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Title: Cannot access options screen for multiplayer pilot
Post by: doctorfrog on May 19, 2013, 08:52:59 pm

I and my friends are trying to get some multi going in Diaspora. Three of the five of us are having this same issue:

• Options screen works fine in single player main menu
• Options screen works fine in single player mission (F2)
• Options screen inaccessible, and game crashes, in multiplayer main menu
• Options screen inaccessible, and game crashes, in multiplayer mission (F2)

Here is the output from my latest crash:

Assert: (pos >= 0) && (pos <= num_pos)
File: slider.cpp
Line: 84

ntdll.dll! ZwWaitForSingleObject + 21 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObjectEx + 67 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObject + 18 bytes
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
kernel32.dll! BaseThreadInitThunk + 18 bytes
ntdll.dll! RtlInitializeExceptionChain + 99 bytes
ntdll.dll! RtlInitializeExceptionChain + 54 bytes

Again, three of us are having this issue, identically. Two of us are just fine.

Title: Re: Cannot access options screen for multiplayer pilot
Post by: karajorma on May 19, 2013, 11:04:36 pm

Can you post your pilot file please? You'll find it in Diaspora/data/Players/Multi/inferno

You can also try moving that file somewhere safe and then creating a new pilot with the same name. That should fix it.

Title: Re: Cannot access options screen for multiplayer pilot
Post by: tabascoz28 on May 20, 2013, 12:58:11 am

Is Player profile corruption a common thing?  My profile was not corrupted but I did experience a bout with not being able to use respawn, no matter how many I changed the mission file.  I ended up reinstalling the entire game.  Should I have also created a new player in that case?  We usually play coop with each other. I will have my friend answer as soon as he can.

Title: Re: Cannot access options screen for multiplayer pilot
Post by: karajorma on May 20, 2013, 05:09:26 am

Player corruption was unfortunately a big problem. Hopefully this won't be an issue in the next patch we release as we'll probably move up to 3.7 builds of FS2_Open which have completely rewritten pilot code.

Your particular issue sounds new, but I'd definitely try a new pilot before a reinstall in almost every case.

Title: Re: Cannot access options screen for multiplayer pilot
Post by: doctorfrog on May 20, 2013, 12:27:57 pm

Thank you for the quick reply. I will try that tonight and let you know what happens. Let me know if I can provide you any more detailed or helpful info.

Title: Re: Cannot access options screen for multiplayer pilot
Post by: tabascoz28 on May 20, 2013, 02:32:49 pm

I'd also like to express my gratitude for the assistance you've provided.