Evil Script
 

I wrote a script that seems to freeze Graal, even before the level has been run. The problem seems to be caused by the line:

'temp=indexof(#K(0x7C),#s(local.string))-start'

I don't know, maybe there are some reserved words in there? Either way, it doesn't break if I comment that line out.

Note: DO NOT run this level unless you are Stefan. It will eat your computer without even a trace of sympathy.

Kai, in order to destroy it, we must bring it to the fires of Mt. Doom. >:o
-EDIT- I just noticed, why is there 6 downloads on it? o.o

Apparently people have difficulty reading my warning!

I did it just to be evil ^_^ saved my computer fine too, so nyah!
I've never seen anything like that happen before.. its just my hunch, but I bet its some but with #K :x.. I have no info to back up this statement, it just sounds right.. :P

I've done various experiments and it doesn't always break with the #K in there. In fact, the '-start' seems to be a bigger factor - if I remove it then it's fine (except that the script doesn't work >_<).

Youve tried picking another variable name?
Prehaps subtracting start on a seperate line?

Tried both. Neither helps.

Perhaps try replacing the variable start with a number, to see if that's causing it?

That's one possible idea, anyway. ;X

why not just set the var then do
temp-=start
o.O

Falados already suggested that, and it was one of the first things I tried. Doesn't help.

Quite Evil is that script.

Nice Script Kai!
seems to be some sort of doom script

MAN ITS EBIL!!!!!!!

Nice av.
It's all in the mind.

He used mind tricks on us to make us think our computers would freeze when we opened it. :-)

Well your tricks dont' work on me! My computer didn't freeze! Heck graal used less cpu time than it usually does. :-)

...it didn't break your computer? That's... pretty weird.

Ok, I admit graal was running pretty creepy from the moment it tried to open that file. But I could open it well enough to see the script. And graal really did use less of a % of my cpu according to the processes view in windows xp. My computer did not come anywhere near freezing though.

And you have the latest version?

Yes latest version,

I guess my PC just handles stress better than most. :-)

Thanks lol finally someone who has seen yellow submarine!

Holy crap! It froze my whole computer!
But I found the problem just before then, look

Can be expected from AOL users...

Anyways who wants to form a fellowship of some sort to get rid of this thing?

Butbutbut the level shouldn't even load. x_x

Sounds like he didn't actually click the Play button, but only opened the level that had the script.

Seems to me like misinterpretations on both ends (His misinterpretation of how the problem showed, and everyone else's for thinking he clicked Play).

that fellow that Dach Posted is hiding within Kai's script.....
Ph33r

I agree with Tseng.
:-)


I am getting the impression computers are becoming frozen beasts before even getting to the edit level screen. No I didn't click play becouse the play button never showed up >.<

After a good deal of memory craziness (during which time the rest of my programs are running fine and I can use them, everything but graal cuz i'ts trying to load still) graal stops trying and gives me a not enough memory error message (and strangely it opens to the graal editor then. with the level opened for tile and script editing). Then I get to the editor and can see the script and edit the tiles. I can't click play though. That part of the screen never loads. I can close it and it offers to save the level for me though. :-)

Crazy. I never let it get that far.

I closed the process after about two minutes of it just sitting there processing.. it just kept silently computing.. IT WANTED TO KILL ME :(

Graal just froze on me while I was trying to load the level in the editor. Then when I tried to close graal via ctrl+alt+delete, my computer froze! *kicks*

I have had a level that froze the editor too, but I completely forget what I did to do that. In the end, I just fixed it by reverting the level to a version that worked.

Well, I did warn you.

Kai, I wonder what would happen if you upload that level on a server, then try to warp to it.. o_o Maybe the level editor just wants the script dead and freezes itself and blows up everything.

I think Graal probably does some preprocessing (tokenisation for variables, maybe?) and my script makes it go into a near-infinite loop. It'd probably do the same thing online, but that's just a theory.

Oh yeah! I rember now I did the same thing where I had this loop and I wanted it to play a wav file. When I pressed play it played the wav file over and over and over like 1/100 of a second everytime!! It was extrem lag!! So I had to shut off graal XD.

Yeah, all scripters encounter infinite loops sooner or later. But most of them manage to press the Play button first :-p

I made an infinite loop serverside weapo NPC once. VERY easy to do. x.x It spammed the RCs out with the over 1000 loops in a second message.

10000.. :x