Phantom Bugs and how to find running autorun events

[mentaldrama]

Hi everybody.

I've been working on my project for quite some time now and it has reached a considerable size.

Lately I've noticed the occurence of what I call "Phantom Bugs".

Bugs which just start to appear out of nowhere,  mostly event pages which were set to action button are suddendely set on autorun or suddenly a movement command appears that I did not insert, sometimes refering to an event that doesn't exist, causing a freeze.

Has anybody else experiences this and maybe has a solution?

Another question I have related to this problem is:

Is there an easier way to find running autorun (maybe in the console) events aside from just clicking through every event and check the event pages (which can be really tedious if you have 120+ events on a map).

Thanks in advance. ^^

 

[Shaz]

Well, if the event DOES something, it should be pretty easy to find.

Otherwise, add this to a new script slot (and get rid of it again when you're done):

class Game_Event < Game_Character def check_event_trigger_auto if @trigger == 3 p 'starting map autorun event ' + @event.id.to_s + ' at ' + @event.x.to_s + ',' + @event.y.to_s start end endendclass Game_Map def setup_autorun_common_event event = $data_common_events.find do |event| event && event.autorun? && $game_switches[event.switch_id] end @interpreter.setup(event.list) if event p 'starting autorun common event ' + event.id if event event endendThat should tell you, in the console, whenever an autorun event starts.As far as your problems ...

Have you purchased the engine, or are you using a hacked version?

Is it possible you have several versions of your game and are looking at the wrong one?

Do you have any scripts that modify the files in the Data folder?

Do you have any scripts that use switches or variables and you've also used those switches or variables for another purpose?

Do you share your computer, or do you have your project on Dropbox or similar, where someone else might have access? Is it possible someone else has changed it?

Do you keep backups?

 

[Zalerinian]

Along with what Shaz said, I made a console script a while ago that has a command that checks for currently running parallel process and autorun events. You can get it here: https://adrarian.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/developer-console/

If I remember correctly, the is a password enabled in the script by default, so just find the password setting and disable it, and then it should be the 'check' command. It's been a while, so I don't remember exactly what to do

EDIT: You also need this script: https://adrarian.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/window_textbox/

 

[mentaldrama]

Well, if the event DOES something, it should be pretty easy to find.

Otherwise, add this to a new script slot (and get rid of it again when you're done):

class Game_Event < Game_Character def check_event_trigger_auto if @trigger == 3 p 'starting map autorun event ' + @event.id.to_s + ' at ' + @event.x.to_s + ',' + @event.y.to_s start end endendclass Game_Map def setup_autorun_common_event event = $data_common_events.find do |event| event && event.autorun? && $game_switches[event.switch_id] end @interpreter.setup(event.list) if event p 'starting autorun common event ' + event.id if event event endendThat should tell you, in the console, whenever an autorun event starts.As far as your problems ...

Have you purchased the engine, or are you using a hacked version?

Is it possible you have several versions of your game and are looking at the wrong one?

Do you have any scripts that modify the files in the Data folder?

Do you have any scripts that use switches or variables and you've also used those switches or variables for another purpose?

Do you share your computer, or do you have your project on Dropbox or similar, where someone else might have access? Is it possible someone else has changed it?

Do you keep backups?

Thanks for the fast reply.

That script worked like a charm to find the stray events. ^^

Unfortunately the changed events are usually events that do nothing. Maybe a pattern would be that it's often event pages after an autorun page that I stopped with a self switch.

I'm using a steam version which I purchased and a "offline version" so to speak because I do not want to be dependent on steam or my ****ty internet connection to work.

My scripts should not be responsible, none changes the data folder, non uses switches or variables which are used anywhere else and they do not appear in the mentioned phantom bug events.

Nobody but me hass access to the project files, they are not stored online anywhere and I make backups to 3 separate HDs at least once a week

Along with what Shaz said, I made a console script a while ago that has a command that checks for currently running parallel process and autorun events. You can get it here: https://adrarian.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/developer-console/

If I remember correctly, the is a password enabled in the script by default, so just find the password setting and disable it, and then it should be the 'check' command. It's been a while, so I don't remember exactly what to do

EDIT: You also need this script: https://adrarian.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/window_textbox/

Thanks, I'll try them out later.

 

[Shaz]

mmm ... can't imagine what'd cause that then.


Your "offline version" - is that just Steam in offline mode, or do you actually have 2 versions of the engine?


The event pages after the autorun - did you set them to autorun yourself? I always leave them as Action Button but I've seen a few people change them to autorun or parallel process (sometimes they add an Erase Event command)

 

[mentaldrama]

I have 2 versions, 1 is a cracked steam version (the offline version, just copied the steam files and ran a crack over them), 1 is purchased and registered in steam. Never had such problems until 2 or 3 moths ago which made me bleieve it could be size related (the project is about 150 MB without the graphics folder).

As I said, the pages after the autorun page are set on action button and some have magically turned into autorun pages without my doing.

I'll stick to my steam version for a while now to see if the bugs still occur.

 

[Shaz]

I don't think 150MB is the issue. Ace allows projects much larger than its predecessors.


Why don't you just use the Steam version offline?