Attempting to edit export_descr_buildings

I opened the export_descr_buildings file and attempted to make some minor edits to the recruitment pool for a few units. This is something that I have done plenty of times in other mods without issue. Unfortunately this caused the game to crash without an error message several seconds into the initial loading screen. Thinking I may have made a mistake somewhere, I started over with the backup I created and only edited one value. I experienced the exact same issue. The crash generated a pretty sizable log, but I think that the following line is the most relevant:

01:36:27.504 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/EBII/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 1, column 1
Expected 'building', found ''

Is there any simple way to fix this error, or should I just stick with the default values for now?

Originally Posted by TheCelticMarauder

Is there any simple way to fix this error, or should I just stick with the default values for now?

I assume you used Notepad to edit it. Try it with Notepad++.

Originally Posted by Poppis

I assume you used Notepad to edit it. Try it with Notepad++.

This worked perfectly. Thank you!

Try posting the first few lines of that file.