I'm working on a conversion where I bumped into an odd problem: The track loading gets stuck at about 75%. I have waited more than 10 minutes, but it never completes. I have removed the .cbash and all old .rrbin files, but that did not help. When running with trace enabled, the trace log looks like this: Code: TRACE LEVEL = 100 tracelog.cpp 139: Command line: "+path=".." +hash=####HIDDEN#### trace=100" main.cpp 193: FPU=0x0009001f game.cpp 1620: Entered Game::Enter() osman.cpp 727: Entered OSMan::Enter() plrfile.cpp 2899: Entered PlayerFile::Enter() setup.cpp 2451: Could not find SPARKF1_UPGRADES.INI setup.cpp 2451: Could not find SPARKF1_UPGRADES.INI setup.cpp 2451: Could not find SPARKF1_UPGRADES.INI setup.cpp 1556: Livery file _-6269_SPARKF3_71ALT excluded from list on account of being too long setup.cpp 2451: Could not find SPARKF3_UPGRADES.INI setup.cpp 2451: Could not find SPARKF3_UPGRADES.INI setup.cpp 1556: Livery file _-6269_SPARKF3_72ALT excluded from list on account of being too long setup.cpp 2451: Could not find SPARKF3_UPGRADES.INI plrfile.cpp 2041: Attempting to save to C:\usr\rFactor2\UserData\player\player.TMP plrfile.cpp 2074: Retcode: 0 for renaming to C:\usr\rFactor2\UserData\player\player.PLR hwinput.cpp 7466: Entered HWInput::Enter() hwinput.cpp 7467: HKL=0x041d041d vidman.cpp 1539: Entered VidMan::Enter() specialfx.cp 3451: Entered SpecialFX::Enter() dynman.cpp 710: Entered DynMan::Enter() sound.cpp 1337: Entered Sound::Enter() onscreen.cpp 3408: Entered OnScreen::Enter() game.cpp 1669: Entered Game::Setup() hwinput.cpp 7502: Entered HWInput::Setup() options.cpp 4647: Entered Options::Setup() O_AppObj.cpp 2770: Initiate options object creation O_OSC.cpp 2945: Entered Options_OSC_Reader::ReadOSC() vidman.cpp 1294: Trying to Play Bink File: C:\usr\rFactor2\Installed\MovieFiles\ISILogo.bik MovieMan.cpp 120: Error locating video file C:\USR\RFACTOR2\INSTALLED\MOVIEFILES\ISILOGO.BIK MovieMan.cpp 120: Error locating video file C:\USR\RFACTOR2\INSTALLED\MOVIEFILES\ISILOGO.BIK vidman.cpp 1294: Trying to Play Bink File: C:\usr\rFactor2\Installed\MovieFiles\ALL_TRACKS_AND_CARS_10.bik MovieMan.cpp 120: Error locating video file C:\USR\RFACTOR2\INSTALLED\MOVIEFILES\ALL_TRACKS_AND_CARS_10.BIK MovieMan.cpp 120: Error locating video file C:\USR\RFACTOR2\INSTALLED\MOVIEFILES\ALL_TRACKS_AND_CARS_10.BIK vidman.cpp 1294: Trying to Play Bink File: C:\usr\rFactor2\Installed\MovieFiles\PreGame.bik MovieMan.cpp 120: Error locating video file C:\USR\RFACTOR2\INSTALLED\MOVIEFILES\PREGAME.BIK MovieMan.cpp 120: Error locating video file C:\USR\RFACTOR2\INSTALLED\MOVIEFILES\PREGAME.BIK tire_manager 1372: Non-existent tire brand "" tire_manager 1372: Non-existent tire brand "" O_OSC.cpp 3123: Exited Options_OSC_Reader::ReadOSC() O_AppObj.cpp 2862: Options object creation successful specialfx.cp 3457: Entered SpecialFX::Setup() steward.cpp 8284: Entered Steward::Setup() dynman.cpp 750: Entered DynMan::Setup() sound.cpp 1353: Entered Sound::Setup() render.cpp 1260: Entered Render::Setup() onscreen.cpp 3414: Entered OnScreen::Setup() plrfile.cpp 2939: Entered PlayerFile::Setup() plrfile.cpp 2041: Attempting to save to C:\usr\rFactor2\UserData\player\player.TMP plrfile.cpp 2074: Retcode: 0 for renaming to C:\usr\rFactor2\UserData\player\player.PLR game.cpp 1706: Entered Game::Init() game.cpp 1710: got past replayman init vidman.cpp 1767: Entered VidMan::Init() ai_db.cpp 3277: Entered AIDatabase::Init() steward.cpp 8301: Entered Steward::Init() hwinput.cpp 7577: Entered HWInput::Init() specialfx.cp 3563: Entered SpecialFX::Init() dynman.cpp 761: Entered DynMan::Init() When looking at the threads, the one consuming a full CPU has a stack that looks like this: (snapshot) Code: rFactor2.exe+0x2fefb6 rFactor2.exe+0x236ba5 When monitoring rF2 with procmon, the last thing rFactor2.exe does before it hangs is to read from commonmaps.mas. Has anyone had anything similar happen, and if you have, how did you solve it? @ISI: If you know what goes on at memory address 0x2fefb6, it would be great if you could post some info. Thanks.
Yes, I even made the game run windowed in 800x600 resolution, but there is no popup. It just continues to consume a CPU core forever... I tried with a different AIW file that I know works, but still no go. There were literally tons of small off-track objects all set as collidable and HAT targets, so I'll try to correct that first, and then comment out objects one by one until I find out what causes this.
After commenting out *all* objects except the X-objects and the garages, the track finally loads, so either it's a typo in the scene file or a bad object. Now that I know the AIW file is ok, I'll start uncommenting sections one by one until it starts hanging again. I will keep you posted on the issue once I find it. EDIT: Found the issue! It's not a bad object, nor a bad material, which I thought at first. It's a scene file parser error. (!) I will conduct some more experiments to pinpoint exactly what the issue is, but it is related to movable objects and instance names.
Problem solved! These two entries hangs the track loading: Code: Instance=sign_corner_bollard_a { Moveable=True MeshFile=sign_corner_bollard_a.gmt CollTarget=True HATTarget=False } Instance=sign_corner_bollard_a&001 { Moveable=True MeshFile=sign_corner_bollard_a&001.gmt CollTarget=True HATTarget=False } If I change it to the variant below, the track loads fine: Code: Instance=sign_corner_bollard_a { Moveable=True MeshFile=sign_corner_bollard_a.gmt CollTarget=True HATTarget=False } Instance=sign_corner_bollard_a&001 { Moveable=True MeshFile=sign_corner_bollard_a&001.gmt CollTarget=True HATTarget=False } The first layout works fine in rFactor1, so something must have been changed in the scene file parsing. Perhaps you get the full line break sequence now that the file is read from a compressed MAS file? In rFactor1, the same file is read from the file system, so maybe CRLF somehow messes things up in certain situations? EDIT: Just looked at Lime Rock Park, and Moveable=True is on its own line there, but always followed by a VisGroups on the same line. Maybe that has some kind of effect on the parsing.
I don't think it has anything to do with the ampersand character, unless of course it's related to the "Moveable" definition. I didn't exhaust every combination to pinpoint the exact issue, but still, something must have been altered in the scene file parser code as the original scene file loaded perfectly in rFactor1. @iDTDoug: Yeah, that would be great. Maybe ISI can build one off the parser code and include it with the modding tools in a future release? That would simplify getting rid of obsolete options and correcting invalid entries.
Hmm, now I am really confused. No matter what I do, I cannot get the track to load if I have the Moveable=True attribute on a separate line. I did replace the "&" character with an "_", but that did not help. However, if I place Moveable=True on the same line as MeshFile=, the track loads fine, but the moveable objects are definitely not moveable, it's like driving into a concrete wall... What am I doing wrong?
are the gmt's exported that way? it takes more than just the scn file reference, the gmt has to be exported with it checked.
I can actually get one of those objects to become moveable, but as soon as I try the second one, the track won't load anymore. I've tried having Moveable=True on the same line as MeshFile and the other attributes, but that doesn't work at all, none of the objects become moveable that way. (but the track loads fine...) Exactly where would you define that a GMT is moveable? I can't find any option like that in 3DSimED, which is what I use when converting tracks.
