02786: Mame 0.128 LCD Topgun offscreen shooting crashes Mame

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
02786	Crash/Freeze	Major	Always	Dec 29, 2008, 15:50	Dec 29, 2008, 17:13

Tester	Pitou	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Self-compiled)
Assigned To		Resolution	Invalid report	OS	Windows XP/Vista 32-bit
Status [?]	Closed			Driver
Version	0.128	Fixed in Version		Build	Other
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	02786: Mame 0.128 LCD Topgun offscreen shooting crashes Mame
Description	Hello, Here is my setup. I'm using Mame 0.128 and Mamewah as the frontend on a WinXP. I also used "instant sheller" to hide Windows, so the PC starts Mamewah directly. Now with my LCD Topgun and the latest EMS drivers, everytime I start a game, if I shoot offscreen, Mame quits and I'm back to Mamewah. I managed to capture the error.log that mame generates when it crashes. I discovered that it crashes only I never pointed at the screen. So if I point at the screen or if i move a mouse device (like trackball or spinner) or doesn't crash. Attached is the log. Thank you.
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Attached Files	error.zip (30,272 bytes) Dec 29, 2008, 15:50

No.03429 Fujix Administrator Dec 29, 2008, 16:44 edited on: Dec 29, 2008, 16:46	MAME is not designed to be used with something like "instant sheller". It's not a place to post a problem of it. And we don't need any "Hello" or "Thank you" in the description field. Please write down the detail of your problem there.
No.03430 Haze Senior Tester Dec 29, 2008, 17:13 edited on: Dec 29, 2008, 17:15	the error log has nothing to do with the crash either. It's just a rather verbose output from whatever game was being run at the time. however fujix is right, the tests were made in an unsupported environment. if the same occurs in a normal windows XP setup, and it's actually MAME that crashes, not the gun drivers, then it might be worth further investigation. Otherwise, the report is invalid as stated. Note, that the chances of it being fixed however are minimal unless it can also be reproduced using a mouse. Very few, if any, of the devs have guns to test as an input device.

No.03429

Fujix

Administrator

Dec 29, 2008, 16:44

edited on: Dec 29, 2008, 16:46

MAME is not designed to be used with something like "instant sheller".
It's not a place to post a problem of it.

And we don't need any "Hello" or "Thank you" in the description field.
Please write down the detail of your problem there.

No.03430

Haze

Senior Tester

Dec 29, 2008, 17:13

edited on: Dec 29, 2008, 17:15

the error log has nothing to do with the crash either. It's just a rather verbose output from whatever game was being run at the time.

however fujix is right, the tests were made in an unsupported environment. if the same occurs in a normal windows XP setup, and it's actually MAME that crashes, not the gun drivers, then it might be worth further investigation. Otherwise, the report is invalid as stated.

Note, that the chances of it being fixed however are minimal unless it can also be reproduced using a mouse. Very few, if any, of the devs have guns to test as an input device.