error with family members after reducing faction to one starting region in desc_strat.

[Amorphos]

error with family members after reducing faction to one starting region in desc_strat.

firstly; i couldnt find a 'removing factions from game' tutorial?

to my problem:
error message; ‘could not find next child. children must be terminated with an end.’

hi, i have read the tutorials but don’t understand > i am giving all the eastern regions of the vanilla map to persia [parthia], i have done all the rebel regions and added some selucid regions. my problem has come after trying to add all of egypt except one region [as i may use faction renamed for something else later]. so i had to remove the faction heir of egypt so he is no longer a general in a region belonging to someone else.

desc_strat attatched below

here is the current entry.

faction egypt, religious caesar
denari 25000
settlement
{
level large_town
region Nile_Delta

year_founded 0
population 3500
plan_set default_set
faction_creator egypt
building
{
type core_building governors_villa
}
building
{
type defenses wooden_pallisade
}
building
{
type port_buildings port
}
building
{
type market trader
}
building
{
type missiles practice_field
}
building
{
type smith blacksmith
}
building
{
type hinterland_roads roads
}
building
{
type hinterland_farms farms
}
}

character Hekhemmut, named character, leader, age 55, , x 178, y 19
traits GoodCommander 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 1 , PublicFaith 2 , MathematicsSkill 2
ancillaries librarian, master_embalmer
army
unit egyptian general’s bodyguard early exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit egyptian chariot archer exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit egyptian chariot archer exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit egyptian nubian spearmen exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit egyptian nubian spearmen exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit egyptian archer exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit egyptian archer exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit egyptian peasant exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Wah, admiral, age 29, , x 177, y 22

army
unit naval biremes exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit naval biremes exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Nakhti, diplomat, age 20, , x 178, y 17
traits GoodDiplomat 2

character Khu, spy, age 20, , x 201, y 34
traits GoodSpy 3
ancillaries poisoner


character_record Ahmose, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 15, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Meryre, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 6, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Tanutamun, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 2, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Heruben, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 9, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Euredice, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 55, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Aneksi, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 35, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Satsobek, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 30, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Pedibastet, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 26, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Senbi, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 20, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Hebeny, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 10, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Arsinoe, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 4, alive, never_a_leader

relative Hekhemmut, Euredice, Khnumhoptep, end


thanks!

[Aradan]

First of all, you need to get rid of all the character_record lines that mention a character that does not exist.
Second, you need to either add a character_record line for Khnumhoptep (if he's underage) or an entry similar to his father (he'd be "heir" instead of "leader" if he's over 16.
Third, descr_strat can be irritating when it comes to using tabs or spaces, maybe you should try to using spaces instead of tabs in the "relative" line.

[Amorphos]

the leader and heir are all as vanilla, so i’ll try removing the relevant character records as you say. i’ll also try spaces if that don’t work. this is a confusing file, i added arabia to parthia and it wasnt even in the file ~ - it should have been a rebel faction.

how do i remove the faction entirely if needed?

[Aradan]

Remove all its entries (settlements, characters, etc) from descr_strat, any references in descr_regions and remove from the faction list at the top of descr_strat.

[Amorphos]

that doesn’t sound too bad, thanks!

[Spartan 666]

i don't know if this is your case, but be always sure that every children has his\her father's surname, both males and females. I banged my head against the wall more than once cause I thought that, since females don't have a surname in the game, it wasn't required in descr_strat.txt. No, it IS required, even if it isn't shown in the game...I tell you this because I always got that very same error message, maybe this can help

[Amorphos]

that does help spartan 666 thanks!