Exiting Dolphin during an error/warning

[zephyrsurfer]

I think Exiting Dolphin should close the application even when there are warning message boxes.

Exiting should take precedence over the warning. Especially since users need to confirm that they want to stop current emulation when they are running a game/utility/etc ;This change would surely be expected behaviour?

[KHg8m3r]

When you say warning messages, what do you mean?

[zephyrsurfer]

(11-02-2014, 10:31 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: When you say warning messages, what do you mean?

I mean like this: http://imgur.com/gallery/OvzP5wp
JK JK


no wait this one:

[KHg8m3r]

Haha, nice

Getting invalid writes is probably a bad thing..... What game are you getting this on? This means you're running into some sort of error, and its probably best to find the underlying issue here.

First off, update to the latest dev build and see if you're still getting the same messages: https://dolphin-emu.org/download/ not only are there less bugs (this could be one), but the dev builds are faster and more stable.

If that doesn't work, let us know/file a bug report. Then you can still play by turning them off under Config > Interface > uncheck Use Panic Handlers (the game may crash unexpectedly though, so be warned)

[zephyrsurfer]

(11-02-2014, 11:20 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: Haha, nice

Getting invalid writes is probably a bad thing..... What game are you getting this on? This means you're running into some sort of error, and its probably best to find the underlying issue here.

First off, update to the latest dev build and see if you're still getting the same messages: https://dolphin-emu.org/download/ not only are there less bugs (this could be one), but the dev builds are faster and more stable.

If that doesn't work, let us know/file a bug report. Then you can still play by turning them off under Config > Interface > uncheck Use Panic Handlers (the game may crash unexpectedly though, so be warned)

It's a known issue with True Crime: New York City.There already is a listing on the issue tracker.
I was just using an example.

[KHg8m3r]

Oh ok.
Does turning off Panic handlers make the messages go away so that you can at least play the game?

[zephyrsurfer]

(11-02-2014, 11:38 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: Oh ok.
Does turning off Panic handlers make the messages go away so that you can at least play the game?

No, that just makes it crash at those same places.
The issue with this game is on the tutorial level mostly. It is very difficult to crash otherwise.

But my opinion that Dolphin should close when exited remains for any warning message box popup.

[KHg8m3r]

Just read up on the issue tracker issue, now I understand more.
Try and find a game save online that is saved past the tutorial, and load that in Dolphin, and see if you can keep going (save a lot)

As for the warning boxes close when you try to exit Dolphin, I'm not sure if that would be possible. Hypothetically: when you hit exit on Dolphin, it'll close the first warning, but any error messages after that will not close.
What you can do is hold down the enter button, and they'll speed close

[zephyrsurfer]

(11-02-2014, 12:15 PM)KHg8m3r Wrote: Just read up on the issue tracker issue, now I understand more.
Try and find a game save online that is saved past the tutorial, and load that in Dolphin, and see if you can keep going (save a lot)

As for the warning boxes close when you try to exit Dolphin, I'm not sure if that would be possible. Hypothetically: when you hit exit on Dolphin, it'll close the first warning, but any error messages after that will not close.
What you can do is hold down the enter button, and they'll speed close

That's me Patrick on the issue tracker
No none close. And I can hold enter for about 2 minutes before it crashes.

Anyways, this was meant as a general request. Exit should come before warning; the devs should change the behaviour.

[KHg8m3r]

Ah gotcha

In the hypothetical situation, that was what would happen if Dolphin came first (in my vast (not) experience)

Here is my understanding of Dolphin (probably wrong though, take with a grain of salt)
Dolphin is hitting the memory spot where it crashes, and the faults are loaded into memory. Hitting ok clears them from the memory. The windows that pop-up have a higher priority that the main Dolphin to prevent Dolphin from closing in a bad way and leaving stuff in memory.

So closing Dolphin would need to have it check for and warning messages, and then it would still take about the same time to close.