[cod] segmentation error

[Geoff Goas]

if you try Powerserver on a windows server you will notice in the
console many complaints about strings not being localized.

any iprintln(), iprintlnbold(), clientannouncement(), announcement()
that is called with a regular variable that points to a string or a
regular string will seg fault the server.

this means you cannot have strings that you can change on the fly (eg.
the "Welcome Messages" and "Message Center") because they all have to
be localized in a STR file.

for instance, in my mod i have the file localizedstrings/ax.str. i use
a welcome message in my mod, so i had to create this entry in the STR
file:

REFERENCE	MOTDTDM
LANG_ENGLISH	"Welcome to ^1anarchic^7TDM. Grenades have a 3.5 second
cook time. Three snipers allowed per team. Three shotguns allowed per
team. Smoke after 60 kills. Deathicons/hitblips off. Visit
^3Anarchic-X.com^7 for more information."

and in the script, i had to call it like this:

clientAnnouncement(self, &"AX_MOTDTDM");

otherwise, the server would seg fault. so again, CoD2 kinda went
backwards in the sense that we can't have any dynamic strings. either
this has to be addressed in a patch or we will just have to live with
it. even though it "works" on the windows servers, its still not good
practice considering the error messages that follow when you call an
unlocalized string.

On 11/1/05, Click Bouyow <click at deadboneplatoon.com> wrote:
> I can modify a weapon file with no issues.  If I use Powerserver, or any
> of the other mods, the server fails.
>
> John
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> Geoff Goas wrote:
> > "Any mod that uses or modifies a DVAR will not run"
> >
> > absolutely untrue. bulletworm's mod does not localize any strings that
> > he uses, THIS is why the linux server seg faults. took me a good hour
> > to figure this out.
> >
> > On 11/1/05, Click Bouyow <click at deadboneplatoon.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I too, tried Bulletworms mod.  It will not run on Linux.  I submitted a bug
> >> report on it.  Any mod that uses or modifies a DVAR will not run.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> ________________________________________
> >> From: Wildcard [mailto:wildcard at hccnet.nl]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 3:23 PM
> >> To: cod at icculus.org
> >> Subject: RE: [cod] segmentation error
> >>
> >> Bullet Worms Powerserver Mod its over at iwnations.com forums.
> >> But i also tried other mods...same result..segmentation fault
> >>
> >> -------Oorspronkelijk bericht-------
> >>
> >> Van: Jim Mayes
> >> Datum: 11/01/05 20:42:18
> >> Aan: cod at icculus.org
> >> Onderwerp: RE: [cod] segmentation error
> >>
> >>
> >> What mod is causing this?
> >> ~jim
> >> ________________________________________
> >> From: Wildcard [mailto:wildcard at hccnet.nl]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:41 PM
> >> To: cod at icculus.org
> >> Subject: Re: [cod] segmentation error
> >>
> >> all i get is:
> >>
> >>
> >> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> >> [Switching to Thread 1076187168 (LWP 7069)]
> >> 0x0810df5d in ?? ()
> >> (gdb) bt
> >> #0 0x0810df5d in ?? ()
> >> #1 0x0810e0af in ?? ()
> >> #2 0x0810e110 in ?? ()
> >> #3 0x08080140 in ?? ()
> >> #4 0x08083210 in ?? ()
> >> #5 0x08083741 in ?? ()
> >> #6 0x08084a7d in ?? ()
> >> #7 0x08107978 in ?? ()
> >> #8 0x08094238 in ?? ()
> >> #9 0x0809489a in ?? ()
> >> #10 0x08061f69 in ?? ()
> >> #11 0x08061fbd in ?? ()
> >> #12 0x080d25be in ?? ()
> >> #13 0x4014fe80 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> >> #14 0x08049f71 in ?? ()
> >> (gdb)
> >>
> >> -------Oorspronkelijk bericht-------
> >>
> >> Van: Tamas KOZAK
> >> Datum: 11/01/05 18:24:36
> >> Aan: cod at icculus.org
> >> Onderwerp: Re: [cod] segmentation error
> >>
> >> Wildcard wrote:
> >>
> >>> any word on newer linux bins?...the beta one gives always a segmentation
> >>> error when i try to load a mod.
> >>> This does not happen on a windows server
> >>>
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> >>>
> >> Can you backtrace the binary? It would be more informative IMO.
> >>
> >> Run gdb with ./cod2_lnxded and its args (gdb ./cod2_lnxded). Then type
> >> "run" and give the "bt" command when it have recived SIGSEGV signal.
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> > --
> > Geoff Goas, Administrator
> > |ax|anarchic - http://www.anarchic-x.com
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