Game Crashes When Clicking Play on Title Screen

[doomcup]

Fresh install on Windows 7 64 bit. Log follows:

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filename: diceydungeons
package: com.terrycavanaghgames.diceydungeons
version: v1.3.2 / 0.11.0 (mod API)
sess. ID: dicey_dungeons_2019-09-12_04'45'47
started: 2019-09-12 04:45:47
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crashed: 2019-09-12 04:45:51
duration: 00:00:03
error: ERROR in callscenemethod(Title,update) static : Invalid char é at position 1, stack =
Called from haxe.Unserializer.unserialize (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/haxe/Unserializer.hx line 455)
Called from haxe.Unserializer.unserialize (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/haxe/Unserializer.hx line 303)
Called from haxe.Unserializer.run (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/haxe/Unserializer.hx line 466)
Called from utils.ContinueSave.load (utils/ContinueSave.hx line 273)
Called from Game.fetchcontinuesave (Game.hx line 3004)
Called from states.Title.update (states/Title.hx line 187)
Called from Reflect.callMethod (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/cpp/_std/Reflect.hx line 55)
stack:
haxegon.Scene.callscenemethod (haxegon/Scene.hx line 93)
haxegon.Scene.update (haxegon/Scene.hx line 53)
haxegon.Core.doupdate (haxegon/Core.hx line 268)
haxegon.Core.onEnterFrame (haxegon/Core.hx line 182)
starling.events.EventDispatcher.__invokeEvent (starling/events/EventDispatcher.hx line 184)
starling.events.EventDispatcher.dispatchEvent (starling/events/EventDispatcher.hx line 144)
starling.display.DisplayObject.dispatchEvent (starling/display/DisplayObject.hx line 778)
starling.display.DisplayObjectContainer.broadcastEvent (starling/display/DisplayObjectContainer.hx line 449)
starling.display.Stage.advanceTime (starling/display/Stage.hx line 108)
starling.core.Starling.advanceTime (starling/core/Starling.hx line 469)
starling.core.Starling.nextFrame (starling/core/Starling.hx line 455)
starling.core.Starling.onEnterFrame (starling/core/Starling.hx line 682)
openfl.events.EventDispatcher.__dispatchEvent (openfl/events/EventDispatcher.hx line 443)
openfl.display.DisplayObject.__dispatch (openfl/display/DisplayObject.hx line 1236)

[Jackeea]

Try disabling your antivirus.

[doomcup]

Turned off my antivirus (MSE), still crashes. Log follows:

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filename: diceydungeons
package: com.terrycavanaghgames.diceydungeons
version: v1.3.2 / 0.11.0 (mod API)
sess. ID: dicey_dungeons_2019-09-12_06'38'27
started: 2019-09-12 06:38:27
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crashed: 2019-09-12 06:38:45
duration: 00:00:17
error: ERROR in callscenemethod(Title,update) static : Invalid char é at position 1, stack =
Called from haxe.Unserializer.unserialize (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/haxe/Unserializer.hx line 455)
Called from haxe.Unserializer.unserialize (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/haxe/Unserializer.hx line 303)
Called from haxe.Unserializer.run (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/haxe/Unserializer.hx line 466)
Called from utils.ContinueSave.load (utils/ContinueSave.hx line 273)
Called from Game.fetchcontinuesave (Game.hx line 3004)
Called from states.Title.update (states/Title.hx line 187)
Called from Reflect.callMethod (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/cpp/_std/Reflect.hx line 55)
stack:
haxegon.Scene.callscenemethod (haxegon/Scene.hx line 93)
haxegon.Scene.update (haxegon/Scene.hx line 53)
haxegon.Core.doupdate (haxegon/Core.hx line 268)
haxegon.Core.onEnterFrame (haxegon/Core.hx line 182)
starling.events.EventDispatcher.__invokeEvent (starling/events/EventDispatcher.hx line 184)
starling.events.EventDispatcher.dispatchEvent (starling/events/EventDispatcher.hx line 144)
starling.display.DisplayObject.dispatchEvent (starling/display/DisplayObject.hx line 778)
starling.display.DisplayObjectContainer.broadcastEvent (starling/display/DisplayObjectContainer.hx line 449)
starling.display.Stage.advanceTime (starling/display/Stage.hx line 108)
starling.core.Starling.advanceTime (starling/core/Starling.hx line 469)
starling.core.Starling.nextFrame (starling/core/Starling.hx line 455)
starling.core.Starling.onEnterFrame (starling/core/Starling.hx line 682)
openfl.events.EventDispatcher.__dispatchEvent (openfl/events/EventDispatcher.hx line 443)
openfl.display.DisplayObject.__dispatch (openfl/display/DisplayObject.hx line 1236)

[doomcup]

Problem persists through several updates. Antivirus being on or off makes no difference.

Can somebody please tell me how to fix this? I'm sick and tired of having to reboot into linux to play this.

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filename: diceydungeons
package: com.terrycavanaghgames.diceydungeons
version: v1.4.3 / 0.11.0 (mod API)
sess. ID: dicey_dungeons_2019-10-02_09'50'26
started: 2019-10-02 09:50:26
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crashed: 2019-10-02 09:50:36
duration: 00:00:09
error: ERROR in callscenemethod(Title,update) static : Invalid char é at position 1, stack =
Called from haxe.Unserializer.unserialize (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/haxe/Unserializer.hx line 455)
Called from haxe.Unserializer.unserialize (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/haxe/Unserializer.hx line 303)
Called from haxe.Unserializer.run (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/haxe/Unserializer.hx line 466)
Called from utils.ContinueSave.load (utils/ContinueSave.hx line 273)
Called from Game.fetchcontinuesave (Game.hx line 3033)
Called from states.Title.update (states/Title.hx line 187)
Called from Reflect.callMethod (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/cpp/_std/Reflect.hx line 55)
stack:
haxegon.Scene.callscenemethod (haxegon/Scene.hx line 93)
haxegon.Scene.update (haxegon/Scene.hx line 53)
haxegon.Core.doupdate (haxegon/Core.hx line 268)
haxegon.Core.onEnterFrame (haxegon/Core.hx line 182)
starling.events.EventDispatcher.__invokeEvent (starling/events/EventDispatcher.hx line 184)
starling.events.EventDispatcher.dispatchEvent (starling/events/EventDispatcher.hx line 144)
starling.display.DisplayObject.dispatchEvent (starling/display/DisplayObject.hx line 778)
starling.display.DisplayObjectContainer.broadcastEvent (starling/display/DisplayObjectContainer.hx line 449)
starling.display.Stage.advanceTime (starling/display/Stage.hx line 108)
starling.core.Starling.advanceTime (starling/core/Starling.hx line 469)
starling.core.Starling.nextFrame (starling/core/Starling.hx line 455)
starling.core.Starling.onEnterFrame (starling/core/Starling.hx line 682)
openfl.events.EventDispatcher.__dispatchEvent (openfl/events/EventDispatcher.hx line 443)
openfl.display.DisplayObject.__dispatch (openfl/display/DisplayObject.hx line 1236)

[doomcup]

In a fit of desperation, I have upgraded to Windows 10, and I'm still suffering the same crash. Log follows:

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filename: diceydungeons
package: com.terrycavanaghgames.diceydungeons
version: v1.5 / 0.12.0 (mod API)
sess. ID: dicey_dungeons_2019-10-21_21'16'10
started: 2019-10-21 21:16:10
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crashed: 2019-10-21 21:16:25
duration: 00:00:15
error: ERROR in callscenemethod(Title,update) static : Invalid char é at position 1, stack =
Called from haxe.Unserializer.unserialize (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/haxe/Unserializer.hx line 455)
Called from haxe.Unserializer.unserialize (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/haxe/Unserializer.hx line 303)
Called from haxe.Unserializer.run (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/haxe/Unserializer.hx line 466)
Called from utils.ContinueSave.load (utils/ContinueSave.hx line 277)
Called from Game.fetchcontinuesave (Game.hx line 3140)
Called from states.Title.update (states/Title.hx line 186)
Called from Reflect.callMethod (C:\coding\haxe\haxe\std/cpp/_std/Reflect.hx line 55)
stack:
haxegon.Scene.callscenemethod (haxegon/Scene.hx line 93)
haxegon.Scene.update (haxegon/Scene.hx line 53)
haxegon.Core.doupdate (haxegon/Core.hx line 268)
haxegon.Core.onEnterFrame (haxegon/Core.hx line 182)
starling.events.EventDispatcher.__invokeEvent (starling/events/EventDispatcher.hx line 184)
starling.events.EventDispatcher.dispatchEvent (starling/events/EventDispatcher.hx line 144)
starling.display.DisplayObject.dispatchEvent (starling/display/DisplayObject.hx line 778)
starling.display.DisplayObjectContainer.broadcastEvent (starling/display/DisplayObjectContainer.hx line 449)
starling.display.Stage.advanceTime (starling/display/Stage.hx line 108)
starling.core.Starling.advanceTime (starling/core/Starling.hx line 469)
starling.core.Starling.nextFrame (starling/core/Starling.hx line 455)
starling.core.Starling.onEnterFrame (starling/core/Starling.hx line 682)
openfl.events.EventDispatcher.__dispatchEvent (openfl/events/EventDispatcher.hx line 443)
openfl.display.DisplayObject.__dispatch (openfl/display/DisplayObject.hx line 1236)

[doomcup]

Also for those curious of how I've been able to play so much despite this issue, it's because I'm not in windows very often. I mainly play in linux with proton turned on. I'd rather not have to reboot into linux every time I want to play this game though.

[terry]

Hey - I see you've emailed me about this, hopefully the fix I've suggested sorts it out. But just noticed the mention of playing on Linux! I wonder if there's a string encoding thing going on here when steam cloud transfers the continuesave.json file from one operating system to another? That's something I can look into - when you started getting this crash bug, do you remember if you were mid run on linux?

[doomcup]

I don't remember. I might have been. I certainly was playing in Linux before I started in Windows.

Thanks again for your help, btw!