Assume beam and shockwave creation is fallible #7174
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"why didn't it fire?" Because object creation should always be assumed fallible, the designer can throw a million things around; there may be not slots available despite the code's best efforts.
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shockwave_create's return, and only the single spot which was edited cares aboutbeam_fire_targeting()'s return, so the relevant Int3's were removed. In both cases the problem is logged if the designer/coder wants to investigate further, but it's no reason to bring debug builds to a halt.Other object creations, such as ships, are assumed infallible but it would be a larger effort to ensure the rest of the code is properly prepared for its fallibility.