ERROR in 1.17.15

[kartacha]

I cannot find a specific thread for 1.17.15 so I am posting here.

I faced the bug when playing the new campaign WoF after the second scenario and before the third one. I downloaded the version from itch.io for Windows 10.

I faced the issue just when reading the dialogue and it popped when I tried to go forward on the displayed screen (as well as when I directly tried to Skip to the battle). Regardless of which of the three buttons I press, the game crashes.

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The Battle for Wesnoth version 1.17.15 x86_64
Running on Microsoft Windows 10 22H2 (10.0.19045) x86_64
Distribution channel: itch

Game paths
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Data dir:        C:\Program Files (x86)\Battle for Wesnoth 1.17.15
User config dir: C:\Users\USER\Documents\My Games\Wesnoth1.17
User data dir:   C:\Users\USER\Documents\My Games\Wesnoth1.17
Saves dir:       C:\Users\USER\Documents\My Games\Wesnoth1.17\saves
Add-ons dir:     C:\Users\USER\Documents\My Games\Wesnoth1.17\data\add-ons
Cache dir:       C:\Users\USER\Documents\My Games\Wesnoth1.17\cache
Logs dir:        C:\Users\USER\Documents\My Games\Wesnoth1.17\logs

Libraries
=========

Boost:             1.81
Lua:               5.4.4
OpenSSL/libcrypto: 3.0.0h-dev (runtime 3.0.0h-dev)
Cairo:             1.17.8 (runtime 1.17.8)
Pango:             1.50.14 (runtime 1.50.14)
SDL:               2.26.3 (runtime 2.26.3)
SDL_image:         2.6.3 (runtime 2.6.3)
SDL_mixer:         2.6.3 (runtime 2.6.3)

Features
========

Lua console completion:       yes
Win32 notifications back end: yes

Current video settings
======================

SDL video drivers:        [windows] offscreen dummy
Window size:              1920x1080
Game canvas size:         1920x1080
Final render target size: 1920x1080
Screen refresh rate:      59
Screen dpi:               96.00x96.00
Renderer:                 direct3d (hw)
Maximum texture size:     16384x16384
VSync:                    on

Current audio settings
======================

SDL audio drivers:  [wasapi] directsound winmm
Number of channels: 2
Output rate:        44100 Hz
Sample format:      signed 16 bit little-endian
Sample size:        4096 bytes

Installed add-ons
=================

No add-ons installed.

[Lord-Knightmare]

Confirmed and reported. Thanks for notifying

[kartacha]

Confirmed and reported. Thanks for notifying

Just as someone new to the process of testing a development version, I wanted to get your suggested approach for my case.

I am recording my playthrough of the campaign to add up to the other campaigns in my YT channel. Should I just downgrade to an earlier version in order to be able to carry on with the campaign? Will I be able to use my save until now? If so, which version would you suggest me pick. I know that there will always be some risk with development versions but what would be the more stable versions of 1.17.XX?

[Lord-Knightmare]

Should I just downgrade to an earlier version in order to be able to carry on with the campaign? Will I be able to use my save until now? If so, which version would you suggest me pick. I know that there will always be some risk with development versions but what would be the more stable versions of 1.17.XX?

I also stream and in my experience, I found that discovering a engine bug during a live stream negatively impacts a viewers impression of the game, which me as a dev would not want. I think you can just playtest on the stable 1.16.9 version, but if you have to play on 1.17.x, I recommend 1.17.14
as for savefiles, I think you have to start over from S2, but you can try to see if S3 start of scenario save works. It might...I am not sure.

[kartacha]

I do not livestream the game, I it is a recorded playthrough so that is why I decided to try 1.17 at all. I would not have had I indeded to stream it. I was just too impatient and the time was right schedule-wise for the continuation of Wesnoth.

I will try a bunch of approaches with 1.17.14 then. How much time does it usually take for a new patch to gets kicked out? I might end up waiting if it ain't too much.

[Lord-Knightmare]

How much time does it usually take for a new patch to gets kicked out? I might end up waiting if it ain't too much.

Depends. Usually, 30-32 days. But if there's some critical game breakage bug, a hotfix is made available as soon as a solution is deployed.