Using Release() on Joint:Hinge make game crash

[tipforeveryone]

function Script:Start()
  self.hinge = Joint:Hinge(--parameters--)
  self.hinge:EnableLimits()
  self.hinge:EnableMotor()
  self.hinge:SetFriction(30)
end

function Script:UpdateWorld()
	self.hinge:Release() --This make my game crash
end

I used Release() on joint:hinge in the past and remember it worked, not in 4.5

[Thirsty Panther]

Some people have had crashes using "release".

Here is a thread from last year and solution there was to hide first then release.

[tipforeveryone]

It is sad... it does not work

Note: self.hinge was created in Start() and worked fine

[Thirsty Panther]

Maybe Josh has a solution.

[Josh]

On 1/11/2018 at 1:29 AM, Thirsty Panther said:

Some people have had crashes using "release".

Here is a thread from last year and solution there was to hide first then release.

This thread has nothing to do with joints dude.

[Josh]

I can tell right now your script will cause errors because you are releasing a non-existent joint after the first loop!

It should be something like this:

function Script:Start()
  self.hinge = Joint:Hinge(--parameters--)
  self.hinge:EnableLimits()
  self.hinge:EnableMotor()
  self.hinge:SetFriction(30)
end

function Script:UpdateWorld()
  	if self.hinge~=nil then
		self.hinge:Release() --This make my game crash
		self.hinge = nil
	end
end

And it Leadwerks 5 it will work like this:

function Script:UpdateWorld()
    self.hinge = nil
end

 

[Josh]

Unless you find a problem otherwise, the above is my explanation and I am moving this to programming.