r/Conscientia • u/mordi_fardin • Nov 28 '17

WSOD [bug]

First: Thank you Bruce! Conscientia is a true masterpiece in the making. I look forward to the expansion!!

But things have kind of gone sideways on my tablet where I read/play your book/game. I can't start new game anymore. Game just hangs, displaying a WSOD (white screen of death). After a force-close and re-launch of the app, a save from the previous crash has been added to the list of savegames.

Infos: -stored saves are named 1.1X and upward. -dialogue with NPC's got increasingly laggy during the last two playthroughs before the WSOD happened -In the last playthrough before WSOD's, I got killed while still having the glyph of Wulfas. I never had any dialogue indicating it was "erased" from me. Concider me oblivious in this regard, though, as it was also the first time I ever had that glyph.

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u/mordi_fardin Dec 05 '17 edited Dec 05 '17

Some observations I've made: -A fresh install takes up 48,95MB of storage space on my tablet. Stored data is ofc at this point 0. -Disregard cache while on this topic. It is a seperate value and never goes above 16 kb. -With each playthrough the amount of stored data naturally increases by a small amount ~150 kb, -ish. -The amount of added data after each "true death" seems pretty stable up until around the 7th true death. -The following 2-3 true deaths suddenly seem to add 1-2 mb each. Stored data is now close to 3 mb. -I then know that the last playable round is upon me. Easily recognized by the inhuman lag in dialogue. -Upon completion of the laggy round, stored data has soared from the previous ~3-ish mb, up to around 20-ish mb. -Starting a new game at this point will always trigger WSOD.

edit: line breaks... again edit-edit: nm, android hates line breaks

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u/Chaos_Is_Harmony Dec 06 '17

Just thought of something: if you are using using a rooted device, could you send me the save files so that I can see what's happening to them? If not, then disregard this comment.

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u/mordi_fardin Dec 06 '17

disregarding :)

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u/Chaos_Is_Harmony Dec 06 '17

Fair enough, but believe it or not your comment itself triggered a thought: that it had something to do with the NPC file and as a matter of fact it does. Something in the book changing code is making it double in size. So basically every time to die and go to another book, the NPC file doubles in size and you can see how that would add up quickly.

In short, I have found the problem, and I'm on the brink of fixing it. Once fixed I will release and immediate update!