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[bahihs]

So I'm afraid to play DF anymore because it will inevitably crash (quite randomly) and I lose hours of progress. This happens with both Dwarf mode and Adventure mode and usually, when I swtich from one screen to the next (e.g from the kitchen screen back to world view, Travel mode to normal mode) or when I unpause the game.


Is there anything I can do to prevent crashes (I start getting them right after the 2nd wave of dwarves)?

[mifki]

Are you using TWBT plugin?

[bahihs]

Yes, with the lazy newb pack 40.19 r2 (don't want to lose my progress by upgrading to r3 just yet)

[palu]

They're compatible.

[mifki]

Yes, with the lazy newb pack

You mean "starter pack", or are you on Linux?

[utunnels]

Unfortunately it is quite random. 40.13 crashed a lot but 40.19 seemed more stable.
I don't know if it is because I'm now playing a smaller map with tiny population.

I'm still on lnp 40.19 r2, as long as it is stable I don't want to try a new one. 

You can type quicksave in dfhack to save your progress without closing the program.

[smjjames]

If you guys are having crashes, you should report them on mantis bugtracker. Toady One can't do anything about them if he doesn't know the crash exists.

[mifki]

If you guys are having crashes, you should report them on mantis bugtracker. Toady One can't do anything about them if he doesn't know the crash exists.

We need to make sure it's not a problem with dfhack plugins before bothering him, right?

[bahihs]

Just FYI, I don't use any plug-ins other than DFhack itself (not even Dwarf Therapist, the DFhack labor manager is enough for me). And as I said before it usually crashes whenever I resume from a paused situation (unpause in Dwarf mode, move in Travel mode etc.)

[Footkerchief]

If you guys are having crashes, you should report them on mantis bugtracker. Toady One can't do anything about them if he doesn't know the crash exists.

We need to make sure it's not a problem with dfhack plugins before bothering him, right?

If somebody is using plugins, yes, they should definitely check whether the crash reproduces without plugins.  And if the plugins write to memory, well, it's hard to be sure that the plugin's creator was safe about it.

[unagi]

Have you tried the LargeAddressAware program to make sure you aren't crashing when trying to use more than 2g ram?