Crashes and how to fix them

[Alkimachos]

Sounds a bit weird because you were not getting a crash while loading a battle but in a battle after clicking the start button. Anyways cool.

Yes, very weird... after removing some additional loading screens and quotes, worked perfectly...

Thank you very much...

[Gigantus]

You need to amend descr_quotes_lookup if you have more then the regular number (120) of quotes. That's all there is to it.

[Ishan]

Squid once told me that all lookup files are not used in M2TW that is they are RTW left overs.
I haven't used them at all so i know it's true.

[Gigantus]

This one is the notable exception, trust me. It caught me for a loop as well. As long as you only got 120 quotes you are fine. Add one more and you have a crash. Add that one (two actually - author and quote) lines to the lookup file and all is fine again.

[makanyane]

This one is the notable exception, trust me. It caught me for a loop as well. As long as you only got 120 quotes you are fine. Add one more and you have a crash. Add that one (two actually - author and quote) lines to the lookup file and all is fine again.

agreed - actually the enums and lookups weren't generally used in the later versions of RTW/BI either, but the quotes one was different - and also if I remember correctly it was CASE SENSITIVE.... so watch out for correct capital letters... gets very very annoying to bug hunt something you think is due to script/battle load only to eventually discover its just the damned quotes!

[Gigantus]

Yep, took me two days of painstakingly adding back one modded file after the other into a new mod folder.

[Ishan]

Oh yeah i remember now there was one guy who just wanted to one more quote but couldn't do that and we were bored to death in explaining him the same thing over and over again, lastly the lookup file did the job for him iirc.

[Blak]

In my 30-40 turn it`s crashes and shows: unspecified error and Medieval 2 total war now will exit.Any help?

[knin]

Crash at the end of the loading bar, no error message, the last thing I did was try to add new units but I took out the latest bit of code and it's still not working.

Help is very much appreciated, here is my log: (yes, I know there is a rather long list of errors, but none of them are fatal)

[Gigantus]

The script is starting up, maybe rename the script to disable it and try again (unless it only consists of the radar restriction).

[knin]

Actually, I realized that the log hadn't reloaded and found the error quickly, thanks though! I have another now, have you ever seen an error message like this:

14:30:13.000 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/medieval_world/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 3582, column 5
Building descriptions must include 'castle_port' building strand

I'm going through the process of changing over to 1 settlement type, so all "castle" references are gone from EDB and descr_strat.

[Gigantus]

You cannot remove both the port building trees from the EDB. Instead invalidate their building by removing the faction requirements - delete the faction requirements within the parenthesis (do that for all levels):

c_port city requires factions { }

[robomanus]

Hi guys. Does somebody know what does this system.log message mean???

Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction aztecs (bdg city vs clt huge_city)

[Gigantus]

Hi guys. Does somebody know what does this system.log message mean???

Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction aztecs (bdg city vs clt huge_city)

Your building capabilities of core buildings in the EDB doesn't agree with the defined levels in descr_cultures.

[Blak]

In my 100-140 turn it`s crashes and shows: unspecified error and Medieval 2 total war now will exit.Any help?

[Polycarpe]

Just to continue my above post, I've done the following:

• Added a new culture (gaelic)
• Added a new faction (Hebridean) but at the same time removed an old one (Portugal)
• Added my new export_descr_buildingt.txt file with lots of original buildings removed (except castles, cities, ports, roads, and churches)

[makanyane]

Just to continue my above post, I've done the following:

• Added a new culture (gaelic)
• Added a new faction (Hebridean) but at the same time removed an old one (Portugal)
• Added my new export_descr_buildingt.txt file with lots of original buildings removed (except castles, cities, ports, roads, and churches)

Little problem and the OP doesn't answer to it

Launch the game.
Loading at the splash screen.
CTD, following with an encountering error message.

Any ideas?

Yes - probably start from last working version and re-do it making one change at a time (i.e. add culture) then test, then do the next stage (re-name faction) etc...


you could try posting your trace log here first though

[Polycarpe]

Yes - probably start from last working version and re-do it making one change at a time (i.e. add culture) then test, then do the next stage (re-name faction) etc...


you could try posting your trace log here first though

Damn, I'm pretty sure I did everything well, seems it's the only option if I can't find the answer.

Systemlog attached.

@Irishon: Does an error in the Export_Building or Export_Descr_Building will cause a unspecified error message at the splash screen?

[irishron]

Looks like difference between the EDB and descr_strat.

[robomanus]

but in descr_strat I have no aztecs at all....