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[PureQuestion]

Okay. So, as some of you may know, my latest endeavor is a Shmup by the name of Last Fighter D. I am having the strangest of bugs.

Basically, I have a last type enemy weapon. For whatever reason, when it fades and erases, if the player is in contact with it, the game freezes. Would anyone be able to say why?

Relevent Codes:
Player Bullet Collision Code:

Code:

if death=true
exit;

if visible=true and other.canhurt=true and invincible=false and instance_exists(obj_bomb)=false
{
mask_index=spr_corecheck
if place_meeting(x,y,other)=true 
{
death=true
alarm[2]=1
}
else
{
dir=point_direction(x,y,other.x,other.y)
instance_moving(x+cos(degtorad(dir))*12,y-sin(degtorad(dir))*12,obj_grazepart,dir,3)
grazecount+=1
bombs=approach(bombs,3,0.01/max(ceil(bombs),1))
}
mask_index=sprite_index 
}

Laser Beam:

Code:

Information about object: obj_laserbeam

Sprite: spr_laserbeam
Solid: false
Visible: true
Depth: 0
Persistent: false
Parent: obj_enemyshottemplate
Mask: <same as sprite>

Create Event:
execute code:

event_inherited()
dist=0
dir=0
xnum=0
ynum=0
image_yscale=0.1
canhurt=false
widen=false


Begin Step Event:
execute code:

if image_yscale=1
canhurt=true
else if image_yscale<0.9
canhurt=false


End Step Event:
execute code:

if instance_exists(master)=false
{
instance_destroy()
exit
}

image_angle=master.image_angle
image_alpha=master.image_alpha
image_yscale=master.image_yscale
dir=image_angle
ynum=(-(sin(degtorad(dir)))*dist)
xnum=((cos(degtorad(dir)))*dist)
x=master.x+xnum
y=master.y+ynum

Laser Source:

Code:

Information about object: obj_lasersource

Sprite: spr_enemlasersource
Solid: false
Visible: true
Depth: 0
Persistent: false
Parent: obj_enemyshottemplate
Mask: <same as sprite>

Create Event:
execute code:

event_inherited()
image_yscale=0.1
alarm[0]=15
widen=false
alarmnum=15


Alarm Event for alarm 0:
execute code:

widen=true


Alarm Event for alarm 1:
execute code:

instance_destroy()


Alarm Event for alarm 2:
execute code:

alarm[1]=15


 Step Event:
execute code:

if widen=true
image_yscale=approach(image_yscale,1,0.09)
if alarm[1]>0
{
widen=false
image_alpha-=image_alpha/alarm[1]
image_yscale-=image_yscale/alarm[1]
}

if image_yscale=1 and alarm[2]=-1
alarm[2]=alarmnum


End Step Event:
execute code:

if instance_exists(master)=false
{
instance_destroy()
exit
}

ynumb2=(-(sin(degtorad(master.image_angle)))*xnumb)
xnumb2=((cos(degtorad(master.image_angle)))*ynumb)

ynum=(-(sin(degtorad(image_angle)))*dist)
xnum=((cos(degtorad(image_angle)))*dist)
x=master.x+xnum+xnumb2
y=master.y+ynum+xnumb2

For the source object, "master" is the firing enemy. For the beam, "master" is the relevent source.

If any more information is required, feel free to ask for it.

[Desert Dog]

You call the script instance_moving without posting it. It's really hard to tell, but I suspect that that may be the trouble (I see no infinite loops at all in the code you have currently posted)

Also, I have no idea what obj_grazepart is.

I'm going to start by working with the assumption that the freeze is an infinite loop... 99% of all freeze bugs are so. :p

So are you calling a function [i.e. instance_moving(), but possibly approach()] recursively? Does that, or another function use a while/for loop?

[biino]

I didn't read the code provided

Yeah I agree, there's a good chance it's an infinite loop. Probably not due to a recursive call as you'd run out of stack space and crash (maybe... don't really know the language you're writing in but in C++ that's what'd happen).

If you can, put a break point and step through where you think the freeze is occuring and it should become self evident quite quickly where the problem is. If you can't use break points use a print statement. If you can't use print statements, play a sound. If you can't... well you get the idea, just find a way to see what your code is doing at a strategic place.

[Desert Dog]

He's using GM, but I would agree with what you have to say. Just using show_message would be good for the test.

[PureQuestion]

Instance_moving simply creates the object entered and applies a direction and speed to it.

obj_grazepart is simply a particle effect type thing. It doesn't really do anything.

Either way, I sort of fixed this anyway.