Memory fault on FreeBSD 12

[interkosmos]

Trying to run ECWolf 1.3.3 on FreeBSD 12 leads to a memory fault:

$ ./ecwolf
ReadConfig: Reading the Configuration.
IWad: Selecting base game data.
W_Init: Init WADfiles.
 adding ecwolf.pk3, 72 lumps
 adding ./audiot.wl6, 288 lumps
 adding ./gamemaps.wl6, 120 lumps
 adding ./vgagraph.wl6, 158 lumps
 adding ./vswap.wl6, 588 lumps
InitGame: Setting up the game...
VL_ReadPalette: Setting up the Palette...
ClassDef: Loading actor definitions.
S_Init: Reading SNDINFO defintions.
S_Init: Reading SNDSEQ defintions.
US_Startup: Starting the User Manager.
CreateMenus: Preparing the menu system...
DemoLoop: Starting the game loop...
Memory fault

The start screen with copyright notice of id Software is shown correctly. The Wolfenstein 3D title screen is just blue, but the main theme is playing in the background. Game crashes after some seconds.

[interkosmos]

I’ve cloned the repo and tried it again:

$ ./ecwolf
ReadConfig: Reading the Configuration.
IWad: Selecting base game data.
W_Init: Init WADfiles.
 adding ecwolf.pk3, 99 lumps
 adding ./audiot.wl6, 288 lumps
 adding ./gamemaps.wl6, 120 lumps
 adding ./vgagraph.wl6, 158 lumps
 adding ./vswap.wl6, 588 lumps
InitGame: Setting up the game...
SDL_Init: Using SDL 2.0.10
VL_ReadPalette: Setting up the Palette...
ClassDef: Loading actor definitions.
TILE8 is not a recognizable font

The ECWolf start screen is shown (“initializing game engine”) and the game then crashes.

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[interkosmos]

No backtrace:

(gdb) run
Starting program: ./ecwolf 
No protocol specified
ReadConfig: Reading the Configuration.
IWad: Selecting base game data.
W_Init: Init WADfiles.
 adding ecwolf.pk3, 99 lumps
 adding ./audiot.wl6, 288 lumps
 adding ./gamemaps.wl6, 120 lumps
 adding ./vgagraph.wl6, 158 lumps
 adding ./vswap.wl6, 588 lumps
InitGame: Setting up the game...
SDL_Init: Using SDL 2.0.10
VL_ReadPalette: Setting up the Palette...
No protocol specified
[New LWP 100927 of process 2274]
ClassDef: Loading actor definitions.
TILE8 is not a recognizable font
[LWP 100927 of process 2274 exited]
[Inferior 1 (process 2274) exited with code 01]
(gdb) backtrace
No stack

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[Braden Obrzut]

Sorry for the late response, not sure why Bitbucket didn’t mail me for your ticket.

The number of lumps in vgagraph looks wrong. Check your checksums: https://maniacsvault.net/ecwolf/wiki/Game_data

If you’re certain that you have a legitimate copy of Wolf3D, then you’ll want to compile the patch utility and patch to the latest version: https://bitbucket.org/ecwolf/wolf3denginepatches/src/master/

[Braden Obrzut]

Closing issue. If my previous comment does not solve the issue please feel free to reopen.

[interkosmos]

Please excuse my late reply. Finally, I was able to find game files with the correct MD5 checksums. As you have said, ECWolf just runs fine with them.