CC: Gary <gwalicze@students.uiuc.edu> > > I noticed that routines I wrote that accessed the descriptor data for a > > character (or a mobile) crashed when the routine attempted to access a > > mobile. It sounds like this single character is crashing the game, > > though, however many things could be considered without knowing more > > about the MUD. Seems odd that a single character would crash things..be > > an idea to look at the stats, see the differences and try to duplicate > > them bit by bit to find out what's wrong. > > First when accessing ANYTHING through a pointer, make a check to make > sure the pointer is not null. Accessing a null pointer is the quickest > way th crash your mud. As for your specific problem, descriptor_data is > the data about the network connection for a character, so unless someone > is switched into the mob your code will try to access data from a null > pointer and *CRASH* > -- Gary Oddly enough, though, I switched into a mobile and it still crashed. And when I switched into a linkless player, the routines worked just fine. I suspect that mobiles aren't equipped with a non-NULL descriptor, and linkless PCs have non-NULL descriptors but are nullified in operation rather than in pointer. I suspect exploring the code further would answer these curiosities.
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