fix(ini): saturate out-of-range integers to match retail mod behavior - #330
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In retail Zero Hour (MSVC 6), sscanf on integer overflow saturated to LONG_MAX / ULONG_MAX and succeeded without error. Mods like Shockwave 1.201 rely on this by setting huge delays (e.g. 9999999999999999999) to represent infinite duration. With std::from_chars, values exceeding 64-bit integers returned result_out_of_range and threw INI_INVALID_DATA, crashing mod loading. Saturate out-of-range integer tokens to field limits (min/max) with a warning logged to stderr, while preserving the -1 sentinel for unsigned fields. Also enclose integral parsing in an else branch to prevent instantiating std::from_chars for float on macOS, unifying parser usage across platforms. Fixes #297
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe INI parser enables C++17 numeric parsing on Apple. Floating-point conversions reject non-finite results except when ChangesINI Numeric Parsing
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes Change: Bug fix Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Some negative unsigned INI values become large positive values rather than zero. This is a bounded edge case that should be corrected before merge if those values may appear in supported configurations. Architecture SummaryArchitecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change affects 2 systems. Changed systems: Architecture concerns Review detailsSystems and components
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In `@Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/INI/INI.cpp`:
- Around line 1693-1703: Update the Apple `strtod` parsing branch to range-check
`result` against the inclusive bounds of `std::numeric_limits<Type>::max()`
before casting. For values outside that range, emit the existing saturation
diagnostic and return the signed limit, matching the non-Apple `std::from_chars`
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- Around line 1693-1703: Update the result_out_of_range branch in scanType to
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@coderabbitai Regarding the Linked Issues / Out-of-Scope check warnings: The original issue description for #297 initially hypothesized missing W3DModelDraw fields. However, subsequent investigation by maintainers and reporter testing (confirmed via PR #323 diagnostics and issue comments) proved that the W3D fields are already implemented, and the actual root cause crashing Shockwave 1.201 loading is INI integer parser failure on line 220 of |
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🟡 Minor · Clamp negative unsigned values other than -1. · INI.cpp:1780-1808
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winClamp negative unsigned values other than
-1.
scanType<UnsignedInt>checks only the upper bound before casting. Thus-2becomes0xFFFFFFFE. The worklog preserves only-1as an unsigned sentinel and requires other out-of-range values to saturate.NumBeamsandSegmentsuse this parser and sizem_line3D, so-2can request a near-maximum allocation.Suggested fix
if constexpr (std::is_unsigned_v<Type>) { // For unsigned integers, negative values like -1 are sentinels (~0U) and should wrap via static_cast. // Positive values exceeding Type's range saturate to max. + if (result < -1) + { + return std::numeric_limits<Type>::min(); + } if (result > static_cast<Int64>(std::numeric_limits<Type>::max()))🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/INI/INI.cpp`:
- Line 1687: Update the numeric parsing paths in the INI conversion logic around
the `result > maxValue` check to reject literal non-finite values while
preserving overflow saturation and finite underflow recovery. Reset `errno`
before each `std::strtod` call, reject non-finite results unless `errno` is
`ERANGE`, and reject non-finite values returned successfully by
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In `@Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/INI/INI.cpp`:
- Around line 1780-1808: Update the unsigned branch in scanType so negative
values below -1 saturate to the type’s minimum instead of wrapping during the
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🟡 Minor · Saturate representable unsigned negatives other than -1. · INI.cpp:1790-1827
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winSaturate representable unsigned negatives other than
-1.When
-2or-5000000000fits inInt64, the unsigned branch checks only the maximum. The final cast wraps these values to4294967294and3589934592instead of saturating them to zero. The worklog requires saturation for values outside theUnsignedIntrange while preserving only the-1sentinel.Suggested fix
if constexpr (std::is_unsigned_v<Type>) { // For unsigned integers, negative values like -1 are sentinels (~0U) and should wrap via static_cast. // Positive values exceeding Type's range saturate to max. + if (result < 0 && result != -1) + { + // GeneralsX `@bugfix` fbraz 25/09/2026 Saturate negative unsigned values to field limits. + fprintf(stderr, "[INI] Numeric token '%.*s' is below minimum value, saturating to limit\n", + static_cast<int>(token.size()), token.data()); + fflush(stderr); + return std::numeric_limits<Type>::min(); + } if (result > static_cast<Int64>(std::numeric_limits<Type>::max()))🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Description
Fixes #297
In retail Zero Hour (32-bit Windows MSVC 6), INI numeric parsing used
sscanf("%d")andsscanf("%u"). On integer overflow, CRTstrtol/strtoulsaturated values toLONG_MAX/ULONG_MAXandsscanfreturned 1 without error. Mods like Shockwave 1.201 rely on this retail behavior by setting huge numbers (such asSpawnReplaceDelay = 9999999999999999999 ; 5 YearsinMinigunnerSquad.iniandRecenterTime = 99999999999999999999999999999999inHellStorm.ini) to represent effectively infinite delays.When INI parsing was modernized with
std::from_chars, oversized tokens exceeding 64-bit integer range returnedstd::errc::result_out_of_range, causingscanType<Type>()to throwINI_INVALID_DATAand crash mod loading.This PR saturates out-of-range integer tokens to field limits with a warning logged to stderr, matching retail's tolerance for these mod idioms while preserving the
-1sentinel for unsigned fields.Changes
scanType<Type>()(Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/INI/INI.cpp):std::errc::result_out_of_range, log a warning to stderr and saturate tostd::numeric_limits<Type>::min()(for negative tokens) orstd::numeric_limits<Type>::max()(for positive tokens) instead of throwingINI_INVALID_DATA.Int64but exceedingTyperange (e.g. values between 2^32 and 2^64), saturate toTypemin/max limits rather than wrapping, while preserving the-1sentinel for unsigned fields (0xFFFFFFFF).elsebranch ofif constexpr (std::is_floating_point_v<Type>)to prevent template instantiation ofstd::from_charsforfloaton macOS.USE_STD_FROM_CHARS_PARSINGacross macOS and Linux for C++17 builds.#include <limits>.docs/WORKLOG/2026-09-DIARY.md).Validation
9999999999999999999,99999999999999999999999999999999,-9999999999999999999,5000000000,-5000000000,+500,-1unsigned sentinel, standard numbers, and invalid strings.GeneralsXZHandGeneralsXlocally via CMake presetmacos-vulkanwith 0 errors.git diff --checkpasses cleanly.Summary by CodeRabbit
nanandinfare rejected unless they result from numeric overflow. Finite floating-point underflow remains supported.