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Story time: The Chaos of Memory Corruption

Fourteen and a half years ago, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising (what a title) shipped with a memory corruption crash in the final level.

Ironically, the game had a “corruption” game mechanic via the inclusion of the Chaos Marines.

A few years later, I wrote about how I debugged the crash. I used various techniques like fast repro, divide and conquer, and more.

I hope you enjoy the story!

- Karl

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