I fixed the new-map-following-game-change problem. It seems as though the memory block allocated for the progs.dat is occasionally overrun; anyway, adding some extra padding to the end of it resolves all that.
This didn't crash on VS2003, so it's definitely 2008-specific. Either 2003 silently allowed it, or 2008 does Magic Stuff (TM) behind the scenes which causes it to suddenly become a problem.
I would switch to an alternative environment at this stage, but they're all very poor. There are two features in any IDE which I absolutely must have in order to be productive, and they are (1) proper intellisense/autocompletion and function parameter hinting, and (2) being able to tuck away all the little side-panels and other gubbins, and also bring them back when required without having to go delving into menus.
I've tried Code::Blocks, Dev-C++ and CodeLite (which seems to be a Code::Blocks spin-off or wannabee clone) but none of them satisfy my requirements. There is just too much visual clutter on-screen, resulting in a considerably smaller editor pane, and when even a simple "printf" call doesn't provide parameter hinting, I don't hold out much hope for API calls.
Eclipse is something I would be interested in trying out, but from the look of the screenshots it's going to fail on requirement (2), and I personally loathe Java enough (spend 10 years supporting the havoc caused by over 1000 client installs and you will too) to have serious second thoughts about even downloading it.
So c'mon folks, if Microsoft can get something as basic as this right, you can too! If you wanna bad-mouth them, at least grow a pair and show that you're better, eh?
Monday, May 25, 2009
Sigh...
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