Script Gone...

[Pumaman]

Also, faulty RAM can affect this, too. Try to config your BIOS so it doesn't do a "quick" test on the startup RAM test (if not already).

That's a possibility, actually. I've read reports of strange memory corruption happening if the RAM is faulty or if the CAS latency is set too low.

However, if this was the case I'd expect you to see other effects, not just in AGS.

[fred]

Sorry for the delay. I'm no shark at dealing with RAM, the BIOS or CAS latencies.

My computer has been generally unstable for some time, but I thought it natural because I use a lot of open source and not 100 % bug free programs. All crashes I've had, were related to those. (GIMP, VLC Media Player, faulty Photoshop).

I ran chkdsk several times with little result, and did a virus-scan that found nothing. I can't access the BIOS (Windows Help says BIOSÃ,  is now called EFI, and that it's invisible to the user). If the RAM or File System is faulty, would there be any way of fixing it without having to do a complete reinstall of Windows? (Hm... I guess this thread is going off topic).

Thank you guys for helping out, I think the problem can be isolated to my computer, and not AGS. Just weird that my computer functions normally in most situations, and then has these sudden caprices. At least I'm becoming a veteran at making back-ups of everything I work on ;-)

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

BLAM!

I just lost a lot of code. It included a new property, for God's sake.

HOWEVER, when I did all this, my computer was particularly unstable, so it's more than likely that memory and whatnot is to blame.

Just thought I'd share.

[Pumaman]

redrum, care to elaborate on what happened more than just "BLAM"?

Thank you guys for helping out, I think the problem can be isolated to my computer, and not AGS. Just weird that my computer functions normally in most situations, and then has these sudden caprices

It is strange though, and I'm not comfortable with just blaming your computer. However, I'm at a loss to suggest what else it could be.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Heh. Sorry. But that's just it - BLAM. When I left it yesterday, I thought it was OK. Maybe even back then it was gone. But today when I thought to check it out, some more recently added code was gone, along with a new property I'd created and filled out for every object. And yes, it DID save them. I have some compiles to show it.

It might have to do with 2 things:

1) My PC was, as I've said, EXTREMELY faulty yesterday;

2) I decided, in my own the-devil-may-care fashion, to delete the Compiled folder and recompile. I don't remember why. This caused a problem when AGS started looking for a GAMEFILE.001 file, and soon enough AGS crashed on me. I have no idea whether the code was still there or already gone when I rebooted, though.

2) may very well be the cause of the problem... but it was my own stupidity, and I know it. If it's 1), then it's also kinda my fault. I guess that's why I didn't bother to really elaborate.

[Pumaman]

Ok, well let us know if you have any problems in future.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Will do.