Crash - quotes.txt

[AlphaDelta]

I'm experiencing a crash and I'm 95% certain it's due to my quotes.txt. I didn't edit the structure or re number the file, I only edited the content.

The crash only occurs when I launch a new campaign. If I remove the quotes.txt and bin from the text folder then I no longer get the crash.

There are no errors in the system.log.txt. This is the crash report log:

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Sun Sep 28 16:24:17 2008
Build: bld-medieval2-update2-84 (37970)
Processor: Architecture = 0, level = 15, rev = 4F02, mask = 01
OS: maj = 5, min = 1, build = 2600, 'Service Pack 2'

Address: 00D1B83F  0001:0091A83F  F:\Games\Medieval II Total War\medieval2.exe
Exception C0000005  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
GetLastError() = 00000012(18), errno = 0

Registers
EAX=00000000  EBX=F291CFD8  ECX=0C948A7C  EDX=F1085E50  ESI=00000000  EDI=0C948A7C
EIP=00D1B83F
ESP=001235DC  EBP=0C947380
DS=0023  ES=0023  FS=003B  GS=0000
Flags=00010246


Stack
00D1B83F  0C947380  00D1B83F  0001:0091A83F  F:\Games\Medieval II Total War\medieval2.exe

Stack
00D1B83F  0C947380  00D1B83F  0001:0091A83F  F:\Games\Medieval II Total War\medieval2.exe

Does anyone know if there are some hardcoded limits? Perhaps there's a min/max for line number? Or how many authors can have the same data?

Here is my quotes file if anyone would like to help.

Cheers

[uanime5]

From my checking you're not missing a { or }, 'author' and 'quote' are not spelled wrong, and you don't seem to have a quote with no author or vice versa. So I can't help you. My only advice is to get a copy of the vanilla quotes file and slowly add you version to it.

Also I don't think there's a limit to the number of quotes you can have (my Eras mod has 240). Though you have to edit the 'data/descr_transition_screen.txt'.

[Quark]

AlphaDelta
Loaded this up in excel and compared against original
1. All {Author} and {Quote} values/text marry up
2. Could not find any symbol character that might be illegal
3. Length of quotes is longer - vanilla has a max of 255, yours go up to 332 (Quote 34), is there a limit?
4. My wife agrees with your girlfriend

[AlphaDelta]

Thanks for checking this gents. A few hours after i made the first post I had a CTD WITHOUT the quotes file.

Deeply depressing stuff...

[SigniferOne]

I had (and resolved) a VERY similar crash issue in our Paeninsula Italica. What you're experiencing is that the CTD happens right when you press Start Campaign, or no crash may happen and everything proceeds as normal, am I understanding you correctly?

[AlphaDelta]

I have since fixed the bug but yes that was happening.

The bug was fixed by removing faction_standings code from the bottom of descr strat.

Cheers