Bug or feature?

[elmo3]

Click on Multiplayer to open up the Load window, then click on the Scroll Up arrow. The game goes back to the main game window. Bug or feature?

[Deride]

You might want to post your game log file here to see if it is throwing any type of error. Screen shots are also welcome.

Deride

[elmo3]

Where do I find the game log? Not much to show in a screenshot in this case. The problem is reproducible every time I go to the load window as long as pressing the Scroll Up arrow is the first thing done. Note that this is not a big deal. There is no reason to click on the Scroll Up arrow since the list is at the top when you come to that window. I did it by mistake once and then was able to repeat it just to see if it was consistent.

[Erik Rutins]

Sounds like a bug to me, thanks for the report!

[Deride]

See this thread on getting the log file:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1177153
 
It is just a simple text file. It might give a clue as to what area of the code might be throwing the error. (As Erik said, sounds like a bug to me as well -- just want to try and locate it.)
 
Deride

[elmo3]

Ok, here is the log file from a game I started just now. I clicked on Multiplayer, then clicked on the Scroll Up arrow. Then exited the game when it sent me back to the first menu. Hope this helps.



8/21/2007 8:24:15 PM: ******************** New Game *******************
8/21/2007 8:24:15 PM: Current Directory: C:\Games\Winter Storm
8/21/2007 8:24:15 PM: OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600.0
8/21/2007 8:24:15 PM: CodeBase: file:///C:/Games/Winter Storm/PCOWS.exe
8/21/2007 8:24:15 PM: Assembly Name: PCOWS, Version=1.1.3.18704, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
8/21/2007 8:24:15 PM: Managed DirectX:
8/21/2007 8:24:15 PM: Microsoft.DirectX, Version=1.0.2902.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35
8/21/2007 8:24:15 PM: Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3DX, Version=1.0.2906.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35
8/21/2007 8:24:15 PM: Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput, Version=1.0.2902.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35
8/21/2007 8:24:17 PM: Loading Guns...
8/21/2007 8:24:20 PM: Loading Armoured Units...
8/21/2007 8:24:21 PM: Loading Infantry...
8/21/2007 8:24:22 PM: Loading Scenarios...
8/21/2007 8:24:22 PM: Loading Campaigns...
8/21/2007 8:24:22 PM: Loading Tables...
8/21/2007 8:24:22 PM: Assembly Name: Lib, Version=1.1.3.18702, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
8/21/2007 8:24:22 PM: Graphics format: X8R8G8B8
8/21/2007 8:24:22 PM: DeviceIdentifier: d7b71e3e-4381-11cf-f557-4f2203c2cb35
WhqlLevel: 0
Revision: 162
SubSystemId: 38080734
DeviceId: 193
VendorId: 4318
DriverVersion: 6.14.10.9371
DeviceName: \\.\DISPLAY1
Description: NVIDIA GeForce 6800
DriverName: nv4_disp.dll

8/21/2007 8:24:22 PM: Manager Adapter value: 0
8/21/2007 8:24:23 PM: Create device.

8/21/2007 8:24:23 PM: HardwareVertexProcessing
8/21/2007 8:24:23 PM: MultiSampleQuality: 3
PresentationInterval: Immediate
FullScreenRefreshRateInHz: 75
PresentFlag: None
AutoDepthStencilFormat: D16
EnableAutoDepthStencil: True
Windowed: False
DeviceWindowHandle: 0
DeviceWindow:
SwapEffect: Discard
MultiSample: NonMaskable
BackBufferCount: 1
BackBufferFormat: X8R8G8B8
BackBufferHeight: 1024
BackBufferWidth: 1280
ForceNoMultiThreadedFlag: False

8/21/2007 8:24:23 PM: Create Flags: HardwareVertexProcessing
8/21/2007 8:24:23 PM: Device Type: Hardware
8/21/2007 8:24:45 PM: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index
at System.Collections.ArrayList.get_Item(Int32 index)
at Lib.GUI.TSListbox.Draw(Single dt)
at GameLib.Mainmenu.MultiPlayer.ReDraw(Single dt)

[Deride]

Dang... looks like a line of code I wrote a long time ago
 
Thanks for posting.
 
Deride

[elmo3]

Glad I could help.