ShutGameAPI runtime error

[zehlein]

Did anybody encounter runtime errors while calling the ShutGameAPI function? This drives me mad: If I call the ShutGameAPI function via a WM_Close message from one point of the program it works fine. From another point it throws me a runtime error. Well, that is important, for it is the End Of Game Screen that does not work because of this... :((

[kornalius]

You need to shut it in the WM_CLOSE. The reason is because during your other part of the program, the buffer is probably still being accessed.

Try doing a G_Update() before the ShutGameAPI. This could help.

[zehlein]

I do it via
PostMessage(hWnd$, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
and the WM_CLOSE in MainProc$ calls the ShutGameAPI function. The G_Update() doesn't help here. Anything else I could do?

[kornalius]

ShutGameAPI tries to free the memory occupied by the sprites and does many other cleanup, maybe there is something in your code that prevents it from shutting down normally.

Send me your code I will take a look.

[zehlein]

Done and thx.

[kornalius]

Thanks will look into it soon.