A Question from one of my mod users

[SamSniped]

So, I've been making the mod Special Forces for a while now, and one of the guys who uses my mod had an error message that I've never seen and wasn't sure about. Anyone know what causes it, and what's the solution?

I get an error message when I first load the mod:
"Failed Loading XML file xml\text\._shrimp_civ4gametext.xml.
[.\FXml.cpp:133] Error parsing XML file -
File: xml\text\._shrimp_civ4gametext.xml
Reason: XML document must have a top level element.
Line: 0, 0
Source: (null)"

 

[Voyhkah]

I can make a few guesses:

First thing to do is check if every tag in that file has a corresponding endtag, and vice versa. If they all do, post again and someone who actually knows what they're talking about will probably answer.

 

[The_J]

Might be a problem with the encoding in the file (-> there, stuff which works on Macs can cause problems on Windows and vice versa).
Could you attach the file here?

 

[SamSniped]

Sure. I had to put it as a .txt file, since apparently .xml files are invalid...

 

[St. Patrick]

As the guy who had the problem, I figure this is probably worth noting:

Immediately after I close that error message, I get another one that reads as follows:

LoadXML call failed for xml\text\.shrimp_civ4gametext.xml.
Current XML file is: xml\text\nomadic_trait_civ4gametext.xml

Not sure if that adds anything or just complicates things even more, but I figured I'd bring it up. I should also note that the mod loads and works fine, I just get those messages whenever I load the mod.

 

[The_J]

mmhh...file itself looks okay.
Might be an idea to remove the

<!-- Shrimp -->

comments, because comments might crash the loading process in some files (most notably the sound XML files).

 

[vincentz]

what about the : .
LoadXML call failed for xml\text\.shrimp_civ4gametext.xml


"Failed Loading XML file xml\text\._shrimp_civ4gametext.xml.