help needed please

[Tacticalwithdrawal]

folks, I'm reloading all my files back into BI (after my disk crashed). I'm doing it in steps and have now got it so that descr_strat has been loaded back in. I have just added in export_descr_buildings but, since I don't have my units loaded back I am just commenting them out as the -show_err says they are missing.

However, when I comment out 'recruit dwarf axe' BI crashes without giving an error. If I un-comment it out I get an error message saying dwarf axe not recognised.

Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how to fix it? why the blooming heck it is crashing when commented .....

building barracks_dwarven
{
levels muster_field_dwarven militia_barracks_dwarven city_barracks_dwarven army_barracks_dwarven royal_barracks_dwarven
{
muster_field_dwarven requires factions { nomad, celts, } and building_present_min_level town_plan_dwarven temple_of_fertility_shrine_dwarven
{
capability
{
recruit "dwarf axe" 0 requires factions { vandals, }

recruit "celtic slingers" 0 requires factions { celts, }
}
construction 2
cost 600
settlement_min town
upgrades
{
militia_barracks_dwarven
}
}

}
plugins
{
}
}

[Squid]

My only guess to the errorless CTD would be there is some error further up in the file which isn't causing problems until that point.

[Tacticalwithdrawal]

I hate editing files

[Salvor Hardin]

First of all, let me apologize in advance as my knowledge of EDB is quite limited but it looks like you declare several levels for the barracks_dwarven building but you only write two of them: muster_field_dwarven and militia_barracks_dwarven.

[Tacticalwithdrawal]

hmm, I'll give it a shot

[Aradan]

Did' Salvor's advice work? If yes, ignore the rest.

Hard CTDs are most probably cases of typos... An extra underscore, space, dot, you-name-it. Have you tried replacing just the unit's id with another unit's and see what you get?

[Tacticalwithdrawal]

nah - it's still bust, but it may be one of so many things (ie. any number of files may be corrupted) that I'll just start from scratch from a fresh base.

thanks guys

[DaVinci]

Salvor's advice is in so far absolutely correct, if you have not coded all the building-upgades which are listed here in this line

levels muster_field_dwarven militia_barracks_dwarven city_barracks_dwarven army_barracks_dwarven royal_barracks_dwarven

... that will for sure lead to a ctd, and as for your code above looks like, it must be shortened to just

levels muster_field_dwarven militia_barracks_dwarven

... but then, there is missing still the whole militia_barracks_dwarven building upgrade code.

So it should look like for example this

building barracks_dwarven
{
levels muster_field_dwarven militia_barracks_dwarven
{
muster_field_dwarven requires factions { nomad, celts, } and building_present_min_level town_plan_dwarven temple_of_fertility_shrine_dwarven
{
capability
{
recruit "dwarf axe" 0 requires factions { vandals, }

recruit "celtic slingers" 0 requires factions { celts, }
}
construction 2
cost 600
settlement_min town
upgrades
{
militia_barracks_dwarven
}
}
militia_barracks_dwarven requires factions { nomad, celts, } and building_present_min_level town_plan_dwarven temple_of_fertility_shrine_dwarven
{
capability
{
recruit "dwarf axe" 0 requires factions { vandals, }
recruit "celtic slingers" 0 requires factions { celts, }
recruit ...entry...
}
construction 4
cost 1200
settlement_min large_town
upgrades
{
}
}
}
plugins
{
}
}