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Another red alert problem -_- [message #418089] Wed, 20 January 2010 15:06 Go to next message
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that pretty says the whole thing, except it happens when i build chronotanks.
It also happend when i started a mission in RA Aftermath


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Re: Another red alert problem -_- [message #418093 is a reply to message #418089] Wed, 20 January 2010 15:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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lmao thats owned. try reinstalling/restarting your pc, try google, drivers etc
Re: Another red alert problem -_- [message #418126 is a reply to message #418089] Thu, 21 January 2010 03:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I never seen that happen before Surprised
I didnt even know windows would have an error for such thing because its kinda obvious you shouldnt divide by 0 in programs Razz

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Re: Another red alert problem -_- [message #418135 is a reply to message #418126] Thu, 21 January 2010 04:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Omar007 wrote on Thu, 21 January 2010 10:27

I didnt even know windows would have an error for such thing because its kinda obvious you shouldnt divide by 0 in programs Razz


Why *wouldn't* Windows have an error for it then? Clearly it's impossible to divide by 0, but you would be surprised how easily it can happen in a program...

Take for instance the following code;

int b = 5;
int c = myFunction();
int a = b / c;


Seems innocent enough, but what happens if myFunction returns 0 for some reason? Simple - you get a divide by 0 error. Now consider that there could be tens or even hundreds of other lines of code between those lines and that they might not even be in the same file as each other and you see just how easy it can be for a program to accidentally cause a divide by 0 exception.

Good programming technique would of course have you check whether the divisor is 0 before performing the calculation but that's sometimes unnecessary overhead and perhaps when the code was written it was dividing by a variable which should never be set to 0 and, at a later stage of development, it was decided that 0 would in fact be a valid value for the variable, perhaps to indicate a new state that was introduced to the program. That old function that assumed it would never be set to 0 is now a ticking timebomb waiting to go off.

So stating that Windows should not catch divide by 0 errors simply because you shouldn't try and do it in the first place is utterly absurd.



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(I am doing coursework and it's stressful ^^ Apologies for taking it out on the forums by typing long, rambling and ultimately pointless rants....)


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Re: Another red alert problem -_- [message #418156 is a reply to message #418089] Thu, 21 January 2010 13:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Already Reinstalled Aftermath.... still getting same error when having Chronotanks.

But the funny thing is NOW in a mission where you destroy stalin's missile silo and you start with Chronotanks it doesnt crash... Mad


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Re: Another red alert problem -_- [message #418175 is a reply to message #418135] Fri, 22 January 2010 06:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Well in the time i programmed i never had anything like that xD
And i didnt stated windows shouldnt have a handling for that error, i only didnt thought it had

@GOL14TH; So when starting a mission it doesnt crash anymore?? 0o
(you have plain RA or TFD??)


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Re: Another red alert problem -_- [message #418177 is a reply to message #418175] Fri, 22 January 2010 08:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I both have RA and TFD but i only have renegade installed on TFD.
Red Alert + Aftermath on its own.


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Re: Another red alert problem -_- [message #418181 is a reply to message #418177] Fri, 22 January 2010 11:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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GOL14TH wrote on Fri, 22 January 2010 16:10

I both have RA and TFD but i only have renegade installed on TFD.
Red Alert + Aftermath on its own.

Well i would say try to install it from TFD. idk what windows you are running, but i had some issues with the old RA on XP and up (borrowed it back then. I use TFD now Wink )


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Re: Another red alert problem -_- [message #418182 is a reply to message #418181] Fri, 22 January 2010 11:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ok i uninstalled RA Aftermath [sad because i cant listen to the Aftermath songs on TFD], installed RA from TFD and i still keep getting the error Mad
My OS is Windows XP professional SP3, the compatibility mode is windows 95.


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Re: Another red alert problem -_- [message #418185 is a reply to message #418089] Fri, 22 January 2010 11:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Does it happen without the compatability mode? (Will the program run without the compatability mode?)

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Re: Another red alert problem -_- [message #418205 is a reply to message #418185] Fri, 22 January 2010 14:16 Go to previous message
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It happens with and without compatibility mode

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