Entire WoW game crashes (exits) when sending/receiving whispers in Battlegrounds

[DevTeam] [Zeke]: I love that I get emailed when someone reports spam on the boards, but I can't do anything about it.
[DevTeam] [Nachonut]: lol i got you
[DevTeam] [Astaldo]: How about "hide email address from public checked" and it's still visible in all my posts...
[DevTeam] [Astaldo]: I'd delete my account on this site, but by the time I realized the problem half the spambots on the planet had it already
[Developer] [Pazza]: Astaldo if you log out and view your profile with a refresh you'll see that your email is hidden.
[Developer] [Pazza]: Your user level on the forums permit you to see emails even though they are marked hidden.
[DevTeam] [Astaldo]: Ah.. thanks for the clarification and apologies for "crying wolf" in that case :
[DevTeam] [Kaidenn]: PAZZA! i miss you.
[DevTeam] [Nachonut]: Lol, it's funny how it takes spam message reports to get me to come back
[DevTeam] [sylvanaar]: Check out the beta tester forum. Need alpha testers and feedback so I can come up with a maintenance plan.
[Developer] [Pazza]: loaded some new spam prevention modules... lets see if this stops the bastards.
[DevTeam] [Maziel]: Thought I'd check in and say Howdy Doody from Australia
[DevTeam] [Maziel]: Yeah the spam from shoes salesmen was becoming insane
[Guest] [Delakando]: What ever happened to the ability to track friend's location by wim? Other then just showing their general zone location.
Zeke pokes his head around the corner.
[DevTeam] [Zeke]: Anybody home?
[Guest] [Theillur]: I would like to know if it is just me.
[Guest] [Theillur]: http://www.wimaddon.com/forums/index.php/topic,1796.0.html
[Guest] [Nev]: I'm here
[Guest] [Nev]: I don't think anyone else is though
[Guest] [tomasio]: great site [url=http://freeonlinemusicvideos.net].[/url] [url=http://freepeopleclothing.org].[/url]
[Guest] [Theillur]: Nev it is not working for Zeke as well.
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: im here
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: ...
lothaer yawns sleepily.
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: sooooooooooooooooo
[Guest] [j3ff]: Hello. It is very quiet. I would love a response to my thread directly below your "Been very quiet" thread!
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: Check out my new post in the Skins forum
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: Posted a new download in the skins forum check it out
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: Zeke, Maziel, Pazza, Nachonut, sylvanaar, Kaidenn, Astaldo where are you?
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: It would be a real shame if WIM was left to die.
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: i think these forums are dead, Sylvanaar dosnt post on them as he only bug fixes when possible. WIMs future isnt very bright
[Guest] [justgiz]: Yea, its rather sad.
[Guest] [silvercola]: I wish it had skype
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: noy possible for a addon to do.
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: ...........
[Guest] [elzershark]: where is the download file?
lothaer beckons everyone over to you.
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: has anyone been able to take WIM to the beta yet?
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: PTR*
[DevTeam] [Maziel]: *sticks head up and looks around*
lothaer cries.
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: who the hell flagged my post as spam?
[Guest] [primalforce]: Hey guys
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: hello Primalforce.
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: PAZZA COME BACK!!!
[DevTeam] [Nachonut]: Ahhh memories
[Guest] [Ignis]: wtb update
[DevTeam] [lothaer]: soooo.....
Pazza starts to complain... Kinda reminds you of Sloans dont it?

[Yippie]

This happens with the latest version of WIM (2.1.15) as well as the current WoW 2.1 client.

It's definitely a serious bug and needs to be addressed urgently.

Thanks in advance!

[Pazza]

I am going to need a lot more information to help you. I have checked this issue out both with myself and several othe users. No one is having this crash issue. It must be related to something else you have running. I have tested both server and cross-server whispering. I whisper a lot while in bg.

Disable all your addons except for WIM and tell me if it is still crashing. THEN, disable WIM as well and see if it crashes. It may very well be a currupted game file.

Sorry you are having this problem.

[Yippie]

1. Yep, it crashes when WIM is the only addon running.

2. No, it does not crash if all addons (inculding WIM) are disabled.

3. The crash always happens when you are in a BG and try to whisper someone on your server, who is outside the BG. Have not had the chance to try it on someone inside the BG (don't want to disturb strangers).

4. Here is a sample of the crash log from the Blizzard reporter:

WoWBuild: 6729
Local Zone: Trollbane Hall, Arathi Basin
Local Player: Myname, 00000000000F183A, (1313.9,1310.74,-9.01043)
Add Ons: WIM WIM_SpamBlocker
=========================================================
Assertion Failed!

 App:         /Applications/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft.app
 File:        /Volumes/F2/usrbuild/xb/build/WoW_6729patch2.1.0/WoW/Source/Mac/../../../Storm/Source/SStr.cpp
 Line:        1189
 Error Code:  0x85100086
 Time:        2007-06-02 04.03.16 CEST

 Assertion:   string

---------------------------------------------------------


Thread 0 (Crashed)
  0 0x0023b665
  1 0x0002bd59
  2 0x0002c0c6
  3 0x000051fe
  4 0x00005a20
  5 0x00012eee
  6 0x001040f2
  7 0x0010574b
  8 0x00105c01
  9 0x0030989e
 10 0x0030ae10
 11 0x00503e4e
 12 0x00129109
 13 0x0000bede
 14 0x00248c88
 15 0x0024e037
 16 0x0024e2c2
 17 0x000113db
 18 0x00003fd5
 19 0x92de6537  DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*)+0445
 20 0x92de5bdc  SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*)+0130
 21 0x92de5aa1  SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions+0037
 22 0x92ded123  ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)+0165
 23 0x92de68ee  DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*)+07fc
 24 0x92de5bdc  SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*)+0130
 25 0x92decfbc  SendEventToEventTarget+0038
 26 0x92e30eb3  ToolboxEventDispatcher+0051
 27 0x92e2f8cb  RunApplicationEventLoop+00a5
 28 0x00004106
 29 0x00002c9e
 30 0x00002bc5
 31         


Thread 1
  0 0x9000a077  mach_msg_trap+0007
  1 0x90009fd8  mach_msg+0048
  2 0x931e26d8  glcDebugListener+0152
  3 0x900245c7  pthread_body+0054
  4         


Thread 2
  0 0x9004069c  pread+000c
  1 0x00237608
  2 0x0002f4d3
  3 0x0002f74e
  4 0x00032512
  5 0x001642ac
  6 0x00096120
  7 0x000c58bd
  8 0x000c5aaa
  9 0x927ef2e0  forkThreadForFunction+007b
 10 0x900245c7  pthread_body+0054
 11         


Thread 3
  0 0x90024c67  semaphore_wait_signal_trap+0007
  1 0x90028c54  pthread_cond_wait+01b0
  2 0x00216bef
  3 0x0003d333
  4 0x000c58bd
  5 0x000c5aaa
  6 0x927ef2e0  forkThreadForFunction+007b
  7 0x900245c7  pthread_body+0054
  8         


Thread 4
  0 0x9000a077  mach_msg_trap+0007
  1 0x90009fd8  mach_msg+0048
  2 0x9082c2b3  CFRunLoopRunSpecific+07de
  3 0x9082bace  CFRunLoopRunInMode+003d
  4 0x9146641e  HALRunLoop::OwnThread(void*)+009e
  5 0x91466239  CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*)+005d
  6 0x900245c7  pthread_body+0054
  7         


Thread 5
  0 0x90049257  semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap+0007
  1 0x90064fff  pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np+01f9
  2 0x9147365c  CAGuard::WaitFor(unsigned long long)+00d4
  3 0x9147357e  CAGuard::WaitUntil(unsigned long long)+0042
  4 0x91471efa  HP_IOThread::WorkLoop()+02b2
  5 0x91471c43  HP_IOThread::ThreadEntry(HP_IOThread*)+0011
  6 0x91466239  CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*)+005d
  7 0x900245c7  pthread_body+0054
  8         


Thread 6
  0 0x90049257  semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap+0007
  1 0x900490da  pthread_cond_timedwait+026a
  2 0x00216ae9
  3 0x00506f47
  4 0x000c58bd
  5 0x000c5aaa
  6 0x927ef2e0  forkThreadForFunction+007b
  7 0x900245c7  pthread_body+0054
  8         


Thread 7
  0 0x90049257  semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap+0007
  1 0x900490da  pthread_cond_timedwait+026a
  2 0x00216ae9
  3 0x0023902c
  4 0x00239176
  5 0x000c58bd
  6 0x000c5aaa
  7 0x927ef2e0  forkThreadForFunction+007b
  8 0x900245c7  pthread_body+0054
  9         


Thread 8
  0 0x9001a56c  select+000c
  1 0x0023856c
  2 0x0023952a
  3 0x000c58bd
  4 0x000c5aaa
  5 0x927ef2e0  forkThreadForFunction+007b
  6 0x900245c7  pthread_body+0054
  7         


Thread 9
  0 0x9000a077  mach_msg_trap+0007
  1 0x90009fd8  mach_msg+0048
  2 0x9082c2b3  CFRunLoopRunSpecific+07de
  3 0x9082bace  CFRunLoopRunInMode+003d
  4 0x92824a0f  +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:]+0103
  5 0x927ef2e0  forkThreadForFunction+007b
  6 0x900245c7  pthread_body+0054
  7         


Thread 10
  0 0x9001a56c  select+000c
  1 0x90840c83  CFSocketManager+02da
  2 0x900245c7  pthread_body+0054
  3         


Thread 11
  0 0x90049257  semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap+0007
  1 0x900490da  pthread_cond_timedwait+026a
  2 0x00216ae9
  3 0x00440ede
  4 0x000c58bd
  5 0x000c5aaa
  6 0x927ef2e0  forkThreadForFunction+007b
  7 0x900245c7  pthread_body+0054
  8         


Thread 12
  0 0x90024c67  semaphore_wait_signal_trap+0007
  1 0x90028c54  pthread_cond_wait+01b0
  2 0x01ef0f6a  gleCmdProcessor+015e
  3 0x900245c7  pthread_body+0054
  4         
=========================================================

[Yippie]

Oh yes, one more clue... I was checking out the comments at the WIM page over at ui.worldofwar.net, and found that another user (Arakmage) has been experiencing similar crashes.

His error log shows this:

Assertion Failed!

App: /Applications/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft.app
File: /Volumes/F2/usrbuild/xb/build/WoW_6692patch2.1.0/WoW/Source/Mac/../../../Storm/Source/SStr.cpp
Line: 1189

Based on this, as well as your confirmation that you have not been experiencing such crashes, I can infer that this happens only for Mac users.

If you know anyone running WoW on a Mac, you can have them install WIM and chances are they will experience these crashes when sending/receiving whispers in BGs.

[Pazza]

That would explain why I can't reproduce the error for the life of me...

I don't know what to do really... lol. I have mac. When I get a chance... I guess I install WoW, although I'd rather not clutter it up with wow. Its my comp for graphix only.

[oomu]

I have a mac, I will try that bug.


wow is not cluttering the mac os X.  wow put all files in /Applications/World of Warcraft/
and some common preferences in /Users/Shared/Blizzard

and of course your own preferences in /Users/<login>/Library/Preferences

nothing else.  easy to remove.

[janojano]

same as the other guy (Yupie or something)
><

also, please make it so that you can re-whisper someone. like the chat function re-whisper the last person you whispered with a hot key.

[Pazza]

Ok... I loaded Mac on my Itel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro and tested so far AB and Eye. I whispered both players in the bg and outside of the bg and my game did not crash.

I am going to need more help with this. Did bliz by any chance fix this in a patch?

[Yippie]

Oh my - yep it does appear to have been fixed by Blizzard recently. Hooray! Thanks for taking the time to look into this, Pazza!

[Pazza]

Glad to hear it.

Thanks for your support.

-Issue Closed-