Quote:The story crashed as well because it was looking for or generating sectors/systems.
The story lock was locked to run the script. While running the script, it generated sectors which hung on the galaxy lock.
In another thread, an npc checked to see if his story instance was still active. This hung on the story lock.
In another thread, a routine maintenance function ran to manage the open stories. This thread also hung on the story lock.
In all, seven threads hung because one or the other of those locks was locked.