3 ms·
Seems to be a PocketPC port of Doom, with no source given or even a snippet of the relevant code/variable name/etc. shown at all.
by ranger_danger 1y ago
Seems to be a PocketPC port of Doom, with no source given or even a snippet of the relevant code/variable name/etc. shown at all.
- unixhero 1y agoYes. I think it it seems like it was the os that overflowed, and not Doom in this case.
- nomel 1y agoIt's also running on very old hardware, potentially with some electrolytic capacitors that have dried up. And, there's always the possibility that it's a gamma ray [1]! [1] https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221011-how-space-weather-causes-computer-errors https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221011-how-space-weathe...
- jama211 1y agoThey explained it was in the game code though?
- unixhero 1y agoTo me, that error message was caused by some panic, and then the OS began gracefully shutting down the application in this case DooM - which would not have been done by the program itself. Therefore I conclude it was the OS. I am not an OS developer, so I take my own conclusion with a grain of salt.
- jama211 1y agoDid you read the article? They specifically said it was a variable in the game engine code that causes the overflow. A program crashing causes the OS to show the error, but the bug that caused the crash was clearly in the game code itself. Any OS this game engine ran on would experience this crash.
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]