game crash when saving

[Drakkan]

Hi, I have quite interesting problem. I am playing my custom dungeon - when I try to save the game (no matter if F5, crystal autosave or named save), the game crash with following error:

script_entity_277: cannot serialize table 'x' with metatable
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'error'
[string "ScriptEntity.lua"]: in function 'saveValue'
[string "ScriptEntity.lua"]: in function 'saveState'
[string "GameMode.lua"]: in function 'saveGame'
[string "GameMode.lua"]: in function 'quickSave'
[string "GameMode.lua"]: in function 'keyPressed'
etc...


any ideas what is going wrong ?

[Komag]

It appears that you have some value of some non-local variable that is not allowed for save games

[Drakkan]

It appears that you have some value of some non-local variable that is not allowed for save games

which in english means what ? :d
saving was working without problem, but it began to crash at the end of dungeon. Could it have something to do with steam ?

[Sol_HSA]

In English, the custom dungeon is buggy.

[antti]

It appears that you have some value of some non-local variable that is not allowed for save games

which in english means what ? :d
saving was working without problem, but it began to crash at the end of dungeon. Could it have something to do with steam ?

Here's more details on what Komag was referring to: http://www.grimrock.net/modding/save-ga ... variables/

In short, the probable cause is that you use variables in functions that are not local. Since the crash started happening towards the end of the dungeon, you probably can start looking for the issue in scripts that are triggered in those parts of the dungeon. But yeah, check out the documentation I linked to and if you need more help, ask again in this thread.

[Komag]

You could test again by trying to save all the time, and the first moment it crashes, just remember what you just recently did, and it must be involved with those scripts. Try to only use safe values for non-local variables, or try to change the script setup to just use a local (temporary) variable.

[Drakkan]

good, I have found the "invalid" script, however do not know what problem is, as the script itself is working right. Any tips ?

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function itemCheck(item)
   -- checks for the item in champions hands
   for champ = 1,4 do
   for slot = 7,8 do
      x = party:getChampion(champ):getItem(slot)
      if x ~= nil then
      if x.name == item then
         -- if found it is removed and the returnItem function is triggered
            party:getChampion(champ):removeItem(slot)
         print("item removed")
         returnItem(item,champ)
      end
        end   
   end    
   end   
end

function returnItem(item,champ)
   -- checks backpacks for empty slot
   for slot = 11,32 do
         if slot < 32 then
            if party:getChampion(champ):getItem(slot) == nil then
               -- once found, the item is placed in a slot and the player is told where
               print("item returned")
               party:getChampion(champ):insertItem(slot,x)
               hudPrint("Something strange in the air makes torches unusable in this area. Torch is put into "..party:getChampion(champ):getName().."'s bag." )
               playSound("generic_spell")
               break
            end
         else
            -- if no slots are empty, the item is dropped
            spawn(item,party.level,party.x,party.y,party.facing)
            hudPrint("Your bags are full. The torch is dropped to the floor.")
            break
         end
   end
end

function checkTorch()
   itemCheck("torch")
end

[Komag]

your non-local variable x is storing the actual item from the player's hands, not just it's name or something else. either make x local or make it only store something like a string or a number