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I'm updating my custom ruleset "dino" to 3.1 and have found I can use it to crash the client. My game.ruleset contains which loads the "dino.tilespec" file. That file contains All this is patterned after what the "alien" ruleset does. After starting a game in the client using the "dino" ruleset, the client ouputs to stdout -

3: Loading tileset "dino".

In the game, when I do help "About Current Tilespec" it says -

dino 3.1
Tileset to be used with dino ruleset.

Then I do "Leave game", start another game with a normal ruleset like "Classic" and crash happens. What's interesting is the difference between this and what happens when I choose the "alien" ruleset, then the client ouputs to stdout -

3: Loading tileset "alio".
3: Loading tileset "amplio2".

and help "About Current Tilespec" says -

Amplio2

and I can "Leave game", start another game with a normal ruleset and no crash.

Maybe there's a real bug here, or maybe I'm missing something? What causes the "alien" ruleset to load the tileset "amplio2" after loading "alio"?

Dino the Dinosore wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:23 amWhat causes the "alien" ruleset to load the tileset "amplio2" after loading "alio"?

Likely a map topology. Alio is a hex tileset, so if you try to play on a square based map it does not work, but the client looks for a square tileset.

Dug into this some more - I think my saved client prefs file may have been corrupt, when I did a refresh back to default settings everything worked differently and more normally.

There is a bug where leaving a game and starting a new game leaves the messages from the previous game in the messages window.

I found it is possible to have mismatched ruleset/tileset - you can play classic ruleset with alio tilespec, or play alien ruleset with hexemplio tilespec. Don't even need to leave a game, just change the ruleset choice in the "Start New Game" dlog.

The qt5 client is different than the gtk3.22 client. To get my custom ruleset working I have to change the local client options Graphics tab Tileset (Square) to my tilespec first, otherwise it crashes. In gtk3.22 client I don't have to do that.