Debugging a Crash in OpenRCT2
Last year, my interest in RollerCoaster Tycoon was renewed through Marcel Vos's in-depth videos on the game. Like most players today, I picked up OpenRCT2, which offers cross-platform support, higher resolutions, and other enhancements. This is the definitive way to experience the game, certainly ex...
Hasnain says:
Great investigation and write up of a tricky to find bug.
“This article ended up being longer than I anticipated but I believe the detail is important. I was using several debugging features for the first time, searching for how to do almost everything as I went, so I wanted to cover every step to make it easier for the next person. GDB's ability to arbitrarily search and reinterpret memory has broad utility but I hadn't seen these commands demonstrated before, either in tutorials or using it for more basic troubleshooting.”
Posted on 2023-01-23T03:46:50+0000