A Lot More *Crashes* Lately?

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Blingy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I can't help much on your specific crashing issues but if you look in your p99 > Everquest > Log > dbg file you should be able to find a clue as to what's going on.

I also found in the main Everquest directory a file called UIErrors.txt. Mine is empty but it may be checking yours out.

Lastly might be an event viewer. Windows has an easy to to check out. Didn't I read somewhere that you're running linux? I know there's something similar for you. Heck, way back when I was running Red Hat (circa 2001 or so) it has an event/crash error log built in.

G'luck

I see a lot of this sort of thing in that file:

2020-06-17 14:55:20 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelcb.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:55:20 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelcb.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:55:26 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 14:55:26
2020-06-17 14:55:48 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:55:48 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelab.tga for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:55:48 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:55:48 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:56:21 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 14:56:21
2020-06-17 14:56:31 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelva.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:56:32 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelva.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:56:35 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:56:35 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:56:49 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 14:56:49
2020-06-17 14:56:55 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelab.tga for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:57:02 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelma.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:57:03 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelma.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:57:03 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelma.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:57:03 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelma.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:57:04 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelma.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:57:56 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelub.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:57:56 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelub.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:57:56 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelab.tga for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:57:57 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spella.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:57:58 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture gena20.bmp for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:58:07 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelcf.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:58:36 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 14:59:57 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 14:59:57
2020-06-17 15:02:39 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 15:02:39
2020-06-17 15:07:35 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 15:07:35
2020-06-17 15:09:36 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:09:36 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:09:42 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:09:42 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:09:42 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:09:42 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:09:58 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelab.tga for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:09:58 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture gena20.bmp for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:10:00 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelab.tga for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:10:08 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture gena20.bmp for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:10:08 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelab.tga for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:10:08 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelab.tga for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:10:08 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture gena20.bmp for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:11:08 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 15:11:08
2020-06-17 15:24:18 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 15:24:18
2020-06-17 15:24:56 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:28:19 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 15:28:19
2020-06-17 15:33:16 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 15:33:16
2020-06-17 15:37:28 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 15:37:28
2020-06-17 15:37:31 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 15:37:31
2020-06-17 15:45:47 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_whsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:45:47 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:45:50 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:45:50 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_blsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:45:50 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_whsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:45:50 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture flare_whsp50a.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:46:50 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 15:46:50
2020-06-17 15:47:35 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelua.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:51:53 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.
2020-06-17 15:51:54
2020-06-17 15:58:41 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelpa.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 15:58:41 D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed to create texture spelpa.png for particle system.
2020-06-17 16:02:31 Item done, MSG_WEATHER_EVENT received.

So would a reasonable guess be that I for some reason am missing some files (eg. spela.png), and before P99 didn't use those files (so I never used to get crashes), but recently it started doing so and now I do?

Only ... that still doesn't explain why the crashes only happen sometimes not (say) every time I loot a corpse.

[Baler]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I see a lot of this sort of thing in that file:



So would a reasonable guess be that I for some reason am missing some files (eg. spela.png), and before P99 didn't use those files (so I never used to get crashes), but recently it started doing so and now I do?

Only ... that still doesn't explain why the crashes only happen sometimes not (say) every time I loot a corpse.

Those Spel files are included with the p99 patch in the SpellEffects folder.
As to the reason why it's failing, im uncertain.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...turefromfileex

particle system sounds server to client

spell particle revamp required reverse engineering with how the particle system worked client side

I have some D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx() failed in my dbg log too. (without crashing)

Like almost every other crash with Titanium client, we can blame the old client and directx. Wish I could have found a solution :|

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Baler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Like almost every other crash with Titanium client, we can blame the old client and directx. Wish I could have found a solution :|

Yeah but the weird thing is we all weren't having these crashes for years, and they suddenly started happening, so while old client/directx is likely a factor, I don't see how it could be the main one.

I'll cross post this in bugs to try and get dev attention, since it sounds like it's a legitimate one and not just "Loramin's setup is weird" or "there's a bug in Loramin's new UI".