Plugins don't work

[InCreator]

Maybe i shouldn't complain. but snow/rain plugin doesn't work with ags 2.56!

Rain is essential component of some rooms in my game so i think i won't ugrade my game to new ags.

is plugin modification and recompiling stopped or will creators rewrite them for newer versions of AGS?

[Pumaman]

Why doesn't it work? What's the problem? AGS should be backwards compatible with plugins.

[Dr Snark]

Im Having the Same Problem:
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Illegal exception
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An exception 0xC0000005 occured in ACWIN.EXE at EIP = 0x0040D2CB ; program pointer is +5, ACI version 2.56.612, gtags (0,0)

AGS cannot continue, this exception was fatal. Please note down the numbers above, remember what you were doing at the time and notify CJ on the Tech forum.



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OK  
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this one was for Scrollng Creditz 1.1
it worked Fine until i got agz 2.56 Final

[Pumaman]

At what point does it crash? I just tried it out myself and it worked fine.

[Dr Snark]

did you Try the DEMO or a new game, it works fine with the test game, but not with a New Game

As Soon as i get to thre First Credit, it crashes.


Ok I take that back, the Demo game Freezes My Machine.

ok Here is My  System:

Windows Xp Home, SP1
385 MB Ram
785 Mhz

and it worked FINE until i upgraded to 2.56 Final.

[Pumaman]

Can you post the script you're using for the plugin, so that I can try it out using exactly the same commands.

[AJA]

This sure sounds veeery weird. What could you have done, CJ?

[Pumaman]

The crash printout indicates the  IAGSEngine::DrawText  method is crashing, but I'm not sure why, unless you've selected an invalid font somehow. If anyone can provide the script they're using or maybe upload a test game where this happens, it'd be appreciated.

As I say, I'm not having any problems myself, and I certainly haven't changed that part of the AGS code since the previous version.

[Dr Snark]

ok WELL

I Finaly fixed the error and now it works, I guess... I don 't know what the hell i did, but the Error is GONE!!

I Think Chris uploaded me a virus and made my game go nutso LOL..

Ok Now back to my game..

[Pumaman]

Hehe, glad to hear that's fixed.

I'd like to hear back from InCreator though who started this thread, to see if there's a problem at all.