Battle editor / Historical Battle editor won't work - MTW2

**Gigantus** · February 27, 2015, 08:40 PM

I saw your other thread and replied there - I misunderstood what you meant (here).

**Gigantus** · February 28, 2015, 06:42 AM

Encoding of files in the data\text folder: use the BinEditor (see my collection of tutorials) as follows

1. 'Import' (Open) the TXT file
2. 'Export' (Save) the TXT file
3. Now 'Save' in string.bin format as well

The above three steps should create a working txt\string.bin combo, even with Chinese symbols - it will however only display as question marks due to the limitation of the CUF files.

**Seba14** · February 28, 2015, 05:50 PM

Thanks for this, it is working indeed ! yay, another victory

I copied the Chinese .cuf to mtw2/data/fonts folder, display works like a charm since

It seems the text part is pretty good, although there are some errors found by TWTECV tool (Pic attached) do you think it could be the reason why the Battle editor isn't working ?

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**Gigantus** · February 28, 2015, 08:50 PM

I am not sure if it is fatal, but duplicate entries should always be resolved. I have made it a habit to fix all errors (where possible) - that way I don't have to bother if they may affect the game.

**Seba14** · March 03, 2015, 05:05 AM

Ok I fixed all the duplicates, now the .log gives me this:

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I tried replacing the menu and loading screen folders with another mod's ones, nothing changes
I've created mods/hanzhishang/data/world/maps/battle/custom/__temp/description.txt, same result

23:18:21.072 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/hanzhishang/data/descr_walls.txt, at line 251, column 31
stat_pri statistic refers to non-existant projectile type 'oil'

It seems you are running a kingdoms mod on the medieval2.exe or the kingdoms mod has not been set up properly.

Since I removed many text issues and tried all I can, I believe the executable (.bat) might be the problem indeed, since the mod asks for files that are non existent and witches/heretics/inquisitors are not needed in Battle editor...do you happen to know how could I check if the mod has been set correctly or verify the .exe utilized ?

- I've seen also that the Hzs launch file is a 1kb .bat file that leads to kingdoms.exe, whereas on your team's ROTK mod it is 184kb .exe file
(I'm running both MTW2 and Kingdoms from old DVDs, with 1.03 and 1.05 patches)

Here is the .bat content :

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**Gigantus** · March 03, 2015, 10:26 AM

1. You need the descr_projectiles file from a kingdoms mod (or from my Bare Geomod) to get rid of the 'oil' error. Add the descr_boiling_oil.txt file and descr_area_effects.xml from there as well.
2. Your BAT file is fine - provided you are not running Steam and your CFG file is named hanzhishang.cfg and that your mod folder is also named hanzhishang

**Seba14** · March 04, 2015, 05:09 AM

Just did it, the 'oil' error disappeared indeed, but I still get the crash and this in the .log among the other "missing files"

11:07:41.044 [system.io] [warning] open: data/descr_oil_effect.txt is missing
11:07:41.045 [system.io] [warning] open: data/descr_fire_texture_list.txt is missing

I'm not on steam and .cfg name is correct, same with folder name, I read most of your tutos and Withwnar's as well, but this CTD stays an enigma Oo

I noticed these lines in the .log are referring to the battle editor if I'm not not mistaken, could it be the source of the crash ? If so how could I address this in your opinion ? (.log relevant lines and pic of the /data folder below)

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**Gigantus** · March 04, 2015, 06:28 AM

This is standard - as far as I know either the cursors are in the pack or it's a left over from RTW. Every log has these lines.
Same for the missing 'oil\fire' files.

**Seba14** · March 04, 2015, 08:20 AM

Which pack are you referring to ? (The HZS/packs folder is empty)

If it's a leftover from RTW I have no idea as to how to address this

I think we tried everything, if this last pack thing doesn't work, it may as well ring the ending bell

**Gigantus** · March 04, 2015, 10:27 PM

pack - the vanilla pack files
leftover - does not need addressing, it's not an error

Compress your work and upload it - I will try and have a look.

**makanyane** · March 05, 2015, 02:14 AM

Re; battle editor not opening...

one thing that definitely does that is any error in the names files, e.g. a name in descr_names.txt which doesn't have a matching entry in data/text/names.txt
try http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...o=file&id=3493

**Gigantus** · March 08, 2015, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by makanyane

Re; battle editor not opening...

one thing that definitely does that is any error in the names files, e.g. a name in descr_names.txt which doesn't have a matching entry in data/text/names.txt
try http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...o=file&id=3493

Didn't know this would affect the battle editor, good to know. Geomod actually checks for that when opening a mod, maybe that's why I haven't come across the battle editor thing. Or I am just getting old.

**Seba14** · March 05, 2015, 09:01 AM

Hi there

Thanks for the tip, indeed, the tool found an awful lot of incorrect entries (234) I'll definitely fix this

Gigantus, thanks a lot for the offer, I'll fix the names thing first then will prepare a light copy for debug only

Thanks a lot guys

**makanyane** · March 08, 2015, 02:39 PM

when the editor opens, it's menu system shows a bunch of stuff for historical battles, like which faction can be selected, which leader, which unit, which settlement/ambient etc.. so it can fail on all that sort of stuff and not just the more obvious map related things (I finally realised that after having to completely rebuild a mod to get it to work

)

**Gigantus** · March 08, 2015, 09:49 PM

One of these days I have to try my hand on the historical battles, so far only arranged for the simple battles.

**Seba14** · March 13, 2015, 09:22 AM

Hey guys
Sorry for the short hiatus, it's been quite hectic lately :p
I fixed the names issue but still the crash is here and doesn't seem to want to go away ^^

I noticed the rivers map in custom battles are leading to a dense conifere forest...could it be that the maps are messed up ?

In any case, I emptied the Characters traits and ancillaries files (In data and text) to make it as simple as it could but it doesn't change either

Here's a light version of the mod for check :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/03te49cj51...%20Gig.7z?dl=0

Thanks a lot guys !