WARNING: Server fails on startup

For some reason, when trying to initiate the room thread, the entire
server simply fails. There is no crash, no error message, or anything. I
have no idea what's wrong.

server/server_application.cpp

@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ void ServerApplication::Init(int argc, char** argv) {
 	getline(is, script, '\0');
 	is.close();
 	sqlite3_exec(database, script.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
+
+	//open the rooms
+	cout << "DEBUG: inserting the room..." << endl;
+	worldRoomMap.insert( pair<int, WorldRoom>(worldRoomCounter++, WorldRoom(playerMap)));
+
+	cout << "DEBUG: opening the rooms..." << endl;
+
+	for (auto& it : worldRoomMap) {
+		it.second.OpenRoom();
+	}
+	cout << "DEBUG: Finished initialization" << endl;
 }
 
 void ServerApplication::Loop() {
@@ -114,6 +125,12 @@ void ServerApplication::Loop() {
 }
 
 void ServerApplication::Quit() {
+	//close the rooms
+	for (auto& it : worldRoomMap) {
+		it.second.CloseRoom();
+	}
+	worldRoomMap.clear();
+
 	//members
 	network.Close();
 
@@ -124,6 +141,11 @@ void ServerApplication::Quit() {
 }
 
 void ServerApplication::HandlePacket(NetworkPacket packet) {
+	//debgging
+	for (auto& it : worldRoomMap) {
+		it.second.GetInQueue()->PushBack(packet);
+	}
+
 	switch(packet.meta.type) {
 		case NetworkPacket::Type::BROADCAST_REQUEST:
 			HandleBroadcastRequest(packet);

server/world_room.cpp

@@ -27,16 +27,22 @@
 using namespace std;
 
 int worldRoomThread(void* arg) {
+	cout << "DEBUG: in room thread" << endl;
 	WorldRoom* room = reinterpret_cast<WorldRoom*>(arg);
+	cout << "DEBUG: Beginning try block" << endl;
 	try {
+		cout << "DEBUG: Init" << endl;
 		room->Init();
+		cout << "DEBUG: Loop" << endl;
 		room->Loop();
+		cout << "DEBUG: Quit" << endl;
 		room->Quit();
 	}
 	catch(exception& e) {
 		cerr << "Fatal room error: " << e.what() << endl;
 		return 1;
 	}
+	cout << "DEBUG: Successfully ending room thread" << endl;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -51,12 +57,18 @@ WorldRoom::~WorldRoom() {
 }
 
 void WorldRoom::OpenRoom() {
+	cout << "DEBUG: In OpenRoom" << endl;
 	if (running) {
 		throw(std::runtime_error("Cannot open a room that is already running"));
 	}
 
 	running = true;
-	thread = SDL_CreateThread(worldRoomThread, this);
+
+	cout << "DEBUG: Attempting to create thread" << endl;
+	if (!(thread = SDL_CreateThread(worldRoomThread, this))) {
+		throw(std::runtime_error("Failed to open the room thread"));
+	}
+	cout << "DEBUG: End of thread call" << endl;
 }
 
 void WorldRoom::CloseRoom() {
@@ -74,7 +86,9 @@ void WorldRoom::Init() {
 }
 
 void WorldRoom::Loop() {
+	cout << "DEBUG: In Loop" << endl;
 	while(running) {
+		cout << "DEBUG: Top of loop" << endl;
 		while(networkInQueue.Size() > 0) {
 			HandlePacket(networkInQueue.PopFront());
 		}