RodG 1.5 - Easy and painfree Installation

[Gigantus]

I love your work with the 1.5 , but somehow I can't play runelord aka anvil of doom without a crash .
Can you play runelord at custom battle in your pc ?

Sorry, I never tried custom battles but I vaguely remembered something about custom battles and settlements (not sure if it was in CoW)

Removed hash from trace and added to error as instructed in the first post then went to the medevil systems logs folder and it is similar to the last log. This time it crashed trying to load an autosave. It worked perfectly for two hours this morning It was awsome!!!. Then I came back and the same crash happened before it had chance to load the campaign map up, whereas before it was on battle mode. The version is 1.0.08 and Iam playing as the dwarves. I have attached my log, but it will probably be no good as it looks similar to the last one, iam positive I followed the error log repor on post 1. thanks Gigantus

The error line in the log suggests that you haven't installed all patches (or perhaps in the wrong sequence).
Did you save the changed CFG file after making the changes?

[goblinking]

hi there gig thank you so much for your work in this version of the game i been 15 turns and 2 ctd whereas before i was every 2 turns like clockwork on orginal within 10 turns. i think this is bug or scripting error regarding building edu or something i let you take a look i post the log as attachment.

[Gigantus]

hi there gig thank you so much for your work in this version of the game i been 15 turns and 2 ctd whereas before i was every 2 turns like clockwork on orginal within 10 turns. i think this is bug or scripting error regarding building edu or something i let you take a look i post the log as attachment.

It's not a fatal error, but it shouldn't be there. Please check on the first page the 'Error Reporting' to get a more detailed log and then submit again.

Did you install all the patches from the second post in numerical order?

[airwalkboy]

Yes I installed in numerical order and saved the CFG file after swithching the hash around. I read somwhere to move it to your desktop when running windows 7 tried that aswell and saved, but the log was still the same in the Medevil 2 log folder. Nightmare

[Mr.InTeLeX]

Hey, yeah I was having the same problem too. I'm also on Gigantus' version with both patches on Windows 7 64 bit.

I checked the "descr_projectile" file and found that the entries for the Goblin Doom Diver Catapult, Earthshaker Cannon and Death Rocket pointed to the wrong projectile model. In my file, they all pointed to "mods/Call_of_Warhammer/data/models_missile" for the model - whereas it should now be "mods/Rage_of_dark_Gods/data/models_missile" as they've changed the mod folder name.

So I just changed "Call_of_Warhammer" to "Rage_of_dark_Gods" for the three entries: "projectile goblin_new", "projectile earthshaker_new" and "projectile death_rocket". Seems to work fine for me now, so hopefully does for you guys too !

[Sebatos]

It's working very well, but not fixing Anvil of Doom. Anyone have idea?

[Vice]

Argh! Today when I was about to continue my High Elf campaign every time I tried to load the game (it would load up all the way...also had 4 saves spread out none of them worked...) but then it would close and say "Sigma preserve us, Chaos has taken over!" "Closing the gates to save our souls!" What kind of error msg is that!? And has anyone ever had this problem before?

[airwalkboy]

That seemed to have worked for me although it did not work upon loading my old saved game. so I started a new campaign and it was spot on. Hopfully it continues !! Thankyou

[Gigantus]

Quick Fix 20120308 - RodG - descr_projectiles

- a crash\save game problem is apparently caused by the absolute folder references of siege model CAS files
- fixed by correcting the path

See second post for attachment

[kauczuk]

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[Sebatos]

I suppose I know why Anvil of Doom cause errors. There is no unit "anvilofdoom" in "export_descr_unit" file. Maybe this is normal, I'm not a professional

[Cowman]

The Anvil of Doom is under the "Runelords" entry in the EDU pretty sure. I think the problem might have something to do with the "banner_anvil" texture file pointed to in the "banner faction" line. Changing this to something else like "main_infantry" or "main_missile" allows me to load the unit and use it in battles, but obviously I'm missing out on the unique Anvil banner.

I'm definitely no expert either, and I'm sure this isn't a great fix to the problem, but as long as it doesn't crash when I try to use the unit it'll do me for now...until someone more experienced comes up with the solution .

[Inconsistent]

Crashes during a fight with Goblins as Dwarves.

[Gigantus]

Everything seems to be in place for the 'anvil of doom' including the required meshes and textures:

data\text\export_units
{Runelords}Anvil of Doom

data\export_descr_units

type             Runelords
dictionary       Runelords
category         siege
class            missile
voice_type       general
banner faction   banner_anvil
banner holy      crusade
soldier          Runelords, 4, 1, 2
engine           anvilofdoom
attributes       sea_faring, hardy, can_withdraw, cannon, artillery, frighten_foot, frighten_mounted
formation        1.5, 1.5, 3, 3, 3, square
stat_health      2, 0
stat_pri         8, 7, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, slashing, axe, 0, 1
stat_pri_attr    no
stat_sec         20, 40, rune, 366, 80, siege_missile, artillery_gunpowder, blunt, none, 0, 1
stat_sec_attr    ap, bp, area, launching
stat_pri_armour  10, 6, 0, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        0
stat_ground      0, -2, -4, 1
stat_mental      8, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        4, 10000, 2000, 200, 100, 10000, 2, 600
armour_ug_levels 4
armour_ug_models Runelords
ownership        poland
info_pic_dir     merc
;card_pic_dir     allgemein
recruit_priority_offset    10

data\descr_banners_new

      <Banner Name="banner_anvil" MainMesh="data\banners\main_general.mesh" MiniMesh="data\banners\mini_infantry.mesh" GeneralMesh="data\banners\main_general.mesh" BuildingMesh="data\banners\main_spear.mesh" EffectOffsetX="0.0" EffectOffsetY="8.1" EffectOffsetZ="0.0">
         <Textures>
            <Texture Faction="Merc" DiffuseMap="banners\textures\banner_anvil.texture" TranslucencyMap="banners\textures\banner_anvil_trans.texture"/>
            <Texture Faction="Rebels" DiffuseMap="banners\textures\banner_anvil.texture" TranslucencyMap="banners\textures\banner_anvil_trans.texture"/>
            <Texture Faction="Slave" DiffuseMap="banners\textures\banner_anvil.texture" TranslucencyMap="banners\textures\banner_anvil_trans.texture"/>
            <Texture Faction="Poland" DiffuseMap="banners\textures\banner_anvil.texture" TranslucencyMap="banners\textures\banner_anvil_trans.texture"/>
         </Textures>

data\descr_projectiles

projectile rune
    
effect             greek_water_set
end_effect                greek_water_ground_impact_set
end_man_effect            greek_water_man_impact_set
end_package_effect        greek_water_ground_impact_set
end_shatter_effect        greek_water_ground_impact_set
end_shatter_man_effect        greek_water_man_impact_set
end_shatter_package_effect    greek_water_ground_impact_set

area_effect        ae_greek_fire

damage            0
damage_to_troops 1
radius            1.0
mass            1.5
area            1.0
accuracy_vs_units    0.005
min_angle        45
max_angle        90
prefer_high
velocity    60 30
ground_shatter
body_piercing        
display        aimed
effect_only

[Gigantus]

Crashes during a fight with Goblins as Dwarves.

Please check the 'Error reporting' section in the first post and then submit a trace log - this one doesn't help

[The Despondent Mind]

Wait is this " Stand Alone " i mean i only download this and i can play ?

[Sebatos]

Changing this to something else like "main_infantry" or "main_missile" allows me to load the unit and use it in battles, but obviously I'm missing out on the unique Anvil banner.

May Sigmar protect you!

[Gigantus]

Wait is this " Stand Alone " i mean i only download this and i can play ?

Yup, but I would suggest to apply the patches in the second post as well.

Originally Posted by Cowman
Changing this to something else like "main_infantry" or "main_missile" allows me to load the unit and use it in battles, but obviously I'm missing out on the unique Anvil banner

I just checked the mesh files with Notepad (remembering the mess with the strat model meshes) and found that the main_general mesh file has as default "Banners/textures/Faction_banner_saxons.texture" whereas all other 'main' meshes have "Banners/textures/Faction_banner_england.texture" as default. If my theory is valid, then a simple addition of the 'vanilla' saxons textures into the data\banners\textures folder should solve this mystery.
Attached are those two files, if someone could test my theory please, I am a little stretched to test this. Enclosed is also the original descr_banners_new file as well - just as a back up.

To sum it up: Extract the ZIP file. Copy the two texture files into data\banners\textures.
If you have altered the descr_banners_new file according to Cowman, make a copy of your file. Then copy the attached one into the data folder of RodG.

[karaislam]

congrats gigan uncle.

[Cowman]

Hey Gigantus - tested the files, but doesn't seem to do it unfortunately . Still crashes on the loading screen before the battle.

If you have altered the descr_banners_new file according to Cowman, make a copy of your file

I was actually editing the export_descr_unit file when I changed the banner line for runelords from "banner_anvil" to "main_infantry" or "main_missile". Haven't touched the descr_banners_new file lol should i have :S?