Capital problems

[Zymran]

I've just been fiddling around on descr_strat and gave Lisbon (which was Portugal's capital) to the rebels. The game is now CTDing. Is this because the city was the capital? Portugal has other settlements, so is there a way I can change the capital (and I don't mean within the game...)

[Lonck]

check logs. AFAIK capital is the first settlement after the faction info in descr_strat.

[Zymran]

hmm...could someone please tell me how to do the 'show_error' thing or whatever its called? (yes I am a noob )

[sinople]

Go to your medieval2.preference.cfg

Add these lines :

 
[io]
file_first = 1

[log]
to = logs/system.log.txt
level = * error

Then save. and after you will see a system.log.txt in your Medieval II Total War\logs folder

I think it's perhaps because you forgot to delete the army (but don't delete your faction leader )

[Zymran]

thanks sinople I'll try the error thing. I didn't delete the army but I did move it, and I'm thinking that maybe my coordinates were invalid - Ive changed that so I'll see what happens.

Thanks for the help guys

[Zymran]

*sigh* The plot thickens. The coordinates were not the problem and to make it worse I can't open the .cfg file because it says I need 'DynSite' or something...

Any ideas..?

[sinople]

Open with a text editor (select choice program)

Show us your descr_strat you perhaps make a mistake

[Zymran]

this is the rebel army I stuck in the newly-rebel Lisbon:

character	sub_faction moors, Shakir, general, male, age 43, x 11, y 125 ;Lisbon
army
unit		ME Spear Militia				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		ME Spear Militia				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		ME Spear Militia				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		Desert Archers				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		Desert Archers				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		Desert Cavalry				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		ME Spear Militia				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		ME Spear Militia				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		ME Spear Militia				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		ME Spear Militia				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		ME Spear Militia				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		Saracen Militia				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		Saracen Militia				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

(thats the only code I did from scratch - the rest was just copy and pasted)
here's what portugal faction looks like:

faction	portugal, sailor henry
ai_label	catholic
denari	4000
denari_kings_purse	2000
settlement castle
{
	level town
	region Oporto_Province

	year_founded 0
	population 1600
	plan_set default_set
	faction_creator portugal
	building
	{
		type core_castle_building wooden_castle
	}
}

character	Henrique de Portugal, named character, male, leader, age 40, x 16, y 143
traits Factionleader 1 , MilitaryInclination 1 , GoodCommander 2 , Energetic 1 , PublicFaith 2 , Intelligent 1 , Bloodthirsty 1 , ReligionStarter 1 
army
unit		SE Bodyguard				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		Spear Militia				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		Spear Militia				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character	Afonso de Portugal, named character, male, heir, age 19, x 16, y 143 
traits Factionheir 1 , LoyaltyStarter 1 , GovernorInclination 1 , GoodCommander 1 , PublicFaith 1 , Intelligent 2 , ReligionStarter 1 
army
unit		SE Bodyguard				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		Spear Militia				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		Spear Militia				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 

character	Joao, named character, male, age 26, x 17, y 137
traits LoyaltyStarter 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 1 , MilitaryInclination 1 , GoodCommander 1 , ReligionStarter 1 
army
unit		SE Bodyguard				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		Spear Militia				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		Spear Militia				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit		Jinetes				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character	Lopo Pires, spy, male, age 20, x 16, y 143
traits NaturalSpySkill 2 , GoodSpy 2 

character	Vicente Ramalho, merchant, male, age 25, x 16, y 143 
traits NaturalMerchantSkill 2 , GoodMerchant 1 

character	Martim, admiral, male, age 27, x 10, y 128 
army
unit		cog				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character	Mendo, admiral, male, age 34, x 13, y 144 
army
unit		cog				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character	Manuel, priest, male, age 40, x 16, y 143
traits NaturalPriestSkill 2 , GoodDenouncer 2 , PriestLevel 1 

character	Maria de Portugal, princess, female, age 18, x 16, y 143
traits IAmPrincess 1 , NaturalPrincess 2 , GoodPrincess 1 


character_record	Teresa de Portugal, female, age 35, alive, never_a_leader

relative 	Henrique de Portugal, Teresa de Portugal, Afonso de Portugal, Maria de Portugal, end

(all I did was remove Lisbon and put it in the rebel section, and change the coordinates of the army and agents in Lisbon to put them in the same place as one of the other characters)

I'll try the error log thing now thanks

[Zymran]

Ok....I've done the error log thing, but it looks like a load of nonsense to me. What exactly am I meant to be looking at in there?

[sinople]

Give it

But the [script] [error] are almost every time the error

[Zymran]

What part do you need? It won't let me put the whole thing on here
Here's the last chunk:

16:48:10.062 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/037.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.062 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/037.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.062 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/037.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.062 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/civilians/044.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.062 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/civilians/044.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.062 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/civilians/044.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.062 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/civilians/044.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.062 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/004.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.062 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/004.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.062 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/004.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.062 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/004.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/merchants/032.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/merchants/032.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/merchants/032.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/merchants/032.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/merchants/088.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/merchants/088.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/merchants/088.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/merchants/088.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/025.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/025.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/025.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/025.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/094.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/094.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/094.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/094.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/080.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/080.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/080.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/080.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/rogues/012.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/rogues/012.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/rogues/012.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/rogues/012.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/rogues/090.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/rogues/090.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/rogues/090.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:48:10.078 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/eastern_european/portraits/portraits/young/rogues/090.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
16:53:07.343 [system.io] [warning] open: data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga.dds is missing
16:53:07.343 [system.io] [warning] open: mods/teutonic/data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga.dds is missing
16:53:09.281 [system.io] [warning] open: data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga.dds is missing
16:53:09.515 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/symbols/FE_faction_units/norway.tga is missing
16:53:09.515 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/symbols/FE_faction_units/kalmar_union.tga is missing
16:53:09.640 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/symbols/FE_symbols_80/normans.tga is missing
16:53:09.640 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/symbols/FE_faction_units/normans.tga is missing
16:53:09.640 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/symbols/FE_symbols_80/saxons.tga is missing
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16:53:09.656 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/symbols/FE_symbols_80/slave.tga is missing
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16:53:09.734 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/_M2_MP_HISTORICAL_BATTLE_CHOOSE_TEAMS.TGA is missing
16:53:09.750 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/TEXTURES/_M2_MAIN_MENU.TGA is missing
16:53:10.781 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/buttons_composite2.tga.dds is missing
16:53:10.781 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/slider_composite.tga.dds is missing
16:53:10.781 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/slider_composite2.tga.dds is missing
16:53:10.796 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/border_4pix_black_gold2.tga.dds is missing
16:53:10.796 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/text_border.tga.dds is missing
16:53:10.796 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/yellow_highlight.tga.dds is missing
16:53:10.796 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/border_4pix_black_gold_selected.tga.dds is missing
16:53:10.796 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/border_4pix_black_gold_black.tga.dds is missing
16:53:10.796 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/_M2_Selection_Glow.tga.dds is missing
16:53:10.796 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/unit_card.tga.dds is missing
16:53:10.796 [system.io] [warning] open: data/menu/icons.tga.dds is missing

[Gigantus]

This doesn't look like an error log, more like a trace log.

Anyhow, where in the descr_strat did you place Lisbon? Hopefully before all the rebel army entries. If you have placed it behind (at the end) then that will most likely be your CTD.

[Zymran]

It's from Medieval II Total War/system.log...

Yeah I put Lisbon where it's supposed to be, above the army entries...it's a puzzler. I've changed a few settlements' ownership with no problems. I refuse to be beaten by a text file

[Gigantus]

Did you add those lines from one of the earlier posts? After that you have to make the cfg file read-only, else the game will change the entry back to default.

[Zymran]

...aaah ok, I'll try that again...
(thanks gigantus)