Help Pls: CTD when clicking to build UU in my mod

[Small Ashram]

Hi Everyone,

first post!

firstly thanks for all the contributions to these forums which have immensely improved my gameplay, or so i thought until last week as i found myself bottom of the power heap playing Boudica obviously took a step backwards there

at the weekend i tried to build my own mod for the first time: Lakedaimonia (Sparta) so not exactly original! read umpteen tutorials and by last night got most of it dialled. had a few problems like black flags but all sorted now.

Despite having to work on several files and make sure they all properly reference it was not too bad as i have done a lot of programming, have an eye for errors and i can usually fix bugs pretty quick.

however, i can't for the life of me work out what is causing civ4bts to CTD when i click to build the UU. (as soon as the UU becomes available after building the UB, wouldn't you?!?!?)

it happens every time and without mercy, so at least "reproducable"!

i attach here a zipped file of the mod in progress - can anyone possibly give some clues what i should be looking for? a solution would be even better of course

best regards, Sam

 

[Shiggs713]

I'd say a start would be the unit's art defines. check that out thoroughly

 

[mechaerik]

I assume its an ArtDefines error, but your artdefine looks clean; but the button is strange.
<button>,Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/spartiate.dds</button>
try
<button>Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/spartiate.dds</button

Shiggs beat me to it...
But yea, the its probably the artdefines, check your units civilopedia entry, does that come out looking right?

Welcome to the Forums, Small Ashram .

 

[Small Ashram]

thanks mate, that was quick!
will have a good look through that file

Sam

 

[Small Ashram]

thanks mechaerik - i thought it was strange to have the comma in there but from looking at other examples it seemed to be normal. will give it a go.

 

[phungus420]

Yeah, that comma bug gets everyone when they first start modding. The comma is only for unit art in the original Art0.fpk file the shipped with the game. Leaving it in with added units causes a CTD for some reason. Also what's really weird, is that default game units will work fine without that comma, so there really is no reason for it to be there in any case.

 

[Flintlock1415]

Yes, never use commas when defining the button. I think Firaxis used the commas because they refer to both a single button and one on an atlas.

Edit: Beat to the punch, I guess...

 

[Small Ashram]

sounds like a winner to me, must eat before trying though...

not the sort of thing that's obvious to the uninitiated but makes perfect sense now

thanks for your superb responses Sam

 

[Small Ashram]

lousy comma, doh!



thanks again

 

[Shiggs713]

actually you can use comma's on non FireAxis buttons, but the proper way to do it is like how merchaerik said;

<button>Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/spartiate.dds</button>

but you can actually do this also;

<button>, ,Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/spartiate.dds</button>

the comma's are normally only used for buttons within an atlas though. All of my custom buttons within my mod that actually use an atlas are like this;

<button>, ,Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/whatever_atlas.dds,5,10</button>

once you play around with enough xml errors you'll get the hang of it all...