GUI freeze/error during character creation and some additonal minor issues

ckoe · March 10, 2016

Hello everybody,

I have been trying nightly builds gemrb-2015-11-3054bc943.tar.bz2 and gemrb-2016-03-07v0.8.4-32-gca57a58.tar.bz2 on ubuntu 14.04 with my modded Baldurs Gate Trilogy install.

The game starts fine, but during character generation the GUI freezes (ctrl-c still goes through) when trying to select a cleric as character class. This is related to the Divine Remix 7.1 mod, without the mod (which adds a bunch of cleric kits) the freeze does not happen. In the shell I get the following error message upon freeze:

[GUIScript/ERROR]: Syntax Error:
[Python/ERROR]: Traceback (most recent call last):
[Python/ERROR]: File "/tmp/iprefix/share/gemrb/GUIScripts/bg2/GUICG22.py", line 92, in OnLoad
[Python/ERROR]: KitWindow.CreateScrollBar(1000, 290, 50, 16, 220,"GUISCRCW")
[Python/ERROR]: File "/tmp/iprefix/share/gemrb/GUIScripts/CreateControlDecorators.py", line
41, in wrapper
[Python/ERROR]: return func(win, control, *args)
[Python/ERROR]: File "/tmp/iprefix/share/gemrb/GUIScripts/GUIClasses.py", line 100, in
CreateScrollBar
[Python/ERROR]: _GemRB.Window_CreateScrollBar(self.ID, control,*args)
[Python/ERROR]: AttributeError: ===== Window_CreateScrollBar =====

**Prototype:** GemRB.CreateScrollBar (WindowIndex, ControlID, x, y, w,h, ResRef)
**Metaclass Prototype:** CreateScrollBar (ControlID, x, y, w, h, ResRef)

**Description:** Creates and adds a new ScrollBar to a Window.

**Parameters:**
* WindowIndex - the window control
* ControlID - the id of the new control
* x, y - position * w - width
* h - height
* ResRef - the resref for the sprite set

**Return value:** ControlIndex

**See also:** [[guiscript:ScrollBar_SetDefaultScrollBar]],
[[guiscript:Control_AttachScrollBar]]

In the original game everything works, although menu space is nearly used up and one kit ("Holy Strategist of the Red Knight") has a very long string label. Not sure if the number of kits or the length of the strings is the problem for gemrb.

Second, I notice some pink frame/shadow around the paperdoll (inventory menu) in gemrb which is not there using the original. The paperdoll appears to be incorrectly centered. Also, during game there is a pink spot where the player character "touches" the ground which moves with the character. NSCs appear to be unaffected. I have no idea what could be responsible. Everything is fine using the original engine.

Finally, I would like to install rogue rebalancing (RR) in addition to Divine Remix and SCS. RR requires TobEx while SCS at least suggests it. Would that work with a current gemrb or are there known incompatibilites, i.e. not implemented essential TobEx features in gemrb ? I noticed there is some section devoted to this on the wiki, but I am unable to estimate if there is a "real world" impact.

Please let me know what additional information you might need to debug the freeze issue.

Thank you very much in advance !

Best Regards

Christof

lynx · March 10, 2016

I'll look into this scrollbar problem — not much is discernible from the error.

Which components of tobex does RR need?

ckoe · March 10, 2016

Hello,

please let me know if i can do something more to help you debug this (although I am not a very technical user when it comes to these things).

I do not know what exactly RR needs, however it comes with its own tobex re-distributable runtime files, so it is sure a depencency. It adds a bunch of new kits, modifies various tables and HLAs. That is all I can say. The readme http://readme.spellholdstudios.net/readme_rr.html only mentions that TobEx was used to create it but no details. Probably I will simply have to try then.

Best Regards

Christof

lynx · March 10, 2016

maybe for this same kit number limit and some of the effect changes. I'd just try it.

DR installs one cleric kit too few, looking for extra mods to get over the limit. :dry:

lynx · March 10, 2016

gemrb/GUIScripts/CreateControlDecorators.py:25

change the 6 to 5. Or get the latest build.

There is still some scrolling problem for the extra kits, but this should allow you to continue. It can be tricky to display the rest, as you have to both select and scroll and bleargh. We have another control related regression here.

ckoe · March 10, 2016

Hello,

yes in fact there is another mod which adds one more cleric kit. Sorry for the confusion, I forgot it. I will try a new binary build tomorrow.

For me this is not critical, I have the original game in a virtual machine. But it would be nice to be able to play it on a non-x86 architecture

(raspberry or similar, I think I saw reports that some people managed it).

Thank you very much !

Best Regards

Christof

ckoe · March 11, 2016

Hello again,

I tested gemrb-2016-03-10v0.8.4-35-g8bffb56.tar.bz2 . With that the GUI error is gone, i can create a cleric character. However, after the final Accept in character generation (after which the game should load) I now get a segfault. Last few lines are below. Probably they will not yield a clue. If you give me some hints how to extract usable information I would try to do it.

Please note that this is _not_ quite the same Baldur's Gate installation used for the original report. I removed Jarls BGT Adventure Pack and added some NPC mods. Still, it works with the original game, i.e. you can walk around Candlekeep. I will preserve it now so that there is a reference point for the segfault.

I might also add that paperdolls are still off-set from their intended position (1pp mod is installed).

Best Regards

Christof

[Python]: DEBUG:GUICommonWindows.OpenPortraitWindow:NEEDCONTROLS ON

[Python]: AIPress: GS_PARTYAI was: 0 at toggle: 0

[ResourceManager/WARNING]: 'expmap.wmp' not found...

[ResourceManager]: Searching for 'guwbtp10'...

[ResourceManager]: Found 'guwbtp10.mos' in 'chitin.key'.

[ResourceManager]: Found 'guiwdbut.bam' in 'chitin.key'.

[ResourceManager]: Found 'guibtact.2da' in 'GemRB Unhardcoded data'.

[ResourceManager]: Found 'guibtbut.bam' in 'chitin.key'.

[ResourceManager]: Found 'stonweap.bam' in 'chitin.key'.

[ResourceManager]: Found 'stonspel.bam' in 'chitin.key'.

[ResourceManager]: Found 'stonitem.bam' in 'chitin.key'.

[ResourceManager]: Found 'GUIW10.chu' in 'Override'.

[ResourceManager]: Searching for 'guwbtp20'...

[ResourceManager]: Found 'guwbtp20.mos' in 'chitin.key'.

[ResourceManager]: Found 'guisvrb.bam' in 'chitin.key'.

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

ckoe · March 11, 2016

OK, I noticed you could run it under gdb in another thread. So here it is, I hope it is of some help.

[ResourceManager]: Found 'guisvrb.bam' in 'chitin.key'.

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.

GemRB::TextArea::TextArea (this=0xc17090, frame=..., text=0x0, caps=0x0,

textcolor=..., initcolor=..., lowtextcolor=...)

at /home/travis/build/gemrb/gemrb/gemrb/core/GUI/TextArea.cpp:53

53 /home/travis/build/gemrb/gemrb/gemrb/core/GUI/TextArea.cpp: No such file or directory.

(gdb) bt

#0 GemRB::TextArea::TextArea (this=0xc17090, frame=..., text=0x0, caps=0x0,

textcolor=..., initcolor=..., lowtextcolor=...)

at /home/travis/build/gemrb/gemrb/gemrb/core/GUI/TextArea.cpp:53

#1 0x00000000005363f5 in GemRB::CHUImporter::GetWindow (this=0xa80bb0,

wid=)

at /home/travis/build/gemrb/gemrb/gemrb/plugins/CHUImporter/CHUImporter.cpp:377

#2 0x000000000047ea0a in GemRB::Interface::LoadWindow (this=0x913e80,

WindowID=4) at /home/travis/build/gemrb/gemrb/gemrb/core/Interface.cpp:2628

#3 0x000000000056a49f in GemRB_LoadWindow (args=)

at /home/travis/build/gemrb/gemrb/gemrb/plugins/GUIScript/GUIScript.cpp:950

#4 0x00007ffff75e10d4 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()