ctd, log query.

[Byg]

Do these last few lines from my error log ring any bells with anyone?

I have been altering traits/ancillaries/custom_script

However, I am begining to think something elsewhere may simply have been corrupted/ accidentally altered.

I have spent 4 days on this yet I still get a ctd just after faction selection.

The line "<factionleader_normalfactions> fired" is the first and last instance in the log, when normally there would be 1 per faction if this info is relevant.

18:42:18.781 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/Stainless_Steel_6/data/ui/southern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga
18:42:18.781 [system.io] [info] exists:   found data/ui/southern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga (from: packs/data_3.pack)
18:42:18.781 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/Stainless_Steel_6/data/ui/southern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga
18:42:18.781 [system.io] [info] exists:   found data/ui/southern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga (from: packs/data_3.pack)
18:42:18.781 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <factionleader_normalfactions> fired
18:42:18.781 [bink] [debug] [data/fmv/menu/DUMP0000.BIK]Pause on
18:42:19.734 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

Here is a similar section from a healthy log so you can see where it is stopping and what would have come next.

6:58:02.437 [system.io] [info] exists: missing data/ui/southern_european/portraits/portraits/young/catholic_generals/000.tga
16:58:02.437 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/Stainless_Steel_6/data/ui/southern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga
16:58:02.437 [system.io] [info] exists:   found data/ui/southern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga (from: packs/data_3.pack)
16:58:02.437 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/Stainless_Steel_6/data/ui/southern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga
16:58:02.437 [system.io] [info] exists:   found data/ui/southern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga (from: packs/data_3.pack)
16:58:02.437 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <factionleader_normalfactions> fired
16:58:02.437 [system.io] [info] exists:   found mods/Stainless_Steel_6/data/descr_area_effects.xml (from: C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
16:58:02.484 [system.io] [trace] file open,,mods/Stainless_Steel_6/data/descr_area_effects.xml,16026

[Augustus Lucifer]

So.. have you tried eliminating the DUMP000.bik ? The .bik files are the movie files for the game, so if it happens when you click a faction, and lists a .bik file, it is probably saying there's something wrong/missing with the faction intro videos. Try adding:

[video]
movies = false

to your .cfg file you're running the mod folder with, and see if you can get to the map if it skips the faction intro videos.

Cheers,
Augustus

[Byg]

Thanks. You would think that may be related looking at the log, but no.

In the end I deleted various chunks of trait triggers, until I narrowed it down to a handful that when enabled still gave the error, when disabled, didn't. Trouble is they look perfect.

[Mythic_Commodore]

The video file they refer to is the one that shows in the background of the main menu - the blue with marching soldiers. Maybe there is a problem with that file?

[Byg]

Well it appears that the log is not listing anything related to the ctd.

The error is prevented by changing a trait trigger's WhenToTest from BecomesFactionLeader to CharacterTurnEnd. This should make no difference.

I have a feeling that I have reached some kind of hardcoded trait limit, as now that I am not getting the ctd I can see that characters are getting a trait AND its antitrait at the same time. Not a trait related to the trigger in question.

I wonder what I could have done.. The code looks faultless.

[irishron]

In the modding forums there is a list of known hardcoded limits. Try the search feature and search for it. You may have one. I know someone found the maximum ancillaries.

[Byg]

Well the code turned out to be ok in theory, but I seem to have found a new (to me) limit on a condition. You cannot use "BecomesFactionLeader" and "CharacterIsLocal" together!