Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by Gig

[Gigantus]

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The Geomod Manual - 6.18_2012.09.12

Note

• The manual is in PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or a compatible reader.
• Due to file restriction the download is compressed in ZIP format and requires 7zip or a compatible unpacker.

Version History

12th September 2012
- added more detailed instructions regarding ports
- added note regarding the removal of existing factions
21st February 2012
- added info regarding working with GIMP and Photoshop (Recommendation chapter)
27th January 2012
- More error solutions
16th March 2011
- Added chapter for error messages
10th August 2010
- Added chapters for hording, family tree and faction standing
14th July 2010
- Updated BinEditor Info to version 3.0
12th July 2010
- Added some chapters for factions

05th June 2010
- Added chapter for the tool features (info map generation etc)
29th May 2010
- Added chapter for resources, forts and drawing

27th May 2010
- Finished the region details chapter

26th May 2010
- Added some chapters for information maps and region details
25th May 2010
- Added the first chapter (adding a new region - basic)
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[Aethelstan]

This is very promising and much helpfull yet.

Thanks for starting this tutorial.

[Gigantus]

I am planning to write a chapter a day, no idea how long it will take. Keep coming back for an update.

[Gigantus]

Updated:

29th May 2010
Added chapter for resources, forts and drawing

27th May 2010
Finished the region details chapter

26th May 2010
Added some chapters for information maps and region details
25th May 2010
Added the first chapter (adding a new region - basic)

[Gigantus]

05th June 2010
Added chapter for the tool features (info map generation etc)

[IZob]

Would you recommend that people with good knowledge and skills with geomod, still take a look at the manual as well? Or is this mostly a beginners guide / tutorial summary? I know its still a wip but its seems to be somthing I should look into...

[Gigantus]

This is a no nonsense manual with a small tutorial (creating a new region) to get the feel of it. Even if you think you have a good knowledge of Geomod I would still recommend to read through it.
So far I have complete the Maps and Regions tab and that has amounted to 21 pages. There are still the Factions, Characters and Campaign tabs to be handled and an error chapter. I dare say you will find something that you didn't know yet.

[Aethelstan]

Well, for those like me that are pretty new to this tool its great work.
Please continue gigantus if you have the time for.

[Peteriscoolz]

Hey Gigantus I'm haveing CTD when trying to attempt to add a character with an army And with stainless steel I even get CTD while trying to add rescoures.It seems stainless steel is anti Geomod

[Ishan]

Hey Gigantus I'm haveing CTD when trying to attempt to add a character with an army

Make sure the character name exists in the faction list of the descr_names.txt file.

[Gigantus]

Hey Gigantus I'm haveing CTD when trying to attempt to add a character with an army And with stainless steel I even get CTD while trying to add rescoures.It seems stainless steel is anti Geomod

Have a look at my manual, it describes the procedure for the first case (haven't finished the other chapters yet). You might have placed the resources and characters in an invalid postin, used invalid army units....
Your log would be a help (compressed please).

[Gigantus]

Added some chapters for factions

[Gigantus]

Updated BinEditor info to version 3.0

If your BinEditor is still version 2.2, get the latest update here.

[Peteriscoolz]

Ok well I tryed to do something extremly easy (Or so I thought) I try to add The province of Rennes ownership to Ireland and i Get a log.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

22:38:45.958 [system.rpt] [always] CPU: SSE2
22:38:45.958 [system.rpt] [always] ==== system log start, build date: Feb 25 2008 version development ===
22:38:45.963 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_0.pack
22:38:45.964 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_1.pack
22:38:45.966 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_2.pack
22:38:45.968 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_3.pack
22:38:45.969 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_4.pack
22:38:45.970 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/localized.pack
22:39:10.832 [data.invalid] [error] DATABASE_TABLE error found : unrecognised record id exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0 requested.
22:39:10.832 [data.invalid] [error] DATABASE_TABLE error found : unrecognised record id exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0 requested.
22:39:10.832 [data.invalid] [error] DATABASE_TABLE error found : unrecognised record id exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0 requested.
22:39:10.832 [data.invalid] [error] DATABASE_TABLE error found : unrecognised record id exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0 requested.
22:39:10.832 [data.invalid] [error] DATABASE_TABLE error found : unrecognised record id exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0 requested.
22:39:10.832 [data.invalid] [error] DATABASE_TABLE error found : unrecognised record id exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0 requested.
22:39:10.833 [data.invalid] [error] DATABASE_TABLE error found : unrecognised record id exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0 requested.
22:39:10.833 [data.invalid] [error] DATABASE_TABLE error found : unrecognised record id exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0 requested.
22:39:11.724 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

[Gigantus]

Looks like you tried to add a character\army without defining the unit name. Your entry in descr_strat might look like this (blue being the part the error refers to):

character Vaasco, named character, male, age 28, x 83, y 88
traits LoyaltyStarter 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 2 , ReligionStarter 1
army
unit unit_name_missing exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

[Peteriscoolz]

Sorry for late reply gigantus I've decided to upload my descr_strat so you can have a little look at it.
In compressed format.

[Gigantus]

As I suspected, your error is in the ireland section, starting at line 3468 (see below). There are also a few other weird entries. Settlements with about 60 buildings, most of them triple. Factions without settlements. This might have been caused by not verifying changes or maybe simply forgetting to move the old garison (less likely).

My suggestion: get your backup copy and start again. After that change the ownership of the settlement - verify. Move the (now invalid) garison inside the settlement somewhere else - verify. Create a new (valid faction) garison - verify. Save. Follow my suggestion regarding the historic_event file. Try if it works.

character    Brian O'Neill, named character, male, leader, age 39, x 9, y 230 
traits Factionleader 1 , MilitaryInclination 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 1 , GoodCommander 1 , BattleDread 3 , StrategyDread 1 , NightBattleCapable 1 , Intelligent 1 , ReligionStarter 1 
army
unit        NE Bodyguard                exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Spear Militia                exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Deisi Javelinmen            exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Deisi Javelinmen            exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Peasants                exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Hobiguir                exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Hobiguir                exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Hobiguir                exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit                            exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit                            exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit                            exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit                            exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character    Domnall O'Neill, named character, male, heir, age 20, x 13, y 218 
traits Factionheir 1 , MilitaryInclination 1 , Intelligent 2, PublicFaith 1 , LoyaltyStarter 1, ReligionStarter 1 
army
unit        NE Bodyguard                exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Spear Militia                exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Spear Militia                exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Hobiguir                exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Hobiguir                exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Hobiguir                exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit                            exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit                            exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit                            exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit                            exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

[Manuel I Komnenos]

Ok, so I saved the Geomod project I'm working on but I don't know where the saved file is..

[Ishan]

The saved file is where u have selected the project of yours before u started editing them. If u have edited one file in particular the most then search for it and see the changes inside it to recognize the lost files.

[Gigantus]

There seems to be a bit of confusion.

If you work with Geomod and save your modifications at the end, before exiting Geomod, the files in the mod that you worked are saved.
There is no "Project Save File".

Please refer to this post for more details regarding the use of files (open the 'important information' drop down)