adding buildings to settlements from descr_strat

[danfromiran]

I was following an awesome mapping tutorial by GrnEyedDvl and everything was working perfectly untill in the second lesson I was supposed to add roads to all of the settlements.

I go into descr_strat file in imperial_campaign and added
building
{
type hinterland_roads roads
}
as instructed for all settlements. but unfortunately only the first settlement which appears in descr_strat file which belongs to my faction( England) gets the road, and the other 9 rebel settlements dont have roads.

also in descr_strat file I see this:

settlement
{
level city
region Median_Province
year_founded 0
population 4000
plan_set default_set
faction_creator russia
building
{
type core_building stone_wall
}
building
{
type barracks town_guard
}
building
{
type market corn_exchange
}
building
{
type temple_orthodox small_church_o
}
building
{
type hinterland_roads roads
}
}

but this settlement is totally empty when I clich on it in on the campaign map.
what is the problem?
thanks in advance

[Gigantus]

The game stops processing the descr_strat file when an error happens. This results in 'empty' settlements.
Errors are mostly caused by typing errors. Check for wrong brackets (smooth instead of curly) typos. Sometimes the errors are documented in the log (building doesn't exists in DB)

[danfromiran]

yes you are right. there were some lines that I had deleted unknowingly when I was renaming the regions and cities.
thanks

PS.
if anyone reading this post has a similar problem: compare your mod's descr_strat to the vanilla descr_strat to learn the logic of scripting in that file and catch your mistake. thats how I found my mistake.

[Gigantus]

Welcome to the wonderful frustrating world of modding!

[SigniferOne]

It's only frustrating because we are using the generated spreadsheets, while CA used special programs which checked for all of these errors before generating the said spreadsheets.

[Gigantus]

I haven't looked inside a descr_strat since I am using Geomod, saves you all that heartache. Lovely thing adding buildings, resources, characters, family trees - all through an interface.