to new version. Also you need to setup few things before start to compile it. So you had 0% chance to compile it. lets try 3. first
3. Here is link to 2 dlls you need to replace. It is latest build from 2 week ago. Make backup of 2 dlls and replace them with provided. You will notice that new dlls are much bigger. That is ok. Also you will note version "3.0". Don't pay attention to that .

https://dropmefiles.com/XzUSX

try first those 2 dlls. Perhaps then you can try older versions to find closest problematic version? Lower version we found smaller changes will be and smaller area for investigation.

@Bersy
No problemo

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majaczek
majaczek


Supreme Hero
Work at Magic Dimmension
posted March 26, 2020 10:53 PM
Edited by majaczek at 22:59, 26 Mar 2020.

Quote:

{
  Module: era.dll
  Adress:      [ era.dll+0x15DCED ]
  Code:        EXCEPTION_INT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO
  Flags:       0x00000000
  Information: -
}


with your dlls
(in my test case)

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gamemaster
gamemaster


Adventuring Hero
posted March 26, 2020 11:14 PM

hmm odd.
i'll try it later tomorrow.

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Bersy
Bersy


Honorable
Supreme Hero
posted March 27, 2020 01:51 PM

Delphi 2007 is enough to compile the code as is.
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gamemaster
gamemaster


Adventuring Hero
posted March 27, 2020 07:14 PM
Edited by gamemaster at 19:17, 27 Mar 2020.

@majaczek
I just downloaded your git and i should clone it.
So that mistake took me some time .

Here is dll with fix for "divide by zero".
That is fix to just make you able to run heroes 3.

Can you check is that problem solved. Then we will go further...

https://dropmefiles.com/xeDjL
Work in safe directory or make backup before override (but you already know that ).

@Bersy
Yes D2007 is enough for you git. But majaczek used 10.3.3 if i am correct.

How are you guys in this corona time? Work from home? Or some isolation in far mountain cottage ?

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majaczek
majaczek


Supreme Hero
Work at Magic Dimmension
posted March 27, 2020 07:41 PM

@gamemaster
it fixees the DL:A issue perfectly

but now it's incompatible with HD-mod I think

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gamemaster
gamemaster


Adventuring Hero
posted March 27, 2020 08:00 PM
Edited by gamemaster at 20:15, 27 Mar 2020.

@majaczek
try again
https://dropmefiles.com/MllXN
I forgot to remove one harcoded HD patch that make it incompatible.

Keep in mind that no one test this ported version until now.
It will be good to use it some time just for test. So potential errors can be detected.
It should be 99.99% same as original Bersy version. I try to keep it up to date with Bersy current version. For now use it for test. For official relise of your mod wait Bersy's version with fix.


@Bersy

Problem is located in Era.pas in function "PutVal"

Division by 0 occurred so i just added check to prevent error.
If that can happens then we need to make it safe. If Value can not be 0 then we need further investigation. I don't know code in depth so i just give proposals.

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majaczek
majaczek


Supreme Hero
Work at Magic Dimmension
posted March 27, 2020 09:05 PM
Edited by majaczek at 21:09, 27 Mar 2020.

works in HD too

edit: when fighting with monster got this error:
Quote:

Exception
{
  Module: h3era HD.exe
  Adress:      [ 0x0043E1F9 ]
  Code:        EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
  Flags:       0x00000000
  Information: read of address: 0x00000030
}

Context { EAX: 0x00000000, ECX: 0x00000000, EDX: 0x00000200, EBX: 0x12B35A0C, ESP: 0x02D342B8, EBP: 0x02D34728, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x00000003 }

Call stack
{
  ? called from before [ 0x12B28680 ]
}

Call stack V2
{
  0043E1F9 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  004957E9 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  004689B1 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  007157EC (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  007601F1 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  007493CC (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  050CECEB (era: 04F70000): (?): ExtractErm
  0074CE60 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  050D037F (era: 04F70000): (?): ExtractErm
  050D03AC (era: 04F70000): (?): ExtractErm
  007493CC (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  050CECEB (era: 04F70000): (?): ExtractErm
  0074D1E5 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  0645AD98 (?): (?): (?)
  0075E203 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  00463BFB (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  004627BA (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  004B08C0 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  004B0A4A (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  05083100 (era: 04F70000): (?): ClearAllIniCache
  050831F3 (era: 04F70000): (?): ClearAllIniCache
  050B7FBE (era: 04F70000): (?): GetGameState
  004ADFE8 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  0075AEB7 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  004AC5EF (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  004A690C (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  004A6B05 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  004A760D (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  004A7693 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  00757884 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  004813CF (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  0047FB1E (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  00480FC2 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  00407E43 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  0040AA36 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  0074E348 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  00409930 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  075D18A3 (?): (?): (?)
  00715A4C (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  0074EE99 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  0074EF4B (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  004089B0 (h3era HD: 00400000): (?): (?)
  075D1683 (?): (?): (?)
  075D1610 (?): (?): (?)
  12CB0B37 (?): (?): (?)
  05083100 (era: 04F70000): (?): ClearAllIniCache
  050831F3 (era: 04F70000): (?): ClearAllIniCache
  050B79E5 (era: 04F70000): (?): GetGameState
  02DF1271 (?): (?): (?)
  0FFF095B (?): (?): (?)
  0FFF08E5 (?): (?): (?)
  1000D6A9 (_hd3_: 10000000): (?): HdCommon_Set
  02DF0067 (?): (?): (?)
  75E66359 (KERNEL32: 75E50000): (?): BaseThreadInitThunk
  77C67B74 (ntdll: 77C00000): (?): RtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath
  77C67B44 (ntdll: 77C00000): (?): RtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath
}


but dialogs work

edit: the crash is not repeateable

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gamemaster
gamemaster


Adventuring Hero
posted March 27, 2020 10:46 PM
Edited by gamemaster at 22:48, 27 Mar 2020.

What version of era did you used before 2.9.12? When all worked well.

I also get some battle mess in game. Script (109 Knightmare - New Resistance SS - Exorcism) tried to load erm_hooker.era That should be avoided if i am right
Quote:
2.9.4
[!] battery.dll by MoP (included in Typhon too) is not supported anymore.
[!] erm_hooker.era MUST BE deleted from all mods, unless you know, what you are doing. It's a part of Era package now.


I updated Wog and Wog_scripts and after that all work well. But test was short.

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majaczek
majaczek


Supreme Hero
Work at Magic Dimmension
posted March 28, 2020 12:49 AM

nope it doesn't need to be avoided, just now it's packaged in WoG "mod"

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Bersy
Bersy


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Supreme Hero
posted March 28, 2020 03:07 AM

About division by zero. Seems like I'll display "Sorry, division by zero" message, like WoG does. Previously I thought, that raising exception is acceptable reaction.
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gamemaster
gamemaster


Adventuring Hero
posted March 28, 2020 11:24 PM

@Bersy

What are parameters of !!DL:A command?
Command has 3 or 4 parameter. 4th parameter is always 1?

I ask this because it is related to majaczek problem.
He used 3 parameters. i guess that 4th is by default 0.
for example:  !!DL28:Ay16/4/y99;
Somewhere i found that last parameter is some magic 1.


@majaczek
Can you try to fix your all scripts with !!DL:A to have 4 parameters. Last should be 1.
Then try original Bersy's dll instead of dll i provided.

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majaczek
majaczek


Supreme Hero
Work at Magic Dimmension
posted March 29, 2020 08:58 AM
Edited by majaczek at 09:32, 29 Mar 2020.

@gamemaster
it seems to work

EDIT:
Quote:
ZVSE
!?PI;
!!SN:L^era.dll^/?y66 Ay66/^PluginExists^/?y77 Ey77/1/^Skirmish^; !!VRy99:Sv1; [majaczek]
!!FU&v1<>0:E;
!!VRz1:S^Choose Skirmish Name^;

!!VRz9:S^Skirmish^;
!!IF:D99/0/1/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0;
!!IF:F99/////0; !!IF:E1/99; !!VRz999:Sz1;




this script doesn't work on DLL you provided
(it skips dialog and z999 is empty)

but it works on original 2.9.12

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gamemaster
gamemaster


Adventuring Hero
posted March 29, 2020 12:00 PM

Hmm if i am not wrong:
1. Load era.dll adress to y66
2. Load "PluginExists" to y77
3. Run "PluginExists" with one parameter "Skirmish"
4. Exit if v1<>0

Is v1 result from calling function in step 3? 0-false, 1-true?

In that case step 3 should return false and exit function because there is no "skirmish.era" module that is loaded.
I can only find "skirmish.era.off" in your folder.

Did i understood well your code?

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majaczek
majaczek


Supreme Hero
Work at Magic Dimmension
posted March 29, 2020 12:06 PM
Edited by majaczek at 12:12, 29 Mar 2020.

gamemaster said:
Hmm if i am not wrong:
1. Load era.dll adress to y66
2. Load "PluginExists" to y77
3. Run "PluginExists" with one parameter "Skirmish"
4. Exit if v1<>0

Is v1 result from calling function in step 3? 0-false, 1-true?

In that case step 3 should return false and exit function because there is no "skirmish.era" module that is loaded.
I can only find "skirmish.era.off" in your folder.

Did i understood well your code?


Yes you Understand a bit
if skirmish is not loaded just ask normal wog question for z999

If you "enable" skirmish.era the skirmish.era would ask by sophisticated behaviour also for z999, so it shouldn't ask in script again. If it's disabled this is only way to ask for z999.
however skirmish.era didn't work without HD-mod so it is disabled by default.

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gamemaster
gamemaster


Adventuring Hero
posted March 29, 2020 12:11 PM
Edited by gamemaster at 12:14, 29 Mar 2020.

What is right status of "skirmish"?
It should be considered as available or unavailable?
because of".off" at the end of file name

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majaczek
majaczek


Supreme Hero
Work at Magic Dimmension
posted March 29, 2020 12:14 PM
Edited by majaczek at 12:17, 29 Mar 2020.

gamemaster said:
What is right status of "skirmish"?
It should be considered as available or unavailable?
because of".off" at the end of file name


the ".off" meaning is plugin disabled (like it was in plugin manager tool)
you can enable it by renaming to skirmish.era or by enabling in plugin manager.

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