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Assertion error in line 1650 of DbXML.cpp: "importBuf.isReset()"
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Assertion error in line 158 of DbXML.cpp: "!uncompressedBuffer"
Assertion error in line 181 of DbXML.cpp: "!compressedBuffer"
Assertion error in line 182 of DbXML.cpp: "!compressedSize"
Assertion error in line 217 of DbXML.cpp: "!d_stream"
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Does this occur when attempting to update any hold?

Unfortunately it seems this hasn't been reported for the Windows build, so it could be Mac-only. This looks like an issue with the changes Mike made to improve importing, so he's probably the best person to be looking at this.

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It does seem to occur with every hold I have tried.

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I was able to update a hold in the Windows version, so if you can't update any holds, I think it's more likely that is a Mac-only issue.

Two additional follow-up questions:

1. Does this affect both methods of updating, that is via CNet and through importing a file into the game?
2. Does the crash occur when importing a new hold into the game?

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1 appears to be yes. I download an update to King Hesper's and it crashed the program, although the .err log was a bit different:

Import Parse Error: junk after document element at line 137:0
Assertion error in line 1995 of DbXML.cpp: "bytesRead <= XML_PARSER_BUFF_SIZE"

2 appears to be no. I just imported your Scrumbly Hollow from a file without issues.

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New weird follow up question: Does the imported hold get updated in spite of the crash?

Trying to work out all the angles here.

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Double post: Decided to import some more holds via CNet and oh no it's not just a Mac issue.

Doing a CNet update with released holds leads to the Assertion error in line 1995 of DbXML.cpp: "bytesRead <= XML_PARSER_BUFF_SIZE" error.

The hold still updated, but saves got obliterated, so that's a problem.

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That does sound like what I was seeing.

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As reported by disoriented, this issue, or a very similar one, is still occuring in the Mac builds.

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Is this now a Mac only issue? Or does it still occur on Windows as well?

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Currently disoriented is the only person who has report this issue still occuring, so it might be a Mac issue. I updated some holds on the latest Windows build and the issue didn't appear.

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It seems to happen only sometimes.

Two new holds were released today, Challenge Crafting Compilation and Architectural Bad Habits: Backtracking. They both showed as (Updated!) in the hold list in-game.

From the hold list, I was able to download the update for one of the holds, but the other one failed to update. I deleted the failed hold, and re-downloaded it, and that worked.

Can't remember which one failed of the two.

EDIT: I'm using the latest beta that slimm tom posted, I think it may be 5.1.1.454-speech-fix although the game's title screen says 5.1.1.409 for some reason.

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I also installed the two new holds today.

Windows, non-Steam (GoG) version 5.1.1.436x, no CN subscription

Both holds were already installed from voting and testing.

Backtracking crashed when checking if demos were compatible. Restarting the game and trying again, it said I already had that version installed.

Crafting updated without problems. Did not mention needing to check saves, so I guess no changes were made since I last downloaded it.

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There were changes made, I adjusted the scripting of a couple of rooms during the HA process.

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Sounds like the remaining hold-import issues might be shared between Windows and Mac.

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Unfortunately, Kalin's datapoint is for 5.1.1.436x, which predates the original hold import fix. The latest available version for Windows is 5.1.1.459.

If anyone encounters this issue again, in the latest build, please remember and provide the following information:

1. The hold you tried to update
2. If it was via CNet or a local import
3. If the hold was updated when you reopned DROD
4. If your saved games were still there after reopening
5. Optionally, content from the drod.err file.

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Got a crash when updating on the Steam build for TSS.

Tried to update Entry Point, over CNet since it's a beta hold.
When I reopened DROD, the hold updated but my saves were gone.

drod.err has this line for today:
Assertion error in line 1999 of DbXML.cpp: "bytesRead <= XML_PARSER_BUFF_SIZE"

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My current diagnosis for this issue is that there's something wrong with the data importing algorithm, but only when performing an internal import of saves and demos during a hold update.

To explain, updating a hold goes like this:

1. Get the hold data ready for importing
2. Export existing saves and demos for the hold to an internal holding space
3. Delete the existing version of the hold, and any associated saves and demos. (This is required due to database things)
4. Import the hold data
5. Reimport saves and demos
6. Check that demos are still valid

The process is going wrong either on step 2 or 4, causing a crash at step 4. This means the hold is successfully updated, but saved games and demos are lost.

Not sure how to fix this at the moment.

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Did some more investigating, and discovered the problem is in the reimport step. It's a problem with the details of how hold importing now works.

To fix problems with holds that are Too Big to fit into memory, Mike changed hold importing to decompress imported holds in chunks. There's a maximum chunk size, which is important. When importing holds, the data always starts compressed and is incrementally decompressed.

However, when saves are reimported, the game will load the entire uncompressed blob of data at once. If the amount of data is less than the maximum chunk size, everything is fine. However, if it's bigger than that, problems occur. The game assigns less memory to an buffer than it needs, leading to Bad Things, and the game crashes. (This is what the "bytesRead <= XML_PARSER_BUFF_SIZE" assert means. The statement is false, so the game complains.)

I'm not quite sure how to fix this, other than doing the perhaps drastic move of compressing the internally exported data so that algorithm will just do it's thing normally.

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hyperme wrote:
I'm not quite sure how to fix this, other than doing the perhaps drastic move of compressing the internally exported data so that algorithm will just do it's thing normally.

Was this the ultimate solution?

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Luckily no compression was needed. Since the functions that import data into the database ultimately work on uncompressed data, new functions could be written to handle uncompressed data from internal sources.

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