[GM8] S Dash+ engine crashes when using room functions

[Sonic GM]

In my game made with the Sonic Dash+ engine, I'm having a problem. Whenever I use any room functions (room_goto,room_goto_next,room_restart,etc.), my game freezes up and then crashes! I'm guessing it might be because of Grid Spatial Indexing, because it only happens once Grid Spatial Indexing is started. Plus, I used an older version of the engine without Grid Spatial Indexing, and it works fine. I use Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Service Pack 1. I would appreciate any help if anyone knows what might be causing the problem.

[Dark Raven X]

Hmm.

Do you get an error message on the crash?

I too am using SDASH+ in GM8, and have no problem with the room changes.

[Sonic GM]

Thanks for your reply. It brought up this error.

"Sonic_D+.exe has stopped working

A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.

Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is

available."

However, I stopped it from crashing whenever I changed my music from MP3 to Midi. I wanted to use higher quality music for my game, but I guess I will have to stick with Midi.

Thanks again for trying to help, though.

[StealthyMC]

Thanks for your reply. It brought up this error.

"Sonic_D+.exe has stopped working

A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.

Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is

available."

However, I stopped it from crashing whenever I changed my music from MP3 to Midi. I wanted to use higher quality music for my game, but I guess I will have to stick with Midi.

Thanks again for trying to help, though.

Well are you trying to load the music internally from within Game Maker? Here are some solutions:

- Use the older version of SDash, because it doesn't have a bunch of things added everywhere therfore there's a bigger chance it won't crash.

- Try loading music externally from Game Maker. Meaning you should use .DLL's instead of in-game loading music.

For the music .DLL, use supersound. (I know, it's a little old, but it still works.) The only problem is that it only supports .OGG, (which are also very high quality), so just get the .MP3 file you want and find a online converter. Convert the .MP3 file to the .OGG extension. Here's the website I use to convert my files: http://www.online-convert.com/

Hope this helps. If it works, +rep would be nice.

[Apricity]

Go into the room creation code and check how I load music externally.

The problem is you arne't doing that and it's trying to load music that does't exist. You can use mp3's my way.n

[Sonic GM]

@SuperBliz

Thanks for the help! It works perfectly!

+rep

@Chronic

Thanks for your help also. I did try to load the MP3s externally, but it still crashed.

[Apricity]

Whats your coding like? And are the files in a folder called "Music"?

[Sonic GM]

Here's the code that didn't work:

"global.Music=sound_add('Music/AzureLake.mp3',3,0);

sound_loop(global.Music);"

Here's the code that did work:

"global.Music = SS_LoadSound('Music/Level1.ogg');

SS_PlaySound(global.Music)"

In the game folder there is a music folder, and my music files are in that folder.

If I misunderstood what you are asking, let me know. Thanks again for your feedback.

[Apricity]

Oh you used SuperSound? Yeah it iwll work now. Your problem stemed from not changing the code.

Glad it's all sorted:) Need anymore Sonic Dash+ help feel free to pm me.

[StealthyMC]

You're welcome for the help.

[VectorSatyr]

The music isn't going to be available right after you load it, especially if it isn't pre-loaded.

Try the original code, but with the 3rd argument set to true instead, and the loop command placed in another event.

Or... y'know, stick with what you have, since you've moved on anyways. =/

[Sonic GM]

Thanks for the tip about loading the music. That may explain why my original code didn't work. Thanks for the feedback.