Crash Offsets

Thaddeus wrote:
Getting a reasonably consistant ctd on freelancer.exe at offset 0x00149e35

multiple characters, always at launch to space. Only change in the mod has been updating the jflp.dll to the new ver. 1.21. Restored jflp back to version 1.2 with same results, I now have less than 50/50 chance of getting into space without crashing.

Any ideas? I know there is a thread on this offset, but it doesn’t draw any real conclusions and the idea of deleting all character files on the off chance that it might work would not go down well

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What I found: the crash seems to be random.

After I uninstalled FLHook 1.6.9(88Flak FLHook) and changed it to FLHook 2.0 –-> NO CRASHES.

I use 1.21 JFLP by Jason Hood.

So the reason in my case seems to be 88Flak FLHook?!

Hope this helps.

Thanks Vital. I’m using flhook 2.0 already. The problem used to be quite random as you say, but now its more than ever other time I launch I get dumped to desktop

And the 1.21 jflp.dll didn’t fix it? We had some minor issues with the client CTD’ing but Adoxa was able to isolate the issue within the dll and published the 1.21 which so far seems to have fixed our problem.

We do NOT use FLHook.

Yeah, btw, will the crash persist without FLHook??

After a clean install this morning without flhook the problem still persists. although frequency of the crash is up to 1:10.

Seems to be related to the HUD - made any changes to DATA\INTERFACE\hud.ini?

HUD? Running vanilla hud.ini as supplied with the quickfix1.0. no changes as far as I can see. No hud mods except I am running your hudshift, that runs faultlessly (afaik…?)

adoxa wrote:
Seems to be related to the HUD - made any changes to DATA\INTERFACE\hud.ini?

Added opacity to some hud using utf editor, this actually presents in some hud already, that’s the only thing.

BTW, I had JFLP 1.20. Updated to 1.21 and didn’t notice any crashes with FLHook 2.0, didn’t test with 88Flak FLHook.

Freelancer.exe

The description for Event ID ( 1000 ) in Source ( Freelancer ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: freelancer.exe, 6.66.0.0, ntdll.dll, 5.1.2600.2180, 000122ba.

```Only on my machine. Others, so far don't have troubles.
FLSpew seems clean.
[EDIT] * Sims its Win related error, no one has same problem and other stuff refuse to load (HardCMP, Blender, …), so ignore it.

ntdll.dll crashes - Not supported parameter or typing error, not supported/equipable archetype in players char file.

Ty, I look into that.

Thaddeus wrote:
Getting a reasonably consistant ctd on freelancer.exe at offset 0x00149e35

Had another look at this, but not really any more to say. The offending address is set to 0 when you load/land on a base; it is set to whatever it should be (non-zero) just before you launch (or load in space); the crash occurs just after launch because it is now zero. If you can debug, set a write h/w breakpoint on 674AA0. On a base, it should break at 4DA799 (that’s where it gets zero); on launch, it should break at 4DA229 (non-zero). And that’s it - if it doesn’t break at 4DA229, it’s not being set as it should; if it breaks anywhere else, something’s broken somewhere.

Thanks, when I run client and server on the same machine I dont get this problem. So I did a file by file comparsion and found an updated .sur file that wasnt matched on server. Re-syncing the files seems to have alleviated the problem, it still happens but back to being random again.

Forgive my ignorance but what program do I need to debug this

Thaddeus wrote:
Thanks, when I run client and server on the same machine I dont get this problem. So I did a file by file comparsion and found an updated .sur file that wasnt matched on server. Re-syncing the files seems to have alleviated the problem, it still happens but back to being random again.

Forgive my ignorance but what program do I need to debug this

Could you tell me please what this file was?

I run server and client on the same machine, but through a
LAN(if the LAN is disconnected, you can’t connect to the server) for better test porpouses, and it appears to be quite random as you said. However, no this issue under FLHook 2.0

You’re right its not an FLhook2.0 problem. I’ve removed it from the development server and I’m still getting this offset crash occasionally. Mismatched file was a ship .sur I was working on. There was a vanilla .sur on server and a new (Schmacks) .sur on my client. Could be a red herring as I did do a complete reinstall on the server at the time.

Thaddeus,

so I updated my JFLP from 1.20 to 1.21, tested with 88Flak FLHook(for long time, guess no less than 150 - 200 landings and launches in a row) and had no CTDs so far.

Will inform if I find out anything else.

@Thaddeus: OllyDbg is what I use. If you want to give it a try… If you already have Freelancer running, switch to windowed mode and do File|Attach in OllyDbg; if not, File|Open, browse to Freelancer.exe and add -w to the arguments. (Bear in mind, the first time will take a while as it analyses everything, which will probably cause your connection to timeout.) Select the dump window (Shift+Tab twice), press Ctrl+G and enter 674AA0. Now Shift+Right four times and press Shift+F5, then Down to select Write and Enter (who uses the mouse? ;)). Those four bytes will turn red, indicating there’s a breakpoint there. Press F9 to run and just wait for the break…

Thanks, I’ll give it try next time I’m on the server

Someone knows whats 0006c033 at content.dll means?

EDIT:

06F0C031 8B08                	mov	ecx, [eax]
06F0C033 8B01                	mov	eax, [ecx]

Whats the meaning?
Anyway when ecx is null it crashes.

Changed 0006c031 8B08->9090

No crashes and no visible side-effects.

I have falls server error server.dll 00017f38 what can this mean?
I shall be grateful to any information