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[B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 11:41:23 AM   
Gizzmoe


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Status: offline 		This loop freezes and crashes Command (no error message) when I run it from the script console:

::loop::
print (string.sub(ScenEdit_CurrentTime(), 1, 10))
goto loop

Edit: It freezes Command after two seconds, after about 10-15 seconds it crashes.


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RE: [B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 11:51:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		Doesn't ScenEdit_CurrentTime() return a number??
ScenEdit_CurrentTime ()
Gets the current time.
Returns:
number The UTC Unix timestamp of the current time in-game.



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RE: [B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 11:53:50 AM   
Gizzmoe


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RE: [B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 11:58:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		I just tried it and it works. You have given it an infinite loop so it just keeps running. It probably exhausts resoruces

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RE: [B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 12:01:31 PM   
Gizzmoe


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ORIGINAL: michaelm
It probably exhausts resoruces


Yes, probably. It freezes Command after two seconds, after about 10-15 seconds it crashes. I guess it shouldn't be that way ;)


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RE: [B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 12:05:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		I can't see what use you would have for the code snippet in an action/event in the game. It would basically stop the game.

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RE: [B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 12:12:40 PM   
Gizzmoe


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Status: offline 		That script is just part of my Lua learning-process and as a Lua/Script-noob I need to experiment a lot. Sure that script isn't useful as-is, but that is not the point of this thread.

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RE: [B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 12:58:12 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Gizzmoe

That script is just part of my Lua learning-process and as a Lua/Script-noob I need to experiment a lot. Sure that script isn't useful as-is, but that is not the point of this thread.


So what did you learn about running an infinite loop and then reporting it as a bug?

Mike




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RE: [B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 1:03:51 PM   
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ORIGINAL: mikmyk
So what did you learn about running infinite loops and then reporting it as a bug?


I just wanted to report it in case you devs consider it a bug. As you know an infinite loop doesn't automatically crash every piece of software per se, it all depends on how the software was designed.

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RE: [B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 1:09:00 PM   
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Can you stop trying to annoy people. We have lives to live and these antics are not really moving the game ahead.

Thanks

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RE: [B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 1:20:38 PM   
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RE: [B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 1:26:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		It is not my plan to annoy people. I just found it weird that it makes Command actually crash and wanted to report it. In that case it apparently wasn't a valid bug report for you and I have no problems with your decision.

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RE: [B809] Certain Lua script freezes Command - 4/2/2016 1:35:19 PM   
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