crazykid48x

Im trying to use a debugger for the first time. It seemed like a good idea because I was stuck on a kinda complex problem while making a game. First of all the program runs fine aside from the logic errors but everytime I try to step over my SDL_Init function I get this error: "An Access Violation (Segment Fault) raised in your program.". I really need some help on this one.

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DaWei

Step through it; an init function probably has some touchy stuff in it, maybe you'll get a clue. The Dev-Cpp debugger is not as robust as, say, VC++.

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crazykid48x

When I tried to step into it I got the same error. Mabey I should download a different debugger? Any suggestions?

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DaWei

You say the program "runs fine" otherwise? It's still possible you have some problems. Consider that you have a buffer overflow or something that is otherwise tromping memory that doesn't belong to it. Sometimes that memory is just another variable, and you don't notice the effects (maybe it's been used and isn't needed again, or is rewritten properly). Sometimes it's something critical or something protected that will cause an error. Particularly a return address on the stack. Building a program in debug mode builds in a lot of otherwise nonexistent stuff, labels, debug bookkeeping, etc. These may allow code to function that won't function otherwise. I'd check very carefully the initialization statements in the function. The only other C/C++ debuggers I use are the ones with the MS IDEs I have, so I can't make other recommendations.

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