With the recent influx of new modders, and subsequently more crashes and issues arising, I've given a UI to an old tool written by @EnAppelsin in order to assist users in debugging their own crash dumps.

What is it?

This is a tool that uses a combination of WinDbg and @aldelaro5's Ghidra project in order to provide, at least slightly, more helpful information from a SHAR crash dump.

How do I use it?

Download the below ZIP file, extract to a folder, and either drag & drop a SHAR crash dump onto the executable, or open the executable and press browse.

Download

EXE Virus Scan
ZIP Virus Scan

Credits

• @Josh / Proddy - Created UI.
• @EnAppelsin - Original tool, granted permission for this UI and release.
• @aldelaro5 - Ghidra project that provided the symbol list.
• @Lucas Cardellini - Mod Launcher that actually dumps the crashes.

Notes

• Include FUN checkbox includes unnamed symbols in the symbol list, drastically increasing the symbol load time (30 seconds to 3+ minutes).
• If an unnamed function causes an issue, or it occurs in Hacks.dll, it will still likely require Lucas to look into the issue further.
• Any issues or questions, let me know and I'll help where I can.

Thanks,
Josh

This looks very clever, good work all of you. Just out of interest how long did this take to make?

It works.

This looks very clever, good work all of you. Just out of interest how long did this take to make?

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@duffhause

My bit didn't take long because I just put a UI on top of existing code. I'm not sure how long Appel's code originally took, but the Ghidra project is a culmination of about 10 months of work, mainly led by Aldelaro, but with other contributors. You can see the entire process in the #reverse-engineering channel in SHARcord.

Thanks,
Josh

There could be a tool to actually make missions. From my knowledge in programming, I suppose it would take a shitload of variables (is that used to describe "if" command?) to create the script and would be VERY tedious.

There could be a tool to actually make missions. From my knowledge in programming, I suppose it would take a shitload of variables (is that used to describe "if" command?) to create the script and would be VERY tedious.

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@Yzma

You mean like a flow chart interface? Like Scratch or similar?

Thanks,
Josh

That could work. But I was imagining like a drop down selection of stage objectives, like "Add Stage", "AddCondition" buttons, etc. etc. Cuz having a tool to make missions would save a lot of time debugging the game and scripting the missions (also, would be perfect for people like me, who don't do scripting and work in art department and then make boring missions like in BS cuz they don't know how to script and/or other functionallities I think I made my point.