Problems and next release

[Jannis]

Hi there,
I wanted to ask when the next release is planned. I can\'t wait to get a new version because my one is a bit slow (though playable) and building from source allways ends up giving me these lines:

planeshift.application.client:
  PlaneShift Crystal Blue
  This game uses Crystal Space Engine created by Jorrit and others
  0.99 r0 [Unix-x86-GCC]
All LOGS are off.
Mounting skin: /this/art/skins/default.zip
Mounting skin: /planeshift/art/skins/base/client_base.zip
  psEngine initialized.
Creating psnetconnection 0x86eec28!
Using fontsize 16 for resolution 1024x768

crystalspace.engine.warning:
  Lightmaps are not up to date (lightmap format changed).
  Use -relight cmd option to calc lighting.
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x084a72b0 ***
Aborted

so I\'m forced to use the binary version. (-relight didn\'t help btw).
I heard a new binary release will be made with a better toolchain, that\'s why I\'m interested in it.

Just in case you\'re interested in helping me fixing the error, here is my emerge info (only the interesting part of it):

Portage 2.1_pre2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r3, 2.6.13.2-nitro1 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.13.2-nitro1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre12
distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5, 2.4.2
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r1
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r3
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=\"x86 ~x86\"

I have an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro and didn\'t encounter any problems related to the device or it\'s driver, 3D support works flawlessly.

Looking forward to get some info =D

*UPDATE*:
I just browsed the forums a bit and there are some things I would like to say:

I read very often: \"Fixed here, will work in next client release\". Please DO release it if it works. I\'m a dev myself and I DO know that making a release is a good piece of work to do (all the cleanup and packaging and building and such) but your release-time is a bit long for me.

[Bereror]

New versions are usually released once a month. The current version is from November 30th, so we can expect a new release soon(tm). And believe me, soon you will start complaining that new versions are released too often Especially when you realize that Linux and Mac released are usually delayed, there are hundreds of new problems with the new version etc.

When you build from sources, make sure that you use the right version of CrystalSpace. Also make sure that you use the right version when running Planeshift. I have built everything from sources and by using a wrong CrystalSpace version I can crash my game immediately.

[Jannis]

Yeah, I hope tel release will come soon. Ok there was christmas that is an excuse.
The fact that Linux/MacOSX are delayed is just annoying, nothing more to say about that.
The source-built-problem:
I followed the guide here:
http://laanx.fragnetics.com/index.php?page=build_gentoo . So I think I have the right dates.

[DaveG]

We are admittedly long past when we originally wanted to release 0.3.013.  Crystal Space just recently overhauled their event system, and we\'re still adapting to it.  (example events:  key press, mouse move, beginning of a frame render, end of a frame render, etc.)  There are a few key bugs we want to fix first, and in addition to that the holidays are slowing things down, because not everyone is around.  I know, lots of things have been fixed and not yet released, but you\'re just going to have to bear with us.

[Bereror]

Yes, these dates are right. My Planeshift client is built from CVS sources with the same dates and works fine. Make sure that you have CRYSTAL, CEL, CSCONFPATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables exported with proper paths. These are needed both when building and when running Planeshift. I have made my own build guide that you can see here.

[Jannis]

Doublechecked everything but still the same error. I mad a backtrace with gdb (I used windowed mode, so the res is quite low):

planeshift.application.client:
  PlaneShift Crystal Blue
  This game uses Crystal Space Engine created by Jorrit and others
  0.99 r0 [Unix-x86-GCC]
All LOGS are off.
Mounting skin: /this/art/skins/default.zip
[New Thread -1390376016 (LWP 20218)]
Mounting skin: /planeshift/art/skins/base/client_base.zip
  psEngine initialized.
Creating psnetconnection 0x86ee328!
Using fontsize 10 for resolution 640x480
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x084a76f8 ***

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
[Switching to Thread -1210771792 (LWP 20210)]
0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb7d7a391 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0xb7d7bdad in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
#3  0xb7dad4a7 in __fsetlocking () from /lib/libc.so.6
#4  0xb7db32c7 in malloc_usable_size () from /lib/libc.so.6
#5  0xb7db3d09 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
#6  0xb7f153f1 in operator delete ()
   from /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.4/libstdc++.so.6
#7  0xaa285ebf in CalLoader::loadCoreAnimation ()
   from /home/kripton/planeshift/dev/cal3d/src/cal3d/.libs/libcal3d.so.11
#8  0xaa2863b2 in CalLoader::loadCoreAnimation ()
   from /home/kripton/planeshift/dev/cal3d/src/cal3d/.libs/libcal3d.so.11
#9  0xaa4163ce in csSpriteCal3DMeshObjectFactory::LoadCoreAnimation (
    this=0xac10ba90, vfs=0x8477bf4, filename=0x8c44a25 \"carkarass_idle.CAF\",
    name=0x8c44a45 \"stand\", type=1, base_vel=0, min_vel=0, max_vel=0,
    min_interval=10, max_interval=30, idle_pct=0, lock=false)
    at sprcal3d.cpp:321
#10 0xaa42ea24 in csSpriteCal3DMeshObjectFactory::SpriteCal3DFactoryState::LoadCoreAnimation (this=0xac10bc5c, vfs=0x8477bf4,
    filename=0x8c44a25 \"carkarass_idle.CAF\", name=0x8c44a45 \"stand\", type=1,
    base_vel=0, min_vel=0, max_vel=0, min_interval=10, max_interval=30,
    idle_pct=0, lock=false) at sprcal3d.h:442
#11 0xaa2c3bc4 in csSpriteCal3DFactoryLoader::Parse (this=0xac12da98,
    node=0x8c68060, ldr_context=0x8b1d3d0, context=0x0) at sprcal3dldr.cpp:330
#12 0xb75c6d86 in csLoader::LoadMeshObjectFactory (this=0x8499f10,
    ldr_context=0x8b1d3d0, stemp=0xac1097c0, parent=0x0, node=0x8c68580,
    transf=0x0, ssource=0x0) at csloader.cpp:2040
#13 0xb75c3b15 in csLoader::LoadLibrary (this=0x8499f10,
    ldr_context=0x8b1d3d0, libnode=0x8c68b30, ssource=0x0) at csloader.cpp:1376
#14 0xb75bf323 in csLoader::Load (this=0x8499f10, node=0x8c7e690,
    result=@0xbfbeb1e4, region=0x0, curRegOnly=true, checkDupes=false,
    ssource=0x0) at csloader.cpp:726
#15 0xb75be9e7 in csLoader::Load (this=0x8499f10,
    fname=0x87c17a8 \"/planeshift/models/carkarass/carkarass.cal3d\",
    result=@0xbfbeb1e4, region=0x0, curRegOnly=true, checkDupes=false,
    ssource=0x0) at csloader.cpp:645
#16 0x08142a48 in ClientCacheManager::LoadNewFactory (this=0x8718ef0,
    filename=0x8c7d308 \"/planeshift/models/carkarass/carkarass.cal3d\")
    at clientcachemanager.cpp:91
#17 0x08132200 in psEngine::PreloadModels (this=0x8619e78) at psengine.cpp:1281
#18 0x0812fb9e in psEngine::HandleEvent (this=0x8619e78, ev=@0x8499620)
    at psengine.cpp:670
#19 0x0813eeea in psEngine::EventHandler::HandleEvent (this=0x86f59c8,
    ev=@0x8499620) at psengine.h:240
#20 0x081cb555 in csEventQueue::Notify (this=0x84746d8, pseudo_event=8)
    at cseventq.cpp:222
#21 0x081cb597 in csEventQueue::Process (this=0x84746d8) at cseventq.cpp:229
#22 0x0819211d in csDefaultRunLoop (r=0x847e9c8) at runloop.cpp:82
#23 0x081371c5 in main (argc=2, argv=0xbfbeb524) at psengine.cpp:2106

Didn\'t wanna poke with the code right now. Gonna wait for the next release and play the binary so long.

[DaveG]

The CoreAnimation crash is fixed in the latest release.