Loading screeen freezes

[Nimfis Altmer]

The loading screen just keeps freezing up on me....Can anyone help me!...Theres no error message theres no nothing....just frozen

[AryHann]

Writing two messages will not raise the probabilities of getting the bug solved
As I wrote in the other message, the program is looping, most probably, trying to load certain maps.
If you have \"keeps maps loaded\" checked, disable it, if not, wait for the next update because I think - if I remember right - that it has been solved in the CVS version.

[thesius]

I have similar bug... when loading world got on console

Setting background Loading Background
  Going to load and unload maps
Setting background Loading Background
  Going to load and unload maps
Setting background Loading Background
  Going to load and unload maps
Setting background Loading Background
  Going to load and unload maps
Setting background Loading Background
  Going to load and unload maps
Setting background Loading Background
  Going to load and unload maps
Setting background Loading Background
  Going to load and unload maps
Setting background Loading Background
  Going to load and unload maps
Setting background Loading Background
  Going to load and unload maps

all the time, till I kill psclient.

But my problems can be because I downloaded from CVS cal3d, CS and CEL about 8 days ago and Planeshift 2 days ago.
I\'ll try to download update everything and install, maybe it will help.

[AryHann]

Just a curiosity, did you compile in debug or release mode?

[thesius]

Hmmm... release...

Ok, so I\'ll try debug mode...

I thought debug cannot repair any errors, but only makes game slower.

[AryHann]

Yes, it makes the games slower. I was just thinking if that was the case because there was a bug that was appearing just in the release mode, and it has been fixed in CVS but I think it is not yet available.
So, if you can compile it yourself try the debug mode.

[Andrek]

AryHann, where is the other post?  I did not see one.  Though I only looked at the 15 threads after this one (I hope it was not earlier).  I am having a problem loading as well.  It did not occur until I reinstalled Win2k.  Though I could not play after the update was made.  So long story short the load hangs about 85%-90% through everytime.  I is sad .

As well the keep maps loaded has never been turned on, and I have alternated load all maps, along with various sound and graphic depth settings.

Thanks for any help.  I have been 3 weeks with no PS and can now only play on a Win XP machine that I need to re-configure again... the point I will be off soon again and would like to know how to fix probs if at all possible.

[Andrek]

Sorry just want email notification, which is now marked.

[AryHann]

The other thread is here:
http://planeshift.oodlz.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=18765&boardid=33&styleid=3&sid=9680d02a90f9c52bad626b7d91208bc0

If you haven\'t compiled the client yourself, I am afraid you have just to wait. The problem has been already fixed in CVS, but I don\'t know if you can get it already through update or not.

[Andrek]

How do you compile the CVS version?  What is the CVS version?

Thanks, I would just like to know.

[AryHann]

Concurrent Versions System, you can read something here:

CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is a tool used by many software developers to manage changes within their source code tree. CVS provides the means to store not only the current version of a piece of source code, but a record of all changes (and who made those changes) that have occurred to that source code. Use of CVS is particularly common on projects with multiple developers, since CVS ensures changes made by one developer are not accidentally removed when another developer posts their changes to the source tree.

Planeshift uses CVS for making it possible for all the developers to work on the code and also for making the source available to the public. What you download from the PS page is a \"release\" version of the client, but it is possible to get the source code and compile it yourself. The source code is taken from the CVS repository and it is usually a bit more \"updated\" (and often not so stable) respect to the release version.

You can check this page.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/planeshift