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Problems with path movement and deleting objects

by Ben Hickling · in Torque Game Builder · 08/03/2006 (11:28 am) · 5 replies

Hey everyone

I've been using path movement for my enemies, however, quite often when they get destroyed it will cause TGB to crash completely. I am using SafeDelete() to remove the objects, and I have even tried Removefromscene() which didn't seem to cause TGB to crash, but I don't think its supposed to be used like SafeDelete() (memory leaks, I think). Has anyone else enountered similar problems when using paths? Any help would be much appreciated! :)

Cheers,

-Ben
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Torque Owner Apurva Amin
#1
08/03/2006 (11:40 am)
Sounds like TGB still thinks there's an object on the path but since there isn't it causes it to crash. Try doing this:

function deletePlayerFromPath(){
            $myPath.clear();
            $myplayer.safeDelete();
}

Should work.

Torque Owner Adam Larson
#2
08/03/2006 (2:59 pm)
This is definitely a bug and has been fixed for the next release. For now, your best bet is to remove the object from the path before deleting it.

Torque Owner Ben Hickling
#3
08/03/2006 (3:01 pm)
I've tried telling the object to dismount from the path, I've even tried telling the path to clear all mounts, and even then it still crashes occasionally when the object is destroyed.

Torque Owner Apurva Amin
#4
08/03/2006 (3:16 pm)
That's really strange. As adam says, it's a bug but I had the same problem. I created a path and mounted an object to it. I then deleted the path and TGB would crash. I used the code I posted and from then on, TGB never crashed. Oh well, at least it's been fixed.

Torque Owner Ben Hickling
#5
08/03/2006 (4:08 pm)
Hmm, I just tried it again with the path.clear() function and it seems to be okay now. I must have been imagining things! Still, it's good to hear its being addressed for the next release. :)