Potty Racers 4: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.

[MartySVK]

Describe the bug

The game won't start, I can see only black screen with the error:

ERROR core/src/avm2/events.rs:433 Error dispatching event EventObject(EventObject { type: "complete", class: flash.events::Event, ptr: 0x35fdc88 }) to handler FunctionObject(FunctionObject { ptr: 0x35fef78, name: Ok("ApplicationMain$/preloader_onComplete()") }) : TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at haxe.xml::Fast()
at manager::GameManager/loadXML()
at data::InternalXMLData$/loadAndHandleInternalXML()
at framework::GameEngine/loadAndHandleInternalXML()
at framework::GameEngine/gotoMain()
at Main$/main()
at Function/apply()
at ApplicationMain$/begin()
at ApplicationMain$/preloader_onComplete()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash::events::EventDispatcher::dispatchEvent()
at NMEPreloader/onLoaded()
at ApplicationMain$/onEnter()

Expected behavior

start the game

Content Location

Game URL - https://www.gameflare.com/online-game/potty-racers-4/ SWF URL - https://data.gameflare.com/games/3329/Ak0DNghSvSnzn9.swf

Affected platform

Desktop app

Operating system

Windows 11

Browser

No response

Additional information

No response

[Lord-McSweeney]

The data for the XML is stored in a BinaryData tag with character id 2202 (NME_assets_pottyracers_xml). This tag is in frame 2, after the game's code in frame 1. When the code to load the data runs, the ByteArray for the data is not yet initialized with the XML data (the ByteArray is empty).

The game works when running with --load-behavior blocking

[SecularSteve]

While I'm here to report the same exact problem, the predecessor. Potty Racers 3, has it's own set of problems.

Too resource-heavy to run. Won't get past the Gonzo logo without freezing, and thermal-throttling my PC.