OINC Still Crashes On Closing Application

[pinacoladaxb]

I hate to point out two bugs in one day, especially since this could be a problem on my end. My Connect 4 Online game is crashing whenever the frame that houses the actual game is ended, either by jumping to another frame or closing the application. Also, when one player ends his/her game, the other player gets an error message: "Got invalid client ID." I isolated the problem to line #7:

+Start of Frame
-OINC Client: Connect to server [server] on port [port]

If I delete that line, the issue goes away, but it's pretty important for my game to work. Is this a bug or a careless mistake on my part?

EDIT: I also found that when on the "lobby" frame, if you try to disconnect or quit after signing in a second time, the game crashes also.

[MarkClick]

You should get a job as bugtester somewhere.
Jamie is aware of this bug, the disconnecting / shutting down part of OINC causes applications to crash.

It does not always happen for me, but it does too often.

Stopping the server in MMF and using the OINC exe server often crashes it on shutting down. Same for the client.

[James]

Okay.. new build later today or tomorrow I think. Try disconnecting at the end of the frame - OINC is global, so if there's no OINC object on the next frame and it's still connected that could cause problems.

[James]

The "Got invalid client ID" bug is server-side, not client-side. I'll send a new build of the server to Mark later.

[pinacoladaxb]

On any frame with OINC, I did make sure to include an end of frame->disconnect event. Also, I get the "Got invalid client ID" error when using my own server as well. Will the new build of the server be included in the next build of the OINC client?

[James]

It'll be included in the next OINC.zip, yup.

[pinacoladaxb]

Thanks Jamie for the new build! It fixed both instances where my game crashed. However, it also created a new problem. In the lobby frame, when a player accepts an invitation, the other player's game freezes and crashes. I tested this with the new server build as well.

EDIT: This problem is corrected when I delete the "OINC: Disconnect" event under the condition that the invitee receives confirmation of a game start. Also, since the last build, the players' boards sometimes become unsynced, especially if they are playing fast.