[XML] An XML file isn't working and my logs don't show anything about it. Looking for troubleshooting tips

The issue is solved, I'd just managed to forget that Database.log is the relevant file, not Xml.log.
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Is it possible for the logs to malfunction somehow, or are all errors with a file not loading not always in them.?

The file is the problem code, though I don't expect you to comb through it: just hoping for a better way to troubleshoot.

I'm pretty sure the Trench yields wouldn't work anyway, but it still won't load when all reference to Ice and Trenches are removed.

It is part of a larger mod whose other components seem to be working as intended.

 

Haven't ever run into any issue with logging. If something is wrong with the file, it should show up.
And given that it's active automatically in BE, it should work, unless you've modified the files in the user folder to disable it.

It's probably more likely that you either forgot to load the XML file, or accidentally chose the wrong action to do so. Moving the file around also removes it from the list of loaded files if you're using ModBuddy.

 

I don't think I've modified the user folder there beyond something way back when to enable it, and aside some strange mod conflict with the Codex mod I've never had other issues with it.

And by the date modified the logs appear to be updating.

I've been editing the file with Notepad++ rather than Modbuddy, and I don't think it's been moved.

What would that mean exactly?

This is the relevant part of the Modinfo file, and all the files listed with it seem to be working.

Thus I think it's a problem in the XML file, but I can't find any mention of "SH Build" or the mod's name in the xml.log.

Code:

<Files>
    <File md5="6E2F1C5E8E644206EF7062F63D38E738" import="0">Affinity Buildings/Harmony Build.xml</File>
    <File md5="B1F4D6132070E0FA09C1330871EFADE4" import="0">Affinity Buildings/HP Build.xml</File>
    <File md5="A2E0144452BFC7B696664DACC1A18BC9" import="0">Affinity Buildings/PS Build.xml</File>
    <File md5="FAF8B0BCEE85F25B6DFE82A28A2DCBD2" import="0">Affinity Buildings/Purity Build.xml</File>
    <File md5="E877D857F79AF90521A72EF4D1866C41" import="0">Affinity Buildings/SH Build.xml</File>
    <File md5="E95B5411A9AA48C89479846B70FA7720" import="0">Affinity Buildings/Supremacy Build.xml</File>
    <File md5="BD7071AE8107AC4430D056AC772F3BE0" import="0">Exclusivity Code/Lua/AffinityAffiliationTestScript.lua</File>
    <File md5="15F9FFE5CF3091839BC57020AFE96B30" import="0">Exclusivity Code/SQL/UpdateBuildingTable.sql</File>
    <File md5="A2D220B934880F68F5C6D7129CF80309" import="0">Modular Building Quests resource/BuildingChoiceTemplateQuest.lua</File>
    <File md5="456CA3F098A6E5FACC45B594997402B3" import="0">Modular Building Quests resource/BuildingQuestTable.sql</File>
  </Files>
  <Actions>
    <OnModActivated>
      <UpdateDatabase>Modular Building Quests resource/BuildingQuestTable.sql</UpdateDatabase>
      <UpdateDatabase>Exclusivity Code/SQL/UpdateBuildingTable.sql</UpdateDatabase>
      <UpdateDatabase>Affinity Buildings/Harmony Build.xml</UpdateDatabase>
      <UpdateDatabase>Affinity Buildings/HP Build.xml</UpdateDatabase>
      <UpdateDatabase>Affinity Buildings/Purity Build.xml</UpdateDatabase>
      <UpdateDatabase>Affinity Buildings/PS Build.xml</UpdateDatabase>
      <UpdateDatabase>Affinity Buildings/Supremacy Build.xml</UpdateDatabase>
      <UpdateDatabase>Affinity Buildings/SH Build.xml</UpdateDatabase>
    </OnModActivated>
  </Actions>

I'm pretty sure I remember the file loading properly in the past, but I don't remember what changed.

Anyway, thanks for the help.

 

Errors in XML files are found in Database.log, not in xml.log

 

Thanks, and I found the error immediately, I'd put "FeatureType" instead of "BuildingType".

It's been awhile since I've been modding, but I should have remembered that.