[mod] The Song Of The Moon 2

[keldath]

ok man, i have something i hope, i looked for things that you might not have :

go to the art folder in the xml folder,
delete the file:
CIV4ArtDefines_Misc.xml

and replace the attached file i uploaded in the same folder of xml /art

see if this helps.

 

[JosEPh_II]

Okay this was different. The set up screen looked more normal. Selected my set up and picked arrakis map standard Epic speed Noble level. Hit GO/OK and Map bar screen comes up (progress!), BUT just as the green bar finishes, zap! back to desktop and "Civ 4 has encountered a problem...".

JosEPh

 

[keldath]

yes yes yes,

it means more missing art .

i refer to the final frontier mod, i guess u dont have it?


try the archipelago map, through custom.



ahhhh! it must be it... you dont have final frontier - i use some arts from there - check it out - see if you can install it as it was from bts installation.

 

[JosEPh_II]

I have FF in the BtS Mods folder. I've never removed it.

I'll try the Archipelago map as see what happens.

Edit: tried the Arch map, the green bar to load went faster But, still CTD when the green bar reached the end.

I told you this mod "hates" me.

JosEPh

 

[keldath]

mmmm...

its gotta bea an art thing,

i will figure it out, i just ran an 1500 auto play game with sotm2 to see if the mod is stable.

ill try to look further what arts are going out of the sotm2 folders.

 

[JosEPh_II]

Should I put the CIV4ARTSDEFINE_Misc file back in?

EDIT: If it runs for you and others then how do You set it up? What is the pattern you use? And Where do you have the Mod? In the c: Program Files.....BtS\Mods path or the My Documents...BtS\Mods path? There is a vital difference in our set ups that I must not be using.

JosEPh

 

[keldath]

well i gor it installed in the bts folder on my d:\

not sure if u need to re use the misc file.

 

[Drakarska]

well, gee. That's just a down right ambiguous answer

 

[JosEPh_II]

@Drakarska,
Does Song load and play for you? Or CTD as the Main screen is about to load?

I'm really reaching for straws here, like a drowning man....glub glub!

JosEPh

 

[keldath]

joseph,
try to do the following,
loaf the mod without the python,
load the mod without the art folder,
or, and thats a hail merry - remove the dll, see if any of those make the map load.

i went through the files, searching for things that will hinder the mod from loading,
still no go.

 

[Drakarska]

@Drakarska,
Does Song load and play for you? Or CTD as the Main screen is about to load?

I'm really reaching for straws here, like a drowning man....glub glub!

JosEPh

Well, lol, if your into irony, here's the details;

On my Toshiba laptop (which is 8yrs old) that has XP pro, I have no issues. On my over priced HP demi-god pc, which is win7, I get the ctd's.. But it's intermittent. I'd say about 85% on the crash.

Downside is, my Toshiba is now inactive because of a certain kitten deciding to use the power cord as a chew toy. Now I have to try to find a replacement cord, especially since I have all my modding tools on it

 

[JosEPh_II]

joseph,
try to do the following,
loaf the mod without the python,
load the mod without the art folder,
or, and thats a hail merry - remove the dll, see if any of those make the map load.

i went through the files, searching for things that will hinder the mod from loading,
still no go.

Have not had a chance to try any of this. Busy 4th of July weekend with visitors and family. I'll try these suggestions soon as I can.

JosEPh

 

[Drakarska]

Keldath, meant to ask. Did you base this off of FF or FF+? Reason I'm asking is that on my Toshiba, I have FF+. On my HP, I have FF. Could this be the problem?

 

[keldath]

hey guys,

nope, ive based it on kmod, started off from revdcm build, better bug ai then to kmod.

this puzzles me, im now wil have to focus on the civil war build.

also my doto mod is screwed i cant solve it for now.

only my barsoom mod is stable from start to end

 

[JosEPh_II]

Dancing Hoskuld once told me that when a Mod CTD's, where this one does, there is a missing art define in a schema file someplace.

JosEPh

 

[keldath]

yes,

the crash you are having is 999999% related to art at the beginning of the map load.

but since the mod loads fine at my end, its hard to know wheres the crash.


but i thought about something you can do -

theres a little program, its called civcheck.
look it up here on the search,
download it, as well as the program pakbuild - also located here (theres a good chance i included pakbuild in sotm2 folder)

after that - youll need to unpack the pal art file of sotm2, put the art folder in the mod, and run civcheck,
it will find you the missing art.

it sound complicated but its easy as pie.

 

[keldath]

Possible fix
for josephii

 

[JosEPh_II]

Will try this asap.

Hydromancerx from C2C says it works for him (SotM2), so why does it not work for me? We both played/use RoM, AND, and C2C.

I'm at a loss here.

JosEPh

 

[The Fool King]

I told you this mod "hates" me.
JosEPh

Nope, not just you. I have all the problems you describe as well.

 

[keldath]

sry to hear.

i have no idea whats wrong, the mod works fine on my end.

one day ill fix this.

but i got other modding priorities