Guaranteed ways to Crash Fallout to Desktop when writing a Mod

[Halstrom]

I present Example number 1

 

DebugPrint "DiceRoll %3.0" fDiceRoll

 

Instead of:

 

DebugPrint "DiceRoll %3.0f" fDiceRoll

 

And GECK Powerup doesn't spot it either

[prideslayer]

Too many endif's will do it as well. If you end up with code like this:

if foo
 if bar
   ; ...
   endif
 endif
endif

 

You're gonna splode.

 

This is why I harp so much on proper indenting and keeping the if/else/elseif/endif always indented by the same amount. Makes such errors easy to spot. When I'm writing conditional code I always write the conditional block first, empty.. that way I know it's taken care of. As soon as I write the 'if' statement, I write the endif that goes with it, then go back between them to start adding the actual working statements.

 

Edit: If you mismatch tabs and spaces, you're going to end up with this issue even more often. I always just use spaces, but I also never use the in-game editor either. Whenever I need to work on a script, I copy/paste it into a real editor, work on it, then copy/paste it back into the GECK.

 

Also allows me to keep local copies of the scripts saved as .txt files, and to survive geck crashes without losing any work -- or without losing any scripting work anyway.

[GSBmodders]

my way to ctd is easier, i just right click add new and "BAM" to the desktop

[prideslayer]

Not allowed to just post 'heh' which is all I wanted to post in response to that, so here's an entire sentence, with two commas.

 

heh.

[GSBmodders]

Not allowed to just post 'heh' which is all I wanted to post in response to that' date=' so here's an entire sentence, with two commas.

 

heh.

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yeah, yeah you and your fancy knowledge of how to go about coding the end of the world laugh all you want but this is a true story and why i went back to oblivion. Now please excuse me while i find a corner to go cry in

 

I'm having trouble with blender exports too but thats another matter and I think its solved now the GECK however still wants my blood

[prideslayer]

The GECK wants everyone's blood. It demands sacrifice. I keep my right-clicking confined to scripts and so forth, keeps it from bleeding me dry.

[BruceWayne]

Massive necro, but this still might be useful for some people:

 

Selecting Race->None in the NPC tab causes the GECK to insta crash.

 

Editing the face in the GECK character editor via Drag and drop AND changing the values via the sliders make the GECK crash sooner rather than later. Exiting the NPC window and doing either one, doesn't cause instability (i.e. mold the face with drag and drop-> close NPC window-> reopen it and adjust it with the sliders afterwards)

[luinil]

WOuld this work:

 

if foo if bar ; ... endif endif

sure would save some space.

[DeadSomething]

i cant even load a mod, because it says "too many masterfiles selected" but the mod requires those masterfiles. and without editing that existing mod, i wont get my work done.

[astymma]

DeadSomething... please read this.

[DeadSomething]

wow, thanks, maybe i've got a lot to learn about geck...

[astymma]

NP, you may want to do the GECK tutorials on that site before trying to mod anything else. They're fairly detailed and cover a good foundation of required skills.