rFactor crashes when leaving track

Kyle Puttifer · Sep 10, 2011

I wasn't sure whether to put this in the rFactor forum or here, it's not a BTB track, but this forum is more active than the rFactor forum and the problem is track-related as it doesn't happen on other tracks.
The title is self-explanatory - the track loads fine, there are no problems, and I've just started doing the AIW (main and pit paths done). However, when I exit the track and go back to the menu, rFactor AIW editor crashes. I can't work out why, but I know it's not AIW related because the main parts are done. This will be a problem when I do pit/garage/grid positions because chub_pearson's guide says that I must save the waypoints and go back to the menu, then re-enter the track and save the waypoints again. If rFactor cannot go back to the menu, this may not work, and I don't want to do a bunch of positions then find out that they haven't saved.
Anyone who has downloaded previous betas of London Royal Mile will have seen this problem already.
Here is the latest beta of the track:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0XQUTBCG
Does anyone know the cause of this problem?

Kyle Puttifer · Sep 10, 2011

The pit/grid/garage locations are done, but the track still crashes on exit. This is a problem that needs fixing.

Kyle Puttifer · Sep 10, 2011

Not much that can be done about it then.
Can you give me an example of a really long instance?
Also, does rFactor crash when the instance name is too long, or when the instance AND GMT names are too long?

Kyle Puttifer · Sep 10, 2011

ehrlec said:
"Instance=buildingcastingshadowsdummie33_loda". There are plenty of others.

The *.gmt name can be longer than 32. The Instance cannot.

*sigh* well that's better than renaming all of the GMTs as well, I'll probably just remove the vowels and leave it at that.

Kyle Puttifer · Sep 17, 2011

Could you check this new scn for any more bad instances please? In Windows Explorer I shortened the name column width to about 32 characters but as the characters are different widths, it's not entirely accurate. I've shortened most of them (I copy/pasted the enitre scn into Office Word and used the find/replace tool to find "Instance=XXXX" and then shortened them) but it still crashes.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T57UXGX5
Even better, is there a way (like a batch file or something) where I can scan the entire scn for any lines beginning with Instance= that are 41 characters long or more (32 + 9)? I can then use the find/replace tool in Office Word to correct them.

Kyle Puttifer · Sep 17, 2011

Thanks ehrlec, that worked! Now I can really start working on it. No script there though. I must have missed a few instances, adjusting the column width of the folder window isn't the best way to find bad instances.

Raido · Sep 18, 2011

Ehm, to help verify things I tried the track on my copy of rF, but ran into two problems:
- the cars fall thru the road as soon as I hit the track,
- as noted, track crashes when I leave. Tried Ehrlec's fix too, but must say that in my case it didn't help.
The track itself *did* load/run with both .scn files, that's the good part I guess

Kyle Puttifer · Sep 18, 2011

Raido said:
Ehm, to help verify things I tried the track on my copy of rF, but ran into two problems:
- the cars fall thru the road as soon as I hit the track,
- as noted, track crashes when I leave. Tried Ehrlec's fix too, but must say that in my case it didn't help.
The track itself *did* load/run with both .scn files, that's the good part I guess

Old version of the track, that was when roads were not collidable.

Kyle Puttifer · Sep 19, 2011

No I haven't.
Strange Raido, there is some scenery that I added from the London River layout, meaning extra GMTs that aren't in your track folder, so you should have got errors. Best wait for the finished version.

Raido · Sep 19, 2011

Eeeeh.... What can I say, sorry guys - but it *did* load. :tongue:

I was going to say "Maybe it's because I'm running it on Mac OS X", but that still wouldn't account for missing objects, then it usually just ctd's at load time for me too. Didn't in this case, did load, but did ctd on exit.