Overgeared - Ch. 3

[MangaDex]

 

[Tacomelt]

-1? going to stack overflow and pull a ghandi.

 

[GodGinrai]

@Tacomelt You're thinking of an integer overflow. Also, that's not what happened. (If it had been an integer overflow, it would have reported that he was [max level - 1], but it properly told him he was [-1]) It just let his level be reduced lower than the starting level. Now, what bugs come from that, who knows.

 

[AbuHajaar]

@GodGinrai Unless there is some kind of raw casting done in calculations. Two's complement of -1 (int) is 0xFFFF... (whatever number of bits the integer is). Which is equal to the unsigned int maximum.

In any case, having a negative level is kinda dumb in the first place, any reasonable design would have had it as a unsigned integer for perf reasons.

 

[GodGinrai]

@AbuHajaar Of course, but the game told him his level was "-1", and not "[max level]", which indicates the game is not using unsigned ints for its level calculations.

 

[Archomp]

There's so many things I can't wait to see drawn, this is the only series I currently read religiously in ww.

 

[AbuHajaar]

@GodGinrai External presentation can be done with a signed integer. Internal calculations, serialization, IPC calls can be done with uint or assumption of unsigned. Vice versa.
I have seen this happen before and it cost me 12 hours of my weekend. Software is never optimal lol.

 

[GodGinrai]

@AbuHajaar You are not wrong, but this is not something that a webtoon author would think of with minimal research. And someone who truly understood the concept of an Integer overflow and decided to use it as a plot device wouldn't make such a simple mistake that would obfuscate things for the reader.

 

[Retard_]

@GodGinrai
Webtoon author?
You realize this is a novel with over 800 chapters, and the same -1 thing is there too, there it's a bit more explained as to why.

 

[GodGinrai]

@Filipe I was not aware there was a source material for this, no. Most webtoons I have come across don't really have source material. However, the fact you just stated only strengthens my conviction that it shouldn't be an integer overflow, since for a novel, you would expect the author to put more effort into their research and the means by which they convey their plot to their readers.

 

[Inuzuka]

They're way higher leveled than I am so there'd be no point in fighting them.

Text mistakenly appears twice, the first speech bubble should be something else.

 

[hodunk]

Just in case more people complain about this, the -1 is not a bug. It's when someone screws up so bad they have to level up just to be as good as a starting character. It's very unusual, but not unexpected.

Spoiler

There are in fact no bugs in the entire game/story so far since it's all automatically supervised and fixed by humanity's most advanced supercomputer.

 

[korra_lover]

Those hips could save the world...

 

[kurohanani]

The MC is just like Hardcore Leveling Warrior
Which makes this manhwa awesome