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| Southampton Error 31/07/2012 at 16:55 #34527 | |
guidomcc
246 posts |
I am having problems with Southampton - v2.201. I have run it fine before - got a pile of saved games - but when I load up the program, I get an error message: "Exception in initialisation phase 1." I click OK, hoping all is well, but up pops another one "Exception in SouthamptonData.Init" If you're going to make your programs not work, they can at least do so in queen's english :silly: Clicking OK brings up another box "Exception in SouthamptonCode.Init" Clicking OK to this makes nothing happen, but a visit to Task Manager later and the process was still running. Quite a few of them from all my attempts, in fact. Any guidance on what's gone wrong? Log in to reply |
| Southampton Error 01/08/2012 at 01:54 #34534 | |
nroberts
227 posts |
Guidomcc, As a long time software developer (among other things) it is generally almost impossible to cater for *every* possibility of error. As such it is normal to cater for the *expected* (possible) errors (such as out of disk space, no network connection, out of memory, among others) but there's usually a "catch-all" handler. The type of error you post about is *not* intended as a means to give you the information but it will most certainly mean something to the person who has the source code (i.e. the developer) and you the user by reporting it is giving him the basics of what possibly went wrong. Whilst the type of error doesn't mean anything to you I can hazzard a guess (without having the source code available). In a procedure named "Init" while instantiating a class SouthamptonData object there appears to be an error in the first part of the initialization (probably default class values since it would appear to be a phase 1 problem - I usually also use a 2 or 3 phase initialization). I have *absolutely* nothing to do with SimSig code so this is a bit of a shot in the dark. No doubt one of the devs can shed light on this and if it is a non-specific system error, put in a bug report. Programming is not a queen's english affair :side: Given the age of the Southampton sim it's quite probably one of Geoff's. In any case it might well help the devs if you can give a bit more information on what your computer set-up is like, i.e. Processor, memory, operating system, if you work with more than one logical disk, if you're using any non-standard hardware, etc. Also it might also help is this type of error is repeated in other sims (or not). Regards, NR Log in to reply |
| Southampton Error 01/08/2012 at 06:16 #34535 | |
BarryM
2158 posts |
" said:I am having problems with Southampton - v2.201.Possibly the version you are trying to play has been upgraded to V3.2.3. I have not play Southampton for nearly 3 years now. I tried it today with a saved game and it ran without any problems. Edit: V3.2.3 is the scrolly version. Previous version was paged V2.4.0.0 I found no problems with running this version. Barry Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Last edited: 01/08/2012 at 06:49 by BarryM Reason: Update Log in to reply |
| Southampton Error 01/08/2012 at 09:22 #34537 | |
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guidomcc
246 posts |
" said:Guidomcc,I do a bit of programming as well, and I realise! I wasn't being serious  The version I have was installed at some point in 2011 and is scrolly. I have no problem running other sims. Quote: In any case it might well help the devs if you can give a bit more information on what your computer set-up is like, i.e. Processor, Intel Core i3, windows performance index of 5.6 Quote: memory, 4 GB Quote: operating system, Windows 7 64-bit, installed 2009 Quote: if you work with more than one logical disk, if you're using any non-standard hardware, etc. Also it might also help is this type of error is repeated in other sims (or not). no, no, no. I didn't mean to sound rude or say that all programming should be in plain english with my first post - I was just trying to make it more light-hearted and less accusational 
Last edited: 01/08/2012 at 09:22 by guidomcc Reason: nonono not nonoyes Log in to reply |
| Southampton Error 20/04/2015 at 21:56 #71283 | |
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Muzer
718 posts |
Weirdly, I'm now encountering this issue (in Wine). Did anyone figure out why? (I'll try a regression test when I get the time, it's quite probable something related to a wine bug. But it could be something I did.) Log in to reply |
| Southampton Error 09/05/2015 at 20:10 #72014 | |
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Muzer
718 posts |
OK. As if by magic, it's now working. WTF. I put it down to the oldness of this sim.
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