Help!!! City mod CTD!!

[kranyak]

I installed MAA's City Mod version 5.1b (the Hellenization/Romanization version) yesterday, but then when I tried to take up my current campaign (209 BC!!) the game crashes at the load screen every time the loading bar gets full. I tried starting a new campaign and it worked fine. The mod is supposed to be savegame compatible, and even if barbarians already have large cities (which they do in my savegame) it's not supposed to cause problems.

I'm running EB 1.2 for BI, with no mods installed other than Force Diplomacy and a few manual edits I made to the EDU and Roman reforms. Am I going to have to remove the City Mod? If I replace it with the non-Hellenization/Romanization version will it fix the problem?

[XSamatan]

Where did you read that this submod is savegame-compatible?

You only can revert if you have a backup from your files, although I do not know if the other version fixes your problem (would be worth a try).

XSamatan

[kranyak]

I read it here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...20#post3471220

[XSamatan]

Must have over-read that, thx for linking.
However, as it is in your case not savegame-compatible (must have something to do with your own personal changes to EB or something with BI) you should revert back to your old installation if you want to continue this campaign.

XSamatan

[kranyak]

The save game file won't be corrupted or anything will it? I have back-ups just in case

When I installed the mini-mod I was unfortunately too lazy to back up my files... Is there any place I could find the unmodded versions of these EB files:
descr_cultures.txt
export_descr_buildings.txt
DESCR_REGIONS.TXT
CAMPAIGN_SCRIPT.TXT
descr_strat.txt

That would be great, then I shouldn't have to completely reinstall EB

EDIT: I tried loading a much older save-game, and the campaign map appeared. I could click on a city, activate the script, look at a character, so on. But as soon as I begin to move the camera around, CTD again. Maybe the game is crashing upon showing a city that's larger than it's supposed to be according to the mod?

[XSamatan]

The save game file won't be corrupted or anything will it? I have back-ups just in case

Just use these backups and you are fine.

When I installed the mini-mod I was unfortunately too lazy to back up my files... Is there any place I could find the unmodded versions of these EB files:
descr_cultures.txt
export_descr_buildings.txt
DESCR_REGIONS.TXT
CAMPAIGN_SCRIPT.TXT
descr_strat.txt

That would be great, then I shouldn't have to completely reinstall EB

Always keep backups!
You can try to extract the files manually:http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABL...xtractor.shtml

EDIT: I tried loading a much older save-game, and the campaign map appeared. I could click on a city, activate the script, look at a character, so on. But as soon as I begin to move the camera around, CTD again. Maybe the game is crashing upon showing a city that's larger than it's supposed to be according to the mod?

Can't help you here, I'm not the creator of the mod and I don't know what your own changes have done in the campaign.

XSamatan

[kranyak]

I extracted the necessary files with that tool and the game is working beautifully again... though I guess I'll have to live with every city developing ahistorically into large or even huge cities... Thanks for your help XSamatan!