CTD on Loading New Map

[Spartos]

I have just finished my first set of new maps, and have a CTD upon loading the campaign.

I have edited the correct .tga files:
map_regions.tga (255x230) - specified in descr_terrain
disasters.tga (255x230)
map_features.tga (255x230)
map_roughness.tga (510x459)
map_climates.tga (511x460)
map_ground_types.tga (511x460)
map_heights.tga (511x460)
(is it neccessary to edit water_surface.tga or the radar_maps.tga?)

At this stage I tested and crashed so made the following changes:

1) To test the map I divided it into two regions with specified settlment location. In descr_regions.txt I have deleted all other regions except these:

Babylonia
Seleucia
seleucid
Syrians
0 255 0
slaves, silk, elephants, camels
5
9
Thebais
Thebes
egypt
Libyans
255 0 0
gold, slaves, wild_animals, camels
5
8
(the colours have changed to correspond with map_regions.tga)

2) In descr_strat.txt I have gotten rid of all faction characters and armies except for the Seleucids and Egypt.

3) I have also removed correct_regions.tga and of course map.rwm.

I am working from a mod folder, would that have anything to do with it? Is this most likely a mapping (.tga) error or a text error? I would assume a text error would be accompanied by an error message.

If anybody has any suggestions they would be much appreciated.

[Legio]

try adding -show_err to your target line by right-clicking on your RTW icon. Then, after the quotation marks type it in, and load the game again. Tell us the error message.
I'm not a mapper, but did you delete some stuff in the Babylon province?
And did you add a new settlement in descr_strat?

[Hannibal Smith]

your sizes are all wrong if is map_regions.tga (255x230)

then
disasters.tga (255x230)
map_features.tga (255x230)

map_roughness.tga (510x460) Double

map_climates.tga (511x461) Double + 1
map_ground_types.tga (511x461)
map_heights.tga (511x461)

Once you get the tga's sorted you could use http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=173871 All of the text files are set up for two regions you would just need to change the colours in the descr_regions.txt to suit your tga, Oh also the descr_terrain.txt

[Spartos]

My application target line looks like:
"C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -mod:my_mod -show_err
I had -show_err on before and no error message. That's why I think its a .tga problem. I'll work on some more text file modifications (like you suggested) until someone can definetly tell me whether or not that's the issue. Will it just crash without error message if it's a text problem?

Thanks for the suggestions Legio.

EDIT: Oops, didn't see your post Hannibal's. Seems I misunderstood the +1 applies to both dimensions. When I resized the images I kept the aspect ratio and just adjusted the the width to 511, assuming it would calculate the right height (apparently not).

I appreciate the help Hannibal and I'll for sure use those BASE files. It'll save me quite a bit of time.