# \[0.8-2286-ge2c3d34 Experimental, Curses\] Crash on Preset Character Selection

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-2286-ge2c3d34-experimental-curses-crash-on-preset-character-selection/3743>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [October 31, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-2286-ge2c3d34-experimental-curses-crash-on-preset-character-selection/3743 "2013-10-31T16:22:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walkar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/53a042/32.png) [@Walkar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Walkar)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-2286-ge2c3d34-experimental-curses-crash-on-preset-character-selection/3743/1 "2013-10-31T16:22:48Z")

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I don’t know if it’s just the particular setups I had chosen for my preset character templates, but I made three from the available Halloween professions (Agent, Killer Clown, and Dream Stalker, with Dream Stalker being at the top of the list) and whenever I tried to go to preset character and move the cursor to the top of the list, the program crashes. It is very repeatable from my end, it always crashes when I try to scroll from the second template from the bottom to the third template.

It isn’t letting me upload the Dream Stalker template, so here’s a link to a pastebin containing its contents: [http://pastebin.com/c0cBeXxN](http://pastebin.com/c0cBeXxN). Let me know if I can provide more information. I’m using Windows 7, if that helps.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Hyena\_Grin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/hyena_grin/32/894_2.png) [@Hyena\_Grin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hyena_Grin)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-2286-ge2c3d34-experimental-curses-crash-on-preset-character-selection/3743/2 "2013-10-31T23:45:18Z")

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May or may not be related, but when I made a custom character, the game crashed at the point where I launched the world. I had saved the character as a preset and when I loaded it and started again, the game seemed to work fine.

I was not using any of the Halloween stuff for the character. And I am using the SDL version.

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-2286-ge2c3d34-experimental-curses-crash-on-preset-character-selection/3743/3 "2013-11-01T04:38:07Z")

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> [@Hyena Grin](#):
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> May or may not be related, but when I made a custom character, the game crashed at the point where I launched the world. I had saved the character as a preset and when I loaded it and started again, the game seemed to work fine.

Most likely this isn’t related, but is rather an instance of [this bug](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/3928).