[leong124]

1. Sometimes your client will crash if you type non-English characters into the dialog(I'm using Big5 coding, which is 16-bit characters)

2. My friend tells me that after typing the password in the dialog when he connect a server, he will crash if he type Chinese in the chat box. The weird thing is, there's no crash if he press "T" to show the chat box before entering his password into the dialog. Both R1 and R3 have this problem.

[billy4601]

I have the same problem.

I searched some Chinese sa-mp forum, and found this problem not happen on every player.

Only a few player will get crash when they type non-English characters to the chat dialog ('T' or 'F6')

According to my test, if player connect a server and show a dialgo immediate

player(not for all) will get this problem.

if they use chat dialog first, then no problem

[leong124]

I had a chat with Billy, and I'm going to translate what he thinks here:

Quote:

Originally Posted by billy4601 All of you know that there's two main input method in SA-MP. They're chat box and dialog. However, they share the same program in order to support non-ASCII characters (in this case is Big5 characters). If an input dialog shows before the chat box, the chat box will be unable to load the program for non-ASCII characters. Therefore the client will crash, due to errors caused by that problem.

His dialog is shown in OnPlayerConnect.

[Kalcor]

Is there a crash address?

Also, is it true that the caret in the edit box is not moving with 16bit chars?

[billy4601]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalcor Is there a crash address? Also, is it true that the caret in the edit box is not moving with 16bit chars?

crash address is mean server IP or players crash location?

What is 'edit box' you mean? is chat box or dialog?

Sorry for my bad English....

Anyway, this bug will make chinese player can't play SA-MP

Because they need to use Input method to type non-English for chat.

As far as i know, if server show input dialog before the chat box

Some players will crash when they type chinese characters or switch Input method

If SA-MP developer need more test, my team can help to test.

[leong124]

For the first problem, the game instantly crashes without any warning and crash report.
I haven't noticed about the caret, but seems that it will occur if you use backspace.
I'll try to reproduce the error.

For the second problem, I don't know so much. I'll help billy to answer you.

[billy4601]

Quote:

Originally Posted by leong124 For the first problem, the game instantly crashes without any warning and crash report. I haven't noticed about the caret, but seems that it will occur if you use backspace. I'll try to reproduce the error. For the second problem, I don't know so much. I'll help billy to answer you.

Thanks for translate, Now i can answer Kalcor's question.

Quote:

Is there a crash address?

No, Game just crashes without any warning crash report.

Quote:

is it true that the caret in the edit box is not moving with 16bit chars?

Yes, The caret is not moving with 16bit chars. But you can still move between the text.

You can see the caret in front of first character. But in fact i pressed "→(arrow keys)" twice.


and, if i press "Backspace" to del character. i need press twice to del one 16bit character.

press one "Backspace", you will get this

[Kalcor]

Please test this replacement samp.dll
http://www.sa-mp.com/stuff/samp_dll-03cR3-oemchar.zip

Install SA-MP 0.3c R3 client. Download the above zip and unzip samp.dll. Replace the samp.dll in your GTA San Andreas folder with the one from the zip.

[leong124]

Thanks, I'll try that
BTW, Billy would like to know what is changed in this version.

[Kalcor]

I tested SA-MP with the Chinese language in Windows XP. It was crashing in the Uniscribe dll (usp10.dll). I have added some additional checks to this code and it was no longer crashing.

I'm not sure if this was the source of all crashes. If some people are using different IME systems this could also be the source of crashes.

[billy4601]

I invited my team to test this new samp.dll. and get some results.

player still crashes when they type chinese characters

Crashes timeline:

Code:

1.Player call Windows Input method

2.Type chinese characters on Input method

3.Press "Enter" for send  Input method's Text to SA-MP  edit box

4.Game crashes

* some players crashes when switching input method.

More info about the Input method:
Chinese input methods for computers

Pinyin input method (The input method we use is "Microsoft New Phonetic IME")

[billy4601]

BTW, My teammate will crashes when they Connect to the server in this version.

The crash address:

Code:

SA-MP 0.3c-R3-oemchar
Exception At Address: 0x006F5636

Registers:
EAX: 0x0D4B2FFF	EBX: 0x0D49C710	ECX: 0x00823100	EDX: 0xF36D4F60
ESI: 0x000168F0	EDI: 0x00000001	EBP: 0x000168EF	ESP: 0x0028FD00
EFLAGS: 0x00210217

Stack:
+0000: 0x00000000   0x00000001   0x00863B10   0x75506C30
+0010: 0xC50CDA14   0x426EE354   0x4208AD29   0x008D48F8
+0020: 0x0000012C   0xFFFFB993   0x44B3F3D7   0x45248429
+0030: 0x411D2805   0x0028FF78   0x00848AAB   0xFFFFFFFF
+0040: 0x006F74C1   0x008724AC   0x00C3802C   0x00C3801C
+0050: 0x00C37FF4   0x00000002   0x00000001   0x00863B10
+0060: 0x00000000   0x000000FF   0x005B931E   0x008E2C90
+0070: 0x41544144   0x50414D5C   0x75615C53   0x7A6F6964
+0080: 0x692E6E6F   0x00006C70   0x50492E64   0x0000004C
+0090: 0x00824200   0x00001800   0x00000000   0x008211B7
+00A0: 0x00001800   0x49742400   0x005B3206   0x00001800
+00B0: 0x0053BCA0   0x00863B10   0x00863A90   0x00863B10
+00C0: 0x0000000A   0x0053E593   0x00863B10   0x00748D00
+00D0: 0x75881245   0x00000000   0x0028FF88   0x7EFDE000
+00E0: 0x01640000   0x0000000A   0x01643DD0   0x00000008
+00F0: 0x00000100   0x00000008   0x00000102   0x44000000
+0100: 0x43C00000   0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000400
+0110: 0x00000300   0x00000000   0x0028FE54   0x00240182
+0120: 0x00000102   0x0000002E   0x40530001   0x033A6F46
+0130: 0x00000200   0x00000180   0x0000002C   0x0028FE2C
+0140: 0x00825EA4   0x75881245   0x00000000   0x7EFDE000
+0150: 0xFFFFFFFF   0x00821D17   0x00000065   0x00000065
+0160: 0x0028FF88   0x008246F1   0x00400000   0x00000000
+0170: 0x017B2F08   0x0000000A   0x00000094   0x00000006
+0180: 0x00000001   0x00001DB1   0x00000002   0x76726553
+0190: 0x20656369   0x6B636150   0x00003120   0x00000000
+01A0: 0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000
+01B0: 0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000
+01C0: 0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000
+01D0: 0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000
+01E0: 0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000
+01F0: 0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000
+0200: 0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00824588   0x00000000
+0210: 0x00000000   0x7EFDE000   0xC0000005   0x00000000
+0220: 0x017B2F08   0x00000044   0x017F0A68   0x017F3398
+0230: 0x017F36B0   0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000
+0240: 0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000
+0250: 0x00000000   0x00000000   0x00000000   0xFFFFFFFF
+0260: 0xFFFFFFFF   0xFFFFFFFF   0x00000000   0x00000000
+0270: 0x0028FE78   0x0028F8D4   0x0028FFC4   0x00825EA4

SCM Op: 0x0, lDbg: 0

Game Version: US 1.0

[leong124]

It still crashes for the first problem.
I can now reproduce that.
When you type the first Chinese character, you will crash if you press backspace.

[Kalcor]

Quote:

Originally Posted by billy4601 BTW, My teammate will crashes when they Connect to the server in this version. Code: SA-MP 0.3c-R3-oemchar Exception At Address: 0x006F5636 ..

I don't think this is related to the new samp.dll. That crash can happen if there are other gta_sa.exe processes running. You can kill it in the process list or restart the computer.

I think I'll be able to find a fix for these problems. It will take some time though. I'll post a test version here when there is something new to test.

[Kalcor]

I have added experimental IME support to the chat input and dialogs:
http://www.sa-mp.com/stuff/samp_dll-03cR3-ime1.zip

I was only able to test it with IME 3.0 on Windows XP. Please provide feedback on how it works.

[leong124]

It still crashes when I type a Chinese character and press the backspace key in a input dialog.
The first time to press will hide the input method window, while the game crashes when I press backspace again.

I don't know how the second problem will be, since I only help my friends to report it and I don't have such problems.

Anyway, thanks to add the input method window, which is what all Chinese users want

Edit:
Now when I type the first Chinese character in the dialog, the game instantly crashes without showing the character I typed.

I uses WinXP SP3.

[Kalcor]

Quote:

Originally Posted by leong124 It still crashes when I type a Chinese character and press the backspace key in a input dialog. The first time to press will hide the input method window, while the game crashes when I press backspace again. I don't know how the second problem will be, since I only help my friends to report it and I don't have such problems. Anyway, thanks to add the input method window, which is what all Chinese users want Edit: Now when I type the first Chinese character in the dialog, the game instantly crashes without showing the character I typed. I uses WinXP SP3.

This only happens in dialogs and not the chat?

[leong124]

Yes.
it can now recognise Chinese characters in the chat box, but probably not in dialogs.

[billy4601]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalcor I have added experimental IME support to the chat input and dialogs: http://www.sa-mp.com/stuff/samp_dll-03cR3-ime1.zip I was only able to test it with IME 3.0 on Windows XP. Please provide feedback on how it works.

Awesome! It is great job!!

I release this .dll to my server's players. Make more player to test .dll file.

This file has fix most player's Chinese characters crashes problem.

However, some players still get crashes when they type Chinese characters to chat box.

I will do more test to find out what happens.

And, My player find some bug about this IME support .dll

Quote:

1. IME support only dispaly four Chinese characters. No more. (On "Microsoft New Phonetic IME") 2.When we choose characters on IME support dialog, no high lighting on the characters we select (On "Microsoft New Phonetic IME") 3.If we press "up" and "down" to choose characters on IME support dialog. The chat box will recovery previous message 4. IME support dialog'sort number do not match with normal IME 'sort numbe (EX: normal IME 'sort numbe start by "1" not "0")

[Kalcor]

Quote:

Originally Posted by billy4601 This file has fix most player's Chinese characters crashes problem. However, some players still get crashes when they type Chinese characters to chat box.

If some players are crashing and others aren't, there must be something different in their Windows settings. Please provide a screenshot of their IME settings in Control Panel.

I have tested:
Microsoft New Phonetic IME 2002a (Windows XP SP3)
Microsoft Pinyin IME 3.0 (Windows XP SP3)

Quote:

Originally Posted by leong124 On Microsoft New Phonetic IME, you can only display 4 characters in the temp word box, while the user actually input more than 4 characters.

Yes, some older IMEs have a limit of 4 characters for the reading string, so it is set to 4. I can look at increasing this later.

Quote:

Originally Posted by leong124 IME will show a ordered list of characters for the user to choose. However, some of them starts with 0 while some starts with 1. SA-MP assumes all of them starts with 1.

I will have to look in to this a bit more. The index information for the order is coming from Windows, not from SA-MP.

I have a new dll ready for testing.
http://www.sa-mp.com/stuff/samp_dll-03cR3-ime2.zip

The internal SA-MP IME is normally disabled. If you want to use an external IME, you do not have to do anything. If you want to use SA-MP's internal IME handling:

- Open sa-mp.cfg, found in My Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files\SAMP in notepad or another editor
- Add line: ime=1

Changes 0.3cR3-ime1 to 0.3cR3-ime2
Fixed: Pressing Return on a candidate would submit the chat message
Fixed: Pressing arrow keys on candidate may recall previous chat messages
Fixed: Pressing ESC while candidate window open would close the chat window
Fixed: Vertical candidate window was rendering above the chat input, not below

For crashes: Please provide screenshots of Windows IME settings or Exception box information
For problems with the internal IME: Please provide screenshots inside SA-MP