Fix for Civ 1.29f / Mac crash error!

AlanH · Jun 22, 2004

lars_bz said:
I had the same problems (spain crash, aztecs/koreans no small leaderheads) as mentioned above and some further graphic errors with foreign citizens (in particular koreans). however, I managed to finish my game, can I still hand in my save?
I reckon most bugs come from a sloppy written pediaicons file.

Did you reach the end of the game and create a save for the turn after victory? If so then submit it using the standard submission form. I agree the pediaicons.txt file needs serious surgery, but you were probably using the wrong one through no fault of your own ... there have been too many, in various states of disarray.

lars_bz · Jun 22, 2004

AlanH said:
Did you reach the end of the game and create a save for the turn after victory? If so then submit it using the standard submission form. I agree the pediaicons.txt file needs serious surgery, but you were probably using the wrong one through no fault of your own ... there have been too many, in various states of disarray.

I submitted the save by email to explain some issues.
if possible you could add a comment box to the gotm submission form.

Bigfoot · Jun 22, 2004

AlanH said:
I've grabbed your file and will take a look at it, but please can you confirm that you have eight copies of spain.flc in \Art\flics\, named spain.flc, spain1.flc, spain2.flc ..... up to spain7.flc?

EDIT: PS. I've now loaded it up and opened F4 and discussed options with Ferdinand of Spain without problems. Please check your .flc files.

AlanH
I checked it last night, it contains spain1.flc, spain2.flc (etc. up to spain7.flc), but there is no folder labelled spain.flc. I tried to create it, but Windows wouldn't let me. BTW, the crash seems to come on the second contact with Spain (in the diplo. screen I contacted Spain first, then a different civ, then switched back to Spain when it crashed).

Thanks

AlanH · Jun 22, 2004

These should all be files, in the \Art\flics folder. There shouldn't be any folder called spain.flc. Why do you believe there should? I'm not sure why Windows would stop you making one, though :hmm:

I tried opening the Spain diplo screen repeatedly from the F4 screen after I loaded up your save, and it worked fine every time. The only other suggestion I can make is to ensure that you have the correct pediaIcons.txt file.

Bigfoot · Jun 22, 2004

In the Spain thread referenced earlier in this post Cracker mentions having a total of 8 folders, beginning with 'spain.flc'. Apparenty this is not the problem, so I won't worry about it. Per your advice I will look at the pediaIcons.txt file.

Thanks again.

ainwood · Jun 22, 2004

Bigfoot said:
In the Spain thread referenced earlier in this post Cracker mentions having a total of 8 folders, beginning with 'spain.flc'. Apparenty this is not the problem, so I won't worry about it. Per your advice I will look at the pediaIcons.txt file.

Thanks again.

I think that info might be slightly incorrect. You need 8 files, not folders!

If you have 8 folders each called spain.flc, spain1.flc, spain2.flc etc, you will see that in each of these folders is a file called 'spain.flc' (in the spain.flc folder), spain1.flc (in the spain1.flc folder) etc.

You should shut-down civ, and open windows explorer. Drag these folders onto your desktop. Open each folder in turn, and drag the corresponding .flc file into your civ3\art\flics\ folder.

At the end of the process, you should have 8 variations of spain.flc files in that directory, not folders!.

ainwood · Jun 22, 2004

AlanH said:
Sorry it didn't work Send me the .sav file and I'll fix it for you.

Email it to : alanh(at)gotm(dot)civfanatics(dot)net .... Replace the bracketed items with the obvious

Alan,

That file's fixed.

Bigfoot · Jun 24, 2004

Well, the good news is that the diplomatic screen works OK now with Spain. The bad news is that the game locks up when I try to create an embassy with Korea. I tried running the utility posted above by Ainwwod, but no luck. Could you please assist?

Thanks

AlanH · Jun 24, 2004

Bigfoot said:
Well, the good news is that the diplomatic screen works OK now with Spain. The bad news is that the game locks up when I try to create an embassy with Korea. I tried running the utility posted above by Ainwwod, but no luck. Could you please assist?

Thanks

I've reproduced your crash when trying to set up an embassy using your save. I have embassies with all civs in my own game, and was able to set them up with no problems. So I'll do a file comparison to see where the differences are, if any, and try to fix your file. Watch this space ...

AlanH · Jun 24, 2004

[hmm]I've checked the file and I can't see anything obvious using my crude tools. The crash log tells me it fails when it tries to draw the population in the city screen for the AI capital city after you establish the embassy. I've looked at the population data for that city and it's not obvious there's anything wrong with the data I know about, but there's lots of data that's a closed book to me which may include some corruption.

I think I've exhausted my limited knowledge. P'raps Ainwood can bring some better tools to bear on the problem when he surfaces in New Zealand time.

ainwood · Jun 24, 2004

Bigfoot said:
Well, the good news is that the diplomatic screen works OK now with Spain. The bad news is that the game locks up when I try to create an embassy with Korea. I tried running the utility posted above by Ainwwod, but no luck. Could you please assist?

Thanks

Fixed now. File attached.

AlanH · Jun 25, 2004

Bigfoot said:
I tried running the utility posted above by Ainwwod, but no luck.

Well done Ainwood. I would never have interpreted the above as meaning the utility didn't run at all

Of course, as soon as I ran my own Mac version over the save it flagged up the known bug.

Bigfoot · Jun 25, 2004

AlanH and ainwood, thanks again for all of your help. :thumbsup:

Bigfoot · Jul 1, 2004

Well, I played the game to the end (conquest victory in 1545), but I get an error message right after the victory screen: 'Missing entry in "text\PediaIcons.txt" HAPPY_RACE_AZTECS'. The save as of 1540 is attached, could you please assist?

Thank you.

<Edited to upload file attachment>

Bigfoot · Jul 7, 2004

BUMP

I cannot submit my completed game on the turn after conquest, per above. Thanks.

AlanH · Jul 7, 2004

Hi
I've completed your game and submitted it on your behalf, using your previous submission email address, so you should get a confirmation via that address.. I used the attached pediaicons.txt file, so if you want to see the victory parade, replace your faulty file with this one and run forward again from your save.

Bigfoot · Jul 7, 2004

I have the confirmation now. Thanks again.

Fix for Civ 1.29f / Mac crash error!

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