# Wielding Sneakers due to overencumbrance crashes game

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wielding-sneakers-due-to-overencumbrance-crashes-game/7277>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [September 6, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wielding-sneakers-due-to-overencumbrance-crashes-game/7277 "2014-09-06T13:49:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cbih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Cbih](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cbih)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wielding-sneakers-due-to-overencumbrance-crashes-game/7277/1 "2014-09-06T13:49:20Z")

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eb20721  
SDL  
Windows 7

I had to just started a character found some good footwear in basement so I took off my sneakers then went to turn them into rags for a knife spear. I had a heavy stick in my hand and tried to pick them up. I pressed N for the ‘put them on’ prompt, and pressed Y for the ‘wield them and drop heavy stick’ prompt. The game crashed immediately after I did input for the second prompt.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wielding-sneakers-due-to-overencumbrance-crashes-game/7277/2 "2014-09-06T18:37:20Z")

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Thanks for the detailed report, I’m able to reproduce it and I’m tracking it down.

So far looking like a tricky issue with pointer invalidation, so annoying.

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**Author:** ![Snaaty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Snaaty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Snaaty)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wielding-sneakers-due-to-overencumbrance-crashes-game/7277/3 "2014-09-06T22:26:22Z")

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Possibly a related bug:

I went to a motorcycle, and rem(o)ved its gasoline tank (had some gasoline inside). I wanted to pick it up in order to craft my pneumatic bolt driver. Unfortunately, the game crashed, and now I have to re-install all my precious Bionics (Toolkit, e.g.) again.

IIRC, it asked me to wield it, and then it crashed. Or perhaps I didn’t have to wield it, I am not sure.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wielding-sneakers-due-to-overencumbrance-crashes-game/7277/4 "2014-09-06T22:48:27Z")

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This gets triggered by answering yes to drop your wielded item and pick up a new one. but it only happens some of the time in that situation.