Question - Code Windows build not compiling changes

[p4stoboy]

if (hp <= 0){
obj_player.kills += 1;
if(obj_player.score mod 10 == 0 && obj_player.kills != 0){
var xx = irandom_range(
room_width/3, room_width/3*2);
var yy = irandom_range(room_height/3, room_height/3*2);
instance_create_layer(xx, yy, "Instances",
choose(obj_shotSpeedUp, obj_speedUp, obj_travelSpeedUp,
obj_knockBackUp, obj_attackUp));
}
}

My game has randomly stopped selecting obj_attackUp - every other drop works fine (I've run like 200 drops to make sure it wasn't just unlucky). Any ideas?? If I spawn one manually it works fine =\

EDIT: After some further investigation - there is also a sprite that I've changed which is still using the old one when i create the object.
Also, in the issue from the OP - sometimes obj_player.kills mod 10 DOES == 0 but it drops nothing (I'm guessing it's selecting obj_attackUp and something is amiss).

These issues are occurring on a windows build (I'm working on a mac). If I run it on the mac none of the issues are present.

 

[p4stoboy]

After some further investigation - there is also a sprite that I've changed which is still using the old one when i create the object.
Also, in the issue from the OP - sometimes obj_player.kills mod 10 DOES == 0 but it drops nothing (I'm guessing it's selecting obj_attackUp and something is amiss).

These issues are occurring on a windows build (I'm working on a mac). If I run it on the mac none of the issues are present.

 

[Nocturne]

Have you cleared the compiler cache and tried again? The "broom" icon at the top of the IDE will clear the cache...

 

[p4stoboy]

I had not, I just tried it then and it didn't help though

 

[Nocturne]

Okay, that's weird! The symptoms you describe are perfect examples of what happens when you build with a stale compiler cache. Have you tried simply calling the choose function in a for loop and outputting the results, without it actually being part of the instance create function? I'd also add in multiple show_debug_message() into the code so you can see what is happening (output the values of "obj_player.score", "obj_player.kills", etc...), or add a breakpoint and then step through the code a line at a time and check to see what is running and what isn't.

 

[p4stoboy]

Okay, that's weird! The symptoms you describe are perfect examples of what happens when you build with a stale compiler cache. Have you tried simply calling the choose function in a for loop and outputting the results, without it actually being part of the instance create function? I'd also add in multiple show_debug_message() into the code so you can see what is happening (output the values of "obj_player.score", "obj_player.kills", etc...), or add a breakpoint and then step through the code a line at a time and check to see what is running and what isn't.

Thanks man, that's my next step but I'm hesitant to do it when it compiles fine for mac. I'm guessing it is a compiler issue. I cleared the cache with it set to mac and then when i switched to windows it wasn'y an option but I'm guessing it's the same cache. I couldn't find anything related in the compiler app on the windows machine.

 

[Nocturne]

Yeah, the fact it runs fine on Mac does make it look like it's a compiler issue somewhere, but it also suggests that the issue may not be with the "choose" function itself but elsewhere... When you've finished debugging, file a bug with a link to the project, and if you can pinpoint exactly what's happening then include those details too (but still file the bug even if you can't give more details than those given here).

 

[p4stoboy]

WIll do. It's actually bizarre, this isn't a complex project and in the windows version that doesn't work the player will all of a sudden start one hitting instead of two hitting the enemies as if the attack variable has incremented even though no pickup dropped, however the players stats are printed at the top of the screen, they all update fine but the attack one doesn't move (on mac it increments fine and displays it).

I also don't have the option to clear compiler cache when it's set to windows compile?

 

[Dan]

I strongly suspect you're seeing https://bugs.yoyogames.com/view.php?id=29998 - if you try opening this project in the 2.2.1 Beta release it will likely offer to repair the project for you. Once this is done, you should be fine.

If 2.2.1 doesn't solve the issue, File > Export and send us the project .yyz along with your compiler log when building the project for Windows, please.

 

[p4stoboy]

Okay I have tried to just get it to spawn an attackUp object on game start and it worked on mac but not Windows. I think the Windows compiler is using an ?outdated project file?

I'm downloading the beta now Dan, thanks for that - I already submitted a bug before I realised the extent of the issue though so it's probably not a useful report.

 

[p4stoboy]

My new compile log post-update:

"/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/mono" /Users/Shared/GameMakerStudio2/Cache/runtimes/runtime-2.2.1.273/bin/Igor.exe /rp="/Users/Shared/GameMakerStudio2/Cache/runtimes/runtime-2.2.1.273" /user="/Users/ZZZ/.config/GameMakerStudio2/b1gh_1529405" /project="/Users/ZZZ/GameMakerStudio2/punished!/punished!.yyp" /cache="/Users/ZZZ/.config/GameMakerStudio2/Cache/GMS2CACHE" /of="/private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.y3BMLw/GameMakerStudio2/GMS2TEMP/punished!_547A578F_VM/" /tf="/private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.y3BMLw/GameMakerStudio2/GMS2TEMP/punished!_target_547A578F" /r=VM /w=192.168.0.148:7653 /config="default" /targetOptions="/Users/ZZZ/.config/GameMakerStudio2/Cache/GMS2CACHE/punished!_1E096696/targetoptions.json" Remote.Windows Run

Release build
Igor complete.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at Igor.RemoteBuilder.DoCommand (System.String command) [0x00cb2] in <e76b12bb7675466495713586db70a709>:0
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoMethod.InternalInvoke(System.Reflection.MonoMethod,object,object[],System.Exception&)
at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Reflection.BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00032] in <bb7b695b8c6246b3ac1646577aea7650>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Reflection.BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00048] in <bb7b695b8c6246b3ac1646577aea7650>:0
at System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000] in <bb7b695b8c6246b3ac1646577aea7650>:0
at .. (. ) [0x00172] in <e76b12bb7675466495713586db70a709>:0
at .. (System.String[] ) [0x00994] in <e76b12bb7675466495713586db70a709>:0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EXCEPTION FILE - /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.y3BMLw/tmp/6f40871fd0214723a86c4407a599bb99.yyg.saencryptedreport
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
WARNING: The Carbon driver has not been ported to 64bits, and very few parts of Windows.Forms will work properly, or at all
elapsed time 00:00:00.4851770s for command "/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/mono" /Users/Shared/GameMakerStudio2/Cache/runtimes/runtime-2.2.1.273/bin/Igor.exe /rp="/Users/Shared/GameMakerStudio2/Cache/runtimes/runtime-2.2.1.273" /user="/Users/ZZZ/.config/GameMakerStudio2/b1gh_1529405" /project="/Users/ZZZ/GameMakerStudio2/punished!/punished!.yyp" /cache="/Users/ZZZ/.config/GameMakerStudio2/Cache/GMS2CACHE" /of="/private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.y3BMLw/GameMakerStudio2/GMS2TEMP/punished!_547A578F_VM/" /tf="/private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.y3BMLw/GameMakerStudio2/GMS2TEMP/punished!_target_547A578F" /r=VM /w=192.168.0.148:7653 /config="default" /targetOptions="/Users/ZZZ/.config/GameMakerStudio2/Cache/GMS2CACHE/punished!_1E096696/targetoptions.json" Remote.Windows Run started at 11/06/2018 22:34:20
FAILED: Run Program Complete

e- works on mac though lol.

 

[Dan]

Can you attach that /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.y3BMLw/tmp/6f40871fd0214723a86c4407a599bb99.yyg.saencryptedreport file to your ticket, please. This will tell us the file causing the issue.

 

[p4stoboy]

Can you attach that /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.y3BMLw/tmp/6f40871fd0214723a86c4407a599bb99.yyg.saencryptedreport file to your ticket, please. This will tell us the file causing the issue.

I can but I can’t work out how to edit my ticket.

 

[p4stoboy]

Okay I found it, I can't find that file on my mac, I'm guessing it's on the windows machine??? I'll have a look in a minute.

 

[p4stoboy]

Can you attach that /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.y3BMLw/tmp/6f40871fd0214723a86c4407a599bb99.yyg.saencryptedreport file to your ticket, please. This will tell us the file causing the issue.

Okay that file is gone, I tried to compile again and it threw this:

EXCEPTION FILE - /var/folders/rm/phdx66cj7c74yt9d8y694hx00000gn/T/4d88f5b3d4604a358bfdd0433f226249.yyg.saencryptedreport

Which I have attached to ticket #151282.

 

[p4stoboy]

Is anyone able to advise on how long a response to a support ticket normally takes? I’ve had no movement on this issue since I reported it and in the meantime I can’t compile =\

 

[p4stoboy]

Hi, this support ticket has been open for 2 months now with no response?? Does the license I have paid for include support or what? I literally cannot compile my game.