I have a question for those of you farther along than me in Coldstone usage. I am continually getting these type 1 errors when I try to test my game. It shows my loading graphic, finishes loading and the boom, its done. Error type 1, suggests that I save all of my other work and restart. It's extremely frustrating and I was wondering if anyone could help me with this problem.
50B3R K3NNy
(This message has been edited by soberkenny (edited 08-02-2002).)
Originally posted by soberkenny
I am continually getting these type 1 errors when I try to test my game. It shows my loading graphic, finishes loading and the boom, its done. Error type 1, suggests that I save all of my other work and restart. It's extremely frustrating and I was wondering if anyone could help me with this problem.
Sounds like a memory problem to me. Compile your game and then quit Coldstone and start your game from inside its folder/ If it runs from there, you need to turn up virtual memory and restart your machine. Then try if from inside Coldstone. If that works, buy yourself a memory upgrade. You can never have too much RAM.
Unless you own a Dodge truck. 
Never give up never say die.
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Ahh, yes, but that's the wierd thing. I'm giving it about 70mb of RAM and it still can't get past the loading screen.
-50B3R K3NNy
I know this may sound stupid, but am I getting these errors because I'm using the demo version? I figured I should use the whole of my 30 day trial before buying Coldstone, to see if it was worth the $50, you know? But if that's what's making my game quit itself, I guess I only have one option.
50B3R K3NNy
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Originally posted by soberkenny:
(B)Ahh, yes, but that's the wierd thing. I'm giving it about 70mb of RAM and it still can't get past the loading screen.
No, the issue isn't how much RAM you gave Coldstone. The issue is how much RAM does your computer have. In other words does it have enough to run both Coldstone game engine and your game. Did you do what I said in the above post? Did it still not work?
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I turned up the virtual memory to100mb, gave my game 75mb, quit Coldstone and it still wouldn't run.
50B3R K3NNy
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(This message has been edited by soberkenny (edited 08-03-2002).)
Originally posted by soberkenny:
I turned up the virtual memory to100mb, gave my game 75mb, quit Coldstone and it still wouldn't run.
Are you using the Medieval game template when you create a new game or are you building from scratch. Does the Medieval game run on your machne from Coldstone?
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I built my game from scratch using some of the instructions from the tutorial and yes, the medieval game runs fine on my comp.
50B3R K3NNy
Originally posted by soberkenny:
(B)I built my game from scratch using some of the instructions from the tutorial and yes, the medieval game runs fine on my comp.
OK. that means you missed something, whan doing the tutorial. Now, if you are trying to run the tutorial when it tells you to, DON"T! Until you get on past, I'd say the halfway mark or more. We all have gone through this with that tutorial and had the same problem. Keep on with the tutorial, but don't run it until you're a ways along in it.
It all works in the end.
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Okay, here's the situation. I already did the full tutorial before I started to make my game. And it worked. I only used the tutorial to help me out with things that I had forgotten. I made my startup screen with all of the proper links, I made a made the start game event, etc., etc., etc. I made everything to where it should work, but it never even gets to my startup screen. It loads and then dies.
50B3R K3NNy
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Originally posted by soberkenny:
(B)Okay, here's the situation. I already did the full tutorial before I started to make my game. And it worked. I only used the tutorial to help me out with things that I had forgotten. I made my startup screen with all of the proper links, I made a made the start game event, etc., etc., etc. I made everything to where it should work, but it never even gets to my startup screen. It loads and then dies.
Either you used some graphics that didn't match the required parameters of Coldstone, ie 72ppi for graphic resolution, See Appendix A page 87. Or, if you loaded it down with new graphics and your computer doesn't have the RAM to run it. 100 megs with Virtual mem. turned on isn't much to go on.
Never give up never say die.
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Offhand, if I remember correctly, an Error Type 1 is a Bus Error caused by an illegal instruction to the processor. As Toast has suggested, this could be caused by an insufficient RAM allocation for your machine, however since people have had RAM problems before and have not yet (to my knowledge) had system errors, I'd say that you have most likely either a) missed something in your game which is causing the failure or 
have a nasty extensions conflict.
Now, when you open your executable application, it opens, brings up the load bar and crashes, yes? Does the actual load bar appear and say 'loading' or whatever, is it the same one as was included with the template, and have you selected it properly in the 'Game Interface' options?
If those are correct, have you created a proper StartGame.cet event (case sensitive, exact spelling) with an event of type Teleport to your StartupScreen location (or whatever it is called) ? Since it seems to be hanging right at that point, it sounds like that could be the problem.
Lastly, are you using Coldstone 1.0.1 or 1.0.0, and are you using the Carbon executable or the Classic executable?
Anyway, if it's none of those things, can you post the following:
Processor type/speed
System software
Version of Coldstone Installed
Version of CarbonLib Installed
Physical RAM Installed
Virtual Memory Allocated
Hard Drive Space Free
I'll try to get back to you. Good luck!
-Andiyar
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"Any good that I may do here, let me do now, for I may not pass this way again"
Power Mac 6500 upgraded to 300mhz G3
System 9.1
Carbon Lib 1.6
96mb of RAM
100mb Virtual memory
9.38 gig of hard disk space
I have the latest version of the coldstone demo installed 1.01, which I thought might be part of my problem because its the demo, but I doubt it.
I checked all of the procedures you listed and followed them all, with the same results.
Any help would be appreciated
50B3R K3NNy
A strange new development with my problem:
I went into the program's file and changed it to where my game automatically started a new game when opened and . . . it worked! What steps should I take to make my startup screen work? I'm not sure what I did wrong.
Thanks
50B3R K3NNy
Hi...
Think i had a similar problem to you, the game loaded and then cut out right before the startup screen. It turned out to be a problem with the image i was using, and not the memory...
Is yoour Startup image a PICT file? if it is, make sure it's 16 bit and not 32 bit. that worked for me. Try changing PICT files to PNG too, oh... and make sure all the images are 72 dpi, i was told that can be a problem too. Im pretty new at the whole coldstone thang so i apologise if ive been no help. Good luck!
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