Unhandled exception error

[ToastedWoobie]

I keep getting unhandled exception errors during random parts of the game. Not sure why. However, when I press Continue, the game just hangs. Doesn't finish the current move, doesn't move on to something else. I can use tasks in the task bar (say, open the action editor), but the game never resumes.

I'm running XP with most background programs off or disabled.

Any help would be great. Hate to be in the middle of a game and then have an error cool things off.

The pop-up error text is:
An unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will shut down immediately.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.


See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Ӕ.ټ.ڗ(Action ذ, Guid խ, Ղ ԯ, Ղ ԰)
at Ӕ.ټ.ڕ(Action ذ, SituationData ر, Ղ ԯ, Ղ ԰, Boolean Փ, Int32& ږ)
at Ӕ.ټ.ڔ(SituationData ر, Ղ ԯ, Ղ ԰, Boolean Փ, Boolean ڒ)
at Ӕ.ټ.ڑ(SituationData ر, Ղ ԯ, Ղ ԰, Boolean Փ, Boolean ڒ)
at Ӕ.޵.CanPlayerArrive(Ղ ԯ)
at Bliss.Board.ؠ()
at Bliss.Board.ٜ(Object Ӱ, EventArgs ӱ)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
Bliss
Assembly Version: 1.2.2138.29978
Win32 Version: 1.2
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Games%20for%20Loving/Bliss/Bliss.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
AxInterop.WMPLib
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Games%20for%20Loving/Bliss/AxInterop.WMPLib.DLL
----------------------------------------
Interop.WMPLib
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Games%20for%20Loving/Bliss/Interop.WMPLib.DLL
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/accessibility/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/accessibility.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.xml/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.xml.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this
application or machine (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine
rather than being handled by this dialog.

[Don]

Thanks for the detail in this bug report, I will look into it right away and see if I can make any sense of it.

Thanks,

Don

[Don]

Hi,

If you could check a couple of things for me it would really help.

1. Are there any files in the directory c:/Program Files/Games for Loving/Bliss/Profiles? If so, could you send them to me.
2. Can you tell me the date and size of any files in c:/Program Files/Games for Loving/Bliss/Actions.

Thanks,

Don

[Don]

Hi,

It's Don Again.

Never mind all that additional information, I found the problem. I will try to get a patch on the website as soon as possible. I will try for tonight, but I can't promise that as I am currently on the road.

Thanks,

Don

[Don]

Hi,

I have placed a Beta Version of Bliss 1.3 on the website. This is a zip file containing only Bliss.exe. You will need to unzip the zip file and then replace your current Bliss.exe with the one from the zip file. Generally Bliss.exe is located at c:\Program Files\Games for Loving\Bliss.

This beta release fixes the bug reported here, as well as several other bugs.

It can be downloaded from http://www.gamesforloving.com/downloads ... _3beta.zip.

This is not a full install, you must have 1.2 installed prior to installing this Beta 1.3.

Thanks,

Don

[ToastedWoobie]

Thanks, that looks like it's fixed it. Ran through a couple of practice games without a problem.