Fatal exception with --scenario if file elemental misses

[fk]

Description:
When the file 'elemental' is missing from the map directory, and I issue this command:

./widelands --scenario=~/.widelands/maps/Along\ The\ River.wmf

I get this error:

Fatal exception: [/build/buildd/widelands-17-ppa0-bzr6783/src/profile/profile.cc:722] [] elemental:0: RealFSImpl::Load: problem with file/directory: /home/fred/.widelands/maps/Along The River.wmf/elemental
lastserial: 0

Caught exception (of type '11_wexception') in outermost handler!
The exception said: [/build/buildd/widelands-17-ppa0-bzr6783/src/profile/profile.cc:722] [] elemental:0: RealFSImpl::Load: problem with file/directory: /home/fred/.widelands/maps/Along The River.wmf/elemental

This should not happen. Please file a bug report on version bzr6783-201309270449(Release).

The OS is Kubuntu (12.04 ?)

[SirVer (sirver)]

While this is hardly idea, I do not think this is a bad bug. The commandline is for advanced uses -the map would not be listed in the UI in the game when it can not be preloaded and any exception are caught.

[fk (fredkuijper)]

"the map would not be listed in the UI in the game"

I know, but it is very strange behaviour.

A more intriguing question to me is why that file was missing, including everything else in that directory, but I am unsure whether or how I should file that. I will try to cause that error again. It may have something to do with a failing init script.

[SirVer (sirver)]

A failing init script should not lead to a failing safe - it will only trigger a warning ideally. A failing safe could be the reason. I saw something similar in the following scenario: Safe a Map with nozip==true, write an extra file into the newly created directory that Widelands is not expecting to be there, try to override the Map -> you get an invalid directory iirc.

The problem is that Widelands should safe into a temporary filename, then rename the old directory, move the new into the place of the old than delete the old directory. Any failure in between should mean no data loss for the user.

Not sure if this is the bug you are talking about of course.

[fk (fredkuijper)]

"invalid directory iirc"

Yes, I remember that now I see it again, there has been such a message.

Btw. please don't get me wrong about the status of the bug (of this bug report), that priority seems right to me.

[SirVer (sirver)]

Setting to incomplete for bug sweeping.

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