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Game not releasing all resources - 12/19/2010 4:21:05 AM

Deomrve

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I was playing a game and noticed that the incorrect troop picture was displaying and when I exited the game to check on why I decided to change the picture to see if that fixed the problem. Well I couldn't change the picture because Distant Worlds was still using it. I opened task manager and noticed that there was a Distant Worlds process still active, even though I had closed the game. I stopped it and then was able to rename the picture. I thought you guys should know that Distant Worlds isn't releasing all of their resources. I should note that I did have a CTD then restarted noticed the wrong portrait being used, got out of the game and then noticed the resources not being released.

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RE: Game not releasing all resources - 12/19/2010 4:39:40 AM

elliotg

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We haven't seen this behavior before. Can you reliably reproduce this problem? (exit DW, but the process is still active)

Thanks
Elliot

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RE: Game not releasing all resources - 12/19/2010 5:27:46 AM

Deomrve

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Actually yes, it just happened again. I got what I think was a unhandled exception which gave me the following message (be prepared it's a long one):

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at DistantWorlds.Main.j1nTV4hujI(Object )
at DistantWorlds.Main.4sgTsZLYg8(ShipAction )
at DistantWorlds.Main.yxpTgPBvyM()
at DistantWorlds.Main.OAYeyNtQ4h(Object , Boolean )
at DistantWorlds.Main.YZFebmvTaG(Object )
at DistantWorlds.Main.pmWeZEF0vn(Object , MouseEventArgs )
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnMouseClick(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
   Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4952 (win7RTMGDR.050727-4900)
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
DistantWorlds
   Assembly Version: 1.5.0.0
   Win32 Version: 1.5.0.0
   CodeBase: file:///E:/games/Distant%20Worlds/DistantWorlds.exe
----------------------------------------
System
   Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
   Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
   Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
DistantWorlds.Controls
   Assembly Version: 1.5.0.0
   Win32 Version: 1.5.0.0
   CodeBase: file:///E:/games/Distant%20Worlds/DistantWorlds.exe
----------------------------------------
DistantWorlds.Types
   Assembly Version: 1.5.0.0
   Win32 Version: 1.5.0.0
   CodeBase: file:///E:/games/Distant%20Worlds/DistantWorlds.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound
   Assembly Version: 1.0.2902.0
   Win32 Version: 5.04.00.2904
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC/Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound/1.0.2902.0__31bf3856ad364e35/Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound.dll
----------------------------------------
AxInterop.WMPLib
   Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
   CodeBase: file:///E:/games/Distant%20Worlds/AxInterop.WMPLib.DLL
----------------------------------------
Interop.WMPLib
   Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
   CodeBase: file:///E:/games/Distant%20Worlds/Interop.WMPLib.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Deployment
   Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Deployment/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Deployment.dll
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
   Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
PresentationCore
   Assembly Version: 3.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 3.0.6920.5001 built by: Win7RTMGDR
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_32/PresentationCore/3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/PresentationCore.dll
----------------------------------------
WindowsBase
   Assembly Version: 3.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 3.0.6920.5001 built by: Win7RTMGDR
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/WindowsBase/3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/WindowsBase.dll
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.DirectX
   Assembly Version: 1.0.2902.0
   Win32 Version: 5.04.00.2904
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC/Microsoft.DirectX/1.0.2902.0__31bf3856ad364e35/Microsoft.DirectX.dll
----------------------------------------
Ionic.Zip
   Assembly Version: 1.9.1.5
   Win32 Version: 1.9.1.5
   CodeBase: file:///E:/games/Distant%20Worlds/Ionic.Zip.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Serialization
   Assembly Version: 3.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 3.0.4506.4926 (NetFXw7.030729-4900)
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Serialization/3.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Serialization.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
   Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
SMDiagnostics
   Assembly Version: 3.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 3.0.4506.4926 (NetFXw7.030729-4900)
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/SMDiagnostics/3.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/SMDiagnostics.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
   Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
   Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
   <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Then I got a CTD with the following message:

An error has occurred. Distant Worlds will now exit

Details of the error are below:

Error Code: ProcMn

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at DistantWorlds.main.j1nTV4hujI(Object)
at DistantWorlds.main.4sgTsZLYg8(ShipAction)
at DistantWorlds.main.yxpTgPBvyM()
at DistantWorlds.main.ProcessMain(DateTime time, BuiltObjectList builtObjectsInView)
at DistantWorlds.main.ProgramLoop()

Then when I checked windows task manager I noticed DistantWorlds.exe *32 using 1,095,112 of memory. I would have posted images of what I got but I can't figure out how to do it.

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RE: Game not releasing all resources - 12/19/2010 5:49:07 AM

elliotg

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Ok, I can understand if you had a crash that the process might still be hanging there :)

That crash looks to be caused by deleting some of the default designs, which is fixed in the first update for ROTS, which will be out in a week or so.

Can you reproduce this problem (exit DW, but process still active) if you exit the game normally using the "Exit" link from the main menu, or the "Exit Distant Worlds" button in the game menu?

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RE: Game not releasing all resources - 12/19/2010 6:01:28 AM

Deomrve

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The game appears to terminate it's resources when exiting the game normally. I will keep a look out to see it if it doesn't. Thanks for your help. I'll probably uninstall and then reinstall to see if I can get rid of the CTD's. Sound kinda dirty when one says it like that. :)

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