Bug 897 – "szp pointer was NULL" when spying a player during netdemo playback

Bug 897 - "szp pointer was NULL" when spying a player during netdemo playback

Summary:

"szp pointer was NULL" when spying a player during netdemo playback

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Odamex
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Client
Version:	0.6.x
Platform:	All All

Importance:	P1 normal
Assigned To:	Odamex Bug Reporter

URL:

Depends on:
Blocks:	900
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2012-09-03 15:33 UTC by Amateur Spammer
Modified:	2012-10-15 03:56 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

See Also:

Attachments
Demo to reproduce (needs veloctf.wad and ovox1a.wad) (893.47 KB, application/octet-stream) 2012-09-03 15:34 UTC, Amateur Spammer	Details
View All Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.

Description Amateur Spammer 2012-09-03 15:33:06 UTC

"szp pointer was NULL" when spying a player during netdemo playback
Steps to reproduce:
- Play the attached demo (needs veloctf.wad and ovox1a.wad)
- Switch to HeX9109's view ("spy 1" in console)
- Wait. Odamex will abort somewhere in the second minute.
Reproduces with 0.6.1 official Windows binary as well as r3345.

Comment 1 Amateur Spammer 2012-09-03 15:34:11 UTC

Created attachment 397 [details]
Demo to reproduce (needs veloctf.wad and ovox1a.wad)

Comment 2 Dr. Sean 2012-09-04 22:37:56 UTC

The crash occurs when HeX9109 becomes a spectator. It turns out that CL_CheckDisplayPlayer() was faulty in that it allowed the user to attempt to watch through the view point of a spectator when playing a netdemo. A fix was committed in r3349. Please test.

Comment 3 Ralph Vickers 2012-10-15 03:56:41 UTC

Tested and resolved. Thanks