Damn, and Ive been over your code and I cant see anything
even remotely unclean. But I am still only a noob to 3dgs
myself so hopefully someone more experienced can see the problem.

Best of luck.

Hi EvilSOB ...

maybe the problem is that I use subfolders for each kind of filetype:

models
sounds
levels
pics
scripts
shaders
wads
plugins

I don't like to have all kind of files in the same folder.

I use PRAGMA_PATH to add those folders and additional I use a main.wdl to my main.c file where those paths are defined.

Maybe sometimes GS can't read those subfolders as fast as it should be ???

Is anyone else using subfolders???

Regards,
Pegamode

I dont get what you mean by you are using
pragma_path AND main.wdl.

What exactly are use defining in the WDL? I am
usning pragma_path's so I dont need the old WDL at all.
Can you post both the content of the WDL and your main.c
pragma_path statements?
They may be fighting for priority, and causing delays
that are causing your file error.

Good thinking too, I didnt think of it cause I dont use
the old WDLs at all any more.

I tried all variations:

only pragma_path, only the old wdl stuff and both ... still the same error.

I'll try using only pragma_path and raise the wait after level loading ... maybe that helps ?!?

I don't know if level_load has an internal timeout when loading the models.
Maybe I should try to make a copy of the project where all files are in the same folder ...

Hmm ... the error still remains ... any other ideas ?!?

Hi pegamode

Since your using subfolders...chech in the work folder
to see if your model or models are not repeted there also.

I had a model in two places (by accident) and that caused
a few problems.

Hope this helps
Ottawa

Hi Ottawa,

I checked all folders now ... the models are in only one folder.

It's really strange, but the problem never occurs when starting the game. The first level runs without any problem. But when changing to level 2 and back to level 1 the error occurs although it's the same level with the same models.

Its a bit of a pain, but for a test try this 'if' its possible.

Create a temporary COPY of your whole project in a new folder, and
dump ALL MODEL files and ALL LEVEL files into this temp projects root folder.
(ie stop using ANY subfolders) and manually rename any Level files
that duplicate other (level)filenames. Ignore duplicate model names for now,
this is PURELY for test, it will be deleted whether it works or not.
Open the levels in WED to see if they OPEN and show all the models
'in the right places', even if the model shown is wrong cause of name conflicts.
If all are OK enough to test, compile them and try running it.

If the problems still occur, its not a subfolder issue at all and we can
rule them out.

If this is un-managable, how about "like" the above, but only level 'one'
gets moved to the root, and mod the level gate so it makes you go from
level 'one' to level 'one' (making it do a level_load each time you cross over).

Get what I mean?

PS do you include windows.h or use any API functions ANYWHERE in your code?
(if so which ones, and how, when doesnt matter at this time)

Hi EvilSOB,

windows.h is not in use.

I also deactivated my anti-virus and took the project out of subversion control, but both didn't help.

I'll first try to test the game without subfolders ... if this doesn't help, I'll try to deactivate all background functions as far as I can to check if there's a problem.