Game crashes when loading my mod :(

Splinter13 · Aug 15, 2006

Hey, I know this might not be the right board to post this but I already tried the troubleshooting boards and I really didn't get many views on my topic so I thought to place it here because this problem is really annoying.

I making a D-Day scenario and i'm done editing the WBS file and disabling some technologies with XML but thats it.. I plan to do a lot more but I just wanted to test out the game. When I load the mod everything is normal and nothing is wrong but when I start to load the game it will get about half way and then very quickly shut down and crash without a warning message or any other messages like "your blah blah blah has preformed an illegal...etc

If anyone has experienced this or just knows what might be the problem please help I've now tried to make 2 different scenarios and both of them have this exact same problem so I'm hoping it's quite popular and people know how to fix it.

Thanks alot for your time and for the help.

Denniz · Aug 15, 2006

Do you have python error and logging turned on?

Code:

; Set to 1 for no python exception popups
HidePythonExceptions = 0

; Enable the logging system
LoggingEnabled = 1

; Overwrite old network and message logs
OverwriteLogs = 1

; Enable message logging
MessageLog = 1

Splinter13 · Aug 15, 2006

Denniz said:

Do you have python error and logging turned on?

Code:

; Set to 1 for no python exception popups
HidePythonExceptions = 0

; Enable the logging system
LoggingEnabled = 1

; Overwrite old network and message logs
OverwriteLogs = 1

; Enable message logging
MessageLog = 1

I havn't edited any python. Are you suggesting to write all this stuff or are you suggesting to get rid of it if I have it? and where should I put it if you want me to put this in.

Jeckel · Aug 15, 2006

He's saying, go to your main Civ4 directory and you'll see a shortcut called _Civ4Config click it and it will open the civilization 4 config.ini file. Then find the lines mentioned in the above post and make sure they set the same as shown.

Then try loading your mod again. If nothing pops up and it just crashes silently then again open your main civ4 directory and find the shortcut _Civ4Logs and click it. This will take you to the log directory. Zip all the log files into one zip and post it here in this thread as an attachment and some one will look over it and go from there.

EDIT: You said you disabled some techs, if you have enabled techs that require disabled techs I think that has been know to cause strange problems, might be worth looking into.

Splinter13 · Aug 15, 2006

Jeckel said:
He's saying, go to your main Civ4 directory and you'll see a shortcut called _Civ4Config click it and it will open the civilization 4 config.ini file. Then find the lines mentioned in the above post and make sure they set the same as shown.

Then try loading your mod again. If nothing pops up and it just crashes silently then again open your main civ4 directory and find the shortcut _Civ4Logs and click it. This will take you to the log directory. Zip all the log files into one zip and post it here in this thread as an attachment and some one will look over it and go from there.

EDIT: You said you disabled some techs, if you have enabled techs that require disabled techs I think that has been know to cause strange problems, might be worth looking into.

Ok, I did what you told me to do in the civ4config. When I started loading the map this time this message pops up:

Code:

Python Exception

Traceback(most recent call last):

File "CvWBInterface", line 63 in getGameData

File "CvUtil", line 170, in findInfoTypeNum

RuntimeError : unifentifiable C++ exception

I havn't done any python or SDK editing so i'm really confused to why this is coming up. All the editing i've done is WB file editing and some XML. all the technologies i've disabled are the future tech ones so there should be no enabled ones that need the disabled techs.

Also I've been checking logs starting with the XML log and there are a bunch of these lines for almost everything loaded.. is this normal?

info type NONE not found, Current XML file is: Technologies/CIV4TechInfos.xml

Another thing I just found while snooping around the logs is this.. it's in the PythonDbg log

Code:

PY:loadDesc:mods\operation overlord\publicmaps\wbdday5, curDir:C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4
Reading game desc

Reading teams desc

reading team 0

reading team 1

reading team 2

reading team 3

reading team 4

reading team 5

reading team 6

reading team 7

Reading players desc

load_module encodings

load_module encodings.latin_1

Reading map desc

can't find map

Reading/creating 0 plot descs

Reading/creating 0 sign descs

WB read done

PY:OnUnInit
UnInit Python

So I guess it's not loading my map as indicated by above, but I still have no clue why it wouldn't be loading my map. Any help is apreciated
Thanks

Gerikes · Aug 15, 2006

Splinter13 said:
Ok, I did what you told me to do in the civ4config. When I started loading the map this time this message pops up:

Python Exception

Traceback(most recent call last):

File "CvWBInterface", line 63 in getGameData

File "CvUtil", line 170, in findInfoTypeNum

RuntimeError : unifentifiable C++ exception

I havn't done any python or SDK editing so i'm really confused to why this is coming up. All the editing i've done is WB file editing and some XML. all the technologies i've disabled are the future tech ones so there should be no enabled ones that need the disabled techs.

Here is line 63 in CvWBInterface:

Code:

worldSizeType = CvUtil.findInfoTypeNum(gc.getWorldInfo, gc.getNumWorldInfos(), WBDesc.mapDesc.worldSize)

So, chances are you incorrectly spelled or otherwise made incorrect the name of the world size when you were creating your WB file.

Splinter13 · Aug 15, 2006

Gerikes said:
Here is line 63 in CvWBInterface:

Code:

worldSizeType = CvUtil.findInfoTypeNum(gc.getWorldInfo, gc.getNumWorldInfos(), WBDesc.mapDesc.worldSize)

So, chances are you incorrectly spelled or otherwise made incorrect the name of the world size when you were creating your WB file.

In my WB file it's listed as

world size=WORLDSIZE_STANDARD

Is that correct?

Gerikes · Aug 15, 2006

Splinter13 said:
In my WB file it's listed as

world size=WORLDSIZE_STANDARD

Is that correct?

Looks good to me, although I'm not exactly a wizz with the scenario files. Why don't you post that file here, perhaps there is something else amiss.

Splinter13 · Aug 15, 2006

Ok here is my WB file, I'm not posting all the plot info though, everything other than it.

Code:

Version=11
BeginGame
    Tutorial=0
	Era=ERA_MODERN
	Speed=GAMESPEED_NORMAL
	Calendar=CALENDAR_WEEKS
	Option=GAMEOPTION_NO_CITY_RAZING
	Option=GAMEOPTION_NO_CITY_FLIPPING
	Option=GAMEOPTION_FLIPPING_AFTER_CONQUEST
	Victory=VICTORY_TIME
	Victory=VICTORY_CONQUEST
	Victory=VICTORY_DOMINATION
	GameTurn=25
	MaxTurns=175
	MaxCityElimination=0
	TargetScore=0
	StartYear=1944
	Description=Will you break the Atlantic wall and sucure France as the Allied forces or will you defend the wall as Nazi Germany?
	ModPath=Mods\Operation Overlord\
EndGame
BeginTeam
	Tech=TECH_MYSTICISM
	Tech=TECH_MEDITATION
	Tech=TECH_POLYTHEISM
	Tech=TECH_PRIESTHOOD
	Tech=TECH_MONOTHEISM
	Tech=TECH_MONARCHY
	Tech=TECH_LITERATURE
	Tech=TECH_CODE_OF_LAWS
	Tech=TECH_DRAMA
	Tech=TECH_FEUDALISM
	Tech=TECH_THEOLOGY
	Tech=TECH_MUSIC
	Tech=TECH_CIVIL_SERVICE
	Tech=TECH_GUILDS
	Tech=TECH_DIVINE_RIGHT
	Tech=TECH_NATIONALISM
	Tech=TECH_MILITARY_TRADITION
	Tech=TECH_CONSTITUTION
	Tech=TECH_LIBERALISM
	Tech=TECH_DEMOCRACY
	Tech=TECH_CORPORATION
	Tech=TECH_FASCISM
	Tech=TECH_UTOPIA
	Tech=TECH_FISHING
	Tech=TECH_THE_WHEEL
	Tech=TECH_AGRICULTURE
	Tech=TECH_POTTERY
	Tech=TECH_SAILING
	Tech=TECH_WRITING
	Tech=TECH_MATHEMATICS
	Tech=TECH_ALPHABET
	Tech=TECH_CALENDAR
	Tech=TECH_CURRENCY
	Tech=TECH_PHILOSOPHY
	Tech=TECH_PAPER
	Tech=TECH_BANKING
	Tech=TECH_EDUCATION
	Tech=TECH_PRINTING_PRESS
	Tech=TECH_ECONOMICS
	Tech=TECH_ASTRONOMY
	Tech=TECH_CHEMISTRY
	Tech=TECH_SCIENTIFIC_METHOD
	Tech=TECH_PHYSICS
	Tech=TECH_BIOLOGY
	Tech=TECH_MEDICINE
	Tech=TECH_ELECTRICITY
	Tech=TECH_COMBUSTION
	Tech=TECH_FISSION
	Tech=TECH_FLIGHT
	Tech=TECH_HUNTING
	Tech=TECH_MINING
	Tech=TECH_ARCHERY
	Tech=TECH_MASONRY
	Tech=TECH_ANIMAL_HUSBANDRY
	Tech=TECH_BRONZE_WORKING
	Tech=TECH_HORSEBACK_RIDING
	Tech=TECH_IRON_WORKING
	Tech=TECH_METAL_CASTING
	Tech=TECH_COMPASS
	Tech=TECH_CONSTRUCTION
	Tech=TECH_MACHINERY
	Tech=TECH_ENGINEERING
	Tech=TECH_OPTICS
	Tech=TECH_GUNPOWDER
	Tech=TECH_REPLACEABLE_PARTS
	Tech=TECH_RIFLING
	Tech=TECH_STEAM_POWER
	Tech=TECH_STEEL
	Tech=TECH_ASSEMBLY_LINE
	Tech=TECH_RAILROAD
	Tech=TECH_ARTILLERY
	Tech=TECH_INDUSTRIALISM
	Tech=TECH_RADIO
	Tech=TECH_REFRIGERATION
	ContactWithTeam=0
	ContactWithTeam=1
	AtWar=1
	RevealMap=0
EndTeam
BeginTeam
	Tech=TECH_MYSTICISM
	Tech=TECH_MEDITATION
	Tech=TECH_POLYTHEISM
	Tech=TECH_PRIESTHOOD
	Tech=TECH_MONOTHEISM
	Tech=TECH_MONARCHY
	Tech=TECH_LITERATURE
	Tech=TECH_CODE_OF_LAWS
	Tech=TECH_DRAMA
	Tech=TECH_FEUDALISM
	Tech=TECH_THEOLOGY
	Tech=TECH_MUSIC
	Tech=TECH_CIVIL_SERVICE
	Tech=TECH_GUILDS
	Tech=TECH_DIVINE_RIGHT
	Tech=TECH_NATIONALISM
	Tech=TECH_MILITARY_TRADITION
	Tech=TECH_CONSTITUTION
	Tech=TECH_LIBERALISM
	Tech=TECH_DEMOCRACY
	Tech=TECH_CORPORATION
	Tech=TECH_FASCISM
	Tech=TECH_UTOPIA
	Tech=TECH_FISHING
	Tech=TECH_THE_WHEEL
	Tech=TECH_AGRICULTURE
	Tech=TECH_POTTERY
	Tech=TECH_SAILING
	Tech=TECH_WRITING
	Tech=TECH_MATHEMATICS
	Tech=TECH_ALPHABET
	Tech=TECH_CALENDAR
	Tech=TECH_CURRENCY
	Tech=TECH_PHILOSOPHY
	Tech=TECH_PAPER
	Tech=TECH_BANKING
	Tech=TECH_EDUCATION
	Tech=TECH_PRINTING_PRESS
	Tech=TECH_ECONOMICS
	Tech=TECH_ASTRONOMY
	Tech=TECH_CHEMISTRY
	Tech=TECH_SCIENTIFIC_METHOD
	Tech=TECH_PHYSICS
	Tech=TECH_BIOLOGY
	Tech=TECH_MEDICINE
	Tech=TECH_ELECTRICITY
	Tech=TECH_COMBUSTION
	Tech=TECH_FISSION
	Tech=TECH_FLIGHT
	Tech=TECH_HUNTING
	Tech=TECH_MINING
	Tech=TECH_ARCHERY
	Tech=TECH_MASONRY
	Tech=TECH_ANIMAL_HUSBANDRY
	Tech=TECH_BRONZE_WORKING
	Tech=TECH_HORSEBACK_RIDING
	Tech=TECH_IRON_WORKING
	Tech=TECH_METAL_CASTING
	Tech=TECH_COMPASS
	Tech=TECH_CONSTRUCTION
	Tech=TECH_MACHINERY
	Tech=TECH_ENGINEERING
	Tech=TECH_OPTICS
	Tech=TECH_GUNPOWDER
	Tech=TECH_REPLACEABLE_PARTS
	Tech=TECH_RIFLING
	Tech=TECH_STEAM_POWER
	Tech=TECH_STEEL
	Tech=TECH_ASSEMBLY_LINE
	Tech=TECH_RAILROAD
	Tech=TECH_ARTILLERY
	Tech=TECH_INDUSTRIALISM
	Tech=TECH_RADIO
	Tech=TECH_REFRIGERATION
	ContactWithTeam=0
	ContactWithTeam=1
	AtWar=0
	RevealMap=0
EndTeam
BeginPlayer
	Team=0
	LeaderType=LEADER_BISMARCK
	LeaderName=Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
	CivDesc=Nazi Germany
	CivShortDesc=Germany
	CivAdjective=German
	FlagDecal=Art/Interface/TeamColor/FlagDECAL_Star.dds
	WhiteFlag=0
	CivType=CIVILIZATION_GERMANY
	Color=PLAYERCOLOR_RED
	ArtStyle=ARTSTYLE_EUROPEAN
	PlayableCiv=1
	MinorNationStatus=0
	StartingGold=500
	StartingX=38, StartingY=38
	StateReligion=
	StartingEra=ERA_MODERN
	CivicOption=CIVICOPTION_GOVERNMENT, Civic=CIVIC_POLICE_STATE
	CivicOption=CIVICOPTION_LEGAL, Civic=CIVIC_NATIONHOOD
	CivicOption=CIVICOPTION_LABOR, Civic=CIVIC_SERFDOM
	CivicOption=CIVICOPTION_ECONOMY, Civic=CIVIC_STATE_PROPERTY
	CivicOption=CIVICOPTION_RELIGION, Civic=CIVIC_FREE_RELIGION
	AttitudePlayer=1, AttitudeExtra=-92
	Handicap=HANDICAP_WARLORD
EndPlayer
BeginPlayer
	Team=1
	LeaderType=LEADER_FRANKLIN_ROOSEVELT
	LeaderName=Allied Chief Commander
	CivDesc=Allied Forces
	CivShortDesc=Allies
	CivAdjective=Allied
	FlagDecal=Art/Interface/TeamColor/FlagDECAL_StGeorgeCross.dds
	WhiteFlag=0
	CivType=CIVILIZATION_ENGLAND
	Color=PLAYERCOLOR_WHITE
	ArtStyle=ARTSTYLE_EUROPEAN
	PlayableCiv=1
	MinorNationStatus=0
	StartingGold=500
	StartingX=9, StartingY=38
	StateReligion=
	StartingEra=ERA_MODERN
	CivicOption=CIVICOPTION_GOVERNMENT, Civic=CIVIC_UNIVERSAL_SUFFERAGE
	CivicOption=CIVICOPTION_LEGAL, Civic=CIVIC_NATIONHOOD
	CivicOption=CIVICOPTION_LABOR, Civic=CIVIC_EMANCIPATION
	CivicOption=CIVICOPTION_ECONOMY, Civic=CIVIC_STATE_PROPERTY
	CivicOption=CIVICOPTION_RELIGION, Civic=CIVIC_FREE_RELIGION
	AttitudePlayer=0, AttitudeExtra=-90
	Handicap=HANDICAP_WARLORD
EndPlayer
BeginMap
	grid width=84
	grid height=52
	top latitude=90
	bottom latitude=-90
	wrap X=0
	wrap Y=0
	world size=WORLDSIZE_STANDARD
	climate=CLIMATE_TEMPERATE
	sealevel=SEALEVEL_MEDIUM
	num plots written=4368
	num signs written=0
EndMap

Gerikes · Aug 15, 2006

Splinter13 said:
Ok here is my WB file, I'm not posting all the plot info though, everything other than it.

<snip>

Just a few more question:

Vanilla or Warlords?
Did you modify the Civ4WorldInfos.xml file?

Also, do you think you can surround what part of the file you just posted with code tags to make it a bit more readable?

Splinter13 · Aug 15, 2006

Gerikes said:
Just a few more question:

Vanilla or Warlords?
Did you modify the Civ4WorldInfos.xml file?

Also, do you think you can surround what part of the file you just posted with code tags to make it a bit more readable?

Vanilla

no I did not edit the Civ4WorldInfos.xml file.

Gerikes · Aug 15, 2006

Well, I can't see anything wrong, although I have heard that even if you only have 1-2 teams, problems arise if you don't include the other teams in there (even if you just leave them blank). I'm not sure if that's true or not.

Splinter13 · Aug 15, 2006

alright i'll try adding in the teams again and just leave em' blank.

ohcrapitsnico · Aug 15, 2006

I have a similar problem with this and actually Gerikes helped me with this. I still haven't actually figured out the true problem. There was a problem with the cvgamecoredll and stuff. It was so complicated I didn't want to touch it anymore. The game also got mad at me when I had the mod's own cvgamecoredll.

Splinter13 · Aug 15, 2006

nope still didn't work and the same error message poped up.

Gerikes · Aug 15, 2006

I'm stumped. Hopefully someone who has more experience with the WBS files can help you. Sorry :blush:

Splinter13 · Aug 16, 2006

Gerikes said:
I'm stumped. Hopefully someone who has more experience with the WBS files can help you. Sorry

It's cool, thanks a lot for the help though.

I also do hope that somone can fix this because it's really frustrating..
oh well

Game crashes when loading my mod :(

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