DDO builder problems

[Christhemiss]

recently (as in past 2 weeks) ive been having a lot of problems using @Maetrim of Cannith 's DDO builder v2 (link here: https://github.com/Maetrim/DDOBuilderV2/releases ), and i keep having it crash a lot of the time when i select class levels, feats, skills, enhancement points, or really anything else. id say it crashes every 30 seconds when i am using it. i have used the builder for years, and only recently have these troubles started happening with this frequency. i have contacted maetrim on discord, but have not gotten a response yet of what to fix. if anyone has any idea of what is causing my sudden crashing problem, i would love to hear as the developer, at least at the moment, is not able to provide a solution

 

[rabidfox]

I assume you did a full removal/clean install and it didn't help. Did you try reinstalling Visual C++ files just in case Windows did something to your version of it that caused issues?

version of the redist probably from here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170
using the link https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe

 

[Christhemiss]

I assume you did a full removal/clean install and it didn't help.

i did and no it didnt help

Did you try reinstalling Visual C++ files just in case Windows did something to your version of it that caused issues?

let me this and see if it helps. do i have to do anything else other than download and install?

 

[rabidfox]

let me this and see if it helps. do i have to do anything else other than download and install?

Probably should reboot after the install.

 

[Christhemiss]

Probably should reboot after the install.

did all that, it did not appear to help the crashing (but did fix the .ddobuild file icon problem i had)

 

[Christhemiss]

Probably should reboot after the install.

any other ideas of things to try?

 

[rabidfox]

That was the only obvious thing to try. Does using an older version run stable?

 

[Christhemiss]

That was the only obvious thing to try. Does using an older version run stable?

let me try that

 

[Christhemiss]

That was the only obvious thing to try. Does using an older version run stable?

my initial testing shows one of my files that was crashing with .061 isnt crashing with .058

 

[Mindos]

Can you post the crash info?

 

[Christhemiss]

Can you post the crash info?

where do i find that, if i can find it i will

 

[rabidfox]

You can run 'event viewer' from the Window's start menu to see a lot of logged details.

 

[Christhemiss]

You can run 'event viewer' from the Window's start menu to see a lot of logged details.

where do i find what im looking for, ive never used this program sorry

 

[Christhemiss]

You can run 'event viewer' from the Window's start menu to see a lot of logged details.

let me just dm you

 

[rabidfox]

"Open the Event Viewer by right clicking on your Start Button, then pick Event Viewer. When it comes up, go to Windows Logs then Application Log. If a program crashes, it often will leave an entry. Normal launches and closing of most applications however do not normally create an entry"

You can filter that log to search for specific applications.

 

[Maetrim of Cannith]

I am sorry to hear about this. I have been quite busy lately with my TR train and the builder has been on hold for me.

To a certain extent the issue here is very hard to reproduce, at least on my build PC. I will try and reach out to Christhemiss and hopefully get an online session where we can run side by side with the same files to see if a source of the problem can be tracked down.

The only things I can suggest at he moment beyond checking the C++ runtime which it sounds you have already tried would be to make sure you have he most recent version of the MFC libraries. I think this may be the latest link: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

I will also see if a special build with the MFC statically linked as part of the application could fix the issue. (Makes the download much bigger)