Problems with GOTM

[slowrider]

That sounds like what happens if a mod tries to load and fails catastrophically. You end up with no user interface. Where did you put the Hof Mod? Do you have anything installed in CustomAssets?

I just ran the HOF mod install ... thought it would load automatically to the correct folder.

I checked the CustomAssets folder ... there are a number of sub-folders ... which folder should the mod be loaded to?

Thanks

 

[AlanH]

The HOF Mod should have installed into the Mods folder, I believe. Does the game indicate that the HoF Mod is installed when you load the GOTM start file?

I only asked about the CustomAssets folder in case you've installed the HoF Mod or any others there that could be interfering with it. CustomAssets comes with a bunch of empty sub-folders (and sub-sub folders ...), so if you haven't installed anything into it, they should all still be empty.

 

[slowrider]

Here is the Pythonerr2 log.

sys.path = ['ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\email', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\encodings', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\build', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\py', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\tools', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\colourchooser', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\editor', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\floatcanvas', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\masked', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\mixins', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\ogl', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\py\\tests', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\tools\\XRCed', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM']

sys.modules = {'zipimport': <module 'zipimport' (built-in)>, 'signal': <module 'signal' (built-in)>, '__builtin__': <module '__builtin__' (built-in)>, 'sys': <module 'sys' (built-in)>, '__main__': <module '__main__' (built-in)>, 'exceptions': <module 'exceptions' (built-in)>, 'CvPythonExtensions': <module 'CvPythonExtensions' (built-in)>}

sys.builtin_module_names = ('CvPythonExtensions', '__builtin__', '__main__', '_bisect', '_codecs', '_codecs_cn', '_codecs_hk', '_codecs_iso2022', '_codecs_jp', '_codecs_kr', '_codecs_tw', '_csv', '_heapq', '_hotshot', '_locale', '_multibytecodec', '_random', '_sre', '_subprocess', '_symtable', '_weakref', '_winreg', 'array', 'audioop', 'binascii', 'cPickle', 'cStringIO', 'cmath', 'collections', 'datetime', 'errno', 'exceptions', 'gc', 'imageop', 'imp', 'itertools', 'marshal', 'math', 'md5', 'mmap', 'msvcrt', 'nt', 'operator', 'parser', 'regex', 'rgbimg', 'sha', 'signal', 'strop', 'struct', 'sys', 'thread', 'time', 'xxsubtype', 'zipimport')
load_module CvEventInterface
load_module CvCustomEventManager
load_module CvEventManager
load_module CvUtil
load_module traceback
load_module CvScreensInterface
load_module CvMainInterface
load_module ScreenInput
load_module CvScreenEnums
load_module time
load_module HOFContext
load_module _winreg
load_module configobj
load_module __future__
load_module re
load_module warnings
load_module codecs
load_module validate
validate import failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in ?
File "<string>", line 52, in load_module
File "CvEventInterface", line 13, in ?
File "<string>", line 52, in load_module
File "CvCustomEventManager", line 24, in ?
File "<string>", line 52, in load_module
File "CvEventManager", line 12, in ?
File "<string>", line 52, in load_module
File "CvScreensInterface", line 3, in ?
File "<string>", line 52, in load_module
File "CvMainInterface", line 11, in ?
File "<string>", line 52, in load_module
File "HOFContext", line 44, in ?
File "HOFContext", line 25, in __getInstallDir
File "HOFContext", line 17, in __getRegValue
WindowsError: [Errno 2] The system cannot find the file specified
load_module CvAppInterface

 

[slowrider]

The HOF Mod should have installed into the Mods folder, I believe. Does the game indicate that the HoF Mod is installed when you load the GOTM start file?

I only asked about the CustomAssets folder in case you've installed the HoF Mod or any others there that could be interfering with it. CustomAssets comes with a bunch of empty sub-folders (and sub-sub folders ...), so if you haven't installed anything into it, they should all still be empty.

The HoF 1.61.008 Mod is available when I start the game. Have to restart to launch it though. I can also launch directly from the HoF start file and as the game is loading the text indicates that the HoF 1.61.008 Mod is launching.

All my CustomAssets folders are empty.

 

[AlanH]

Based on the Python error log, it looks as if it's failing when it tries to read your Windows registry to get the location of your installed copy of Civ4. Did you install Civ4 normally onto that PC?

 

[slowrider]

Based on the Python error log, it looks as if it's failing when it tries to read your Windows registry to get the location of your installed copy of Civ4. Did you install Civ4 normally onto that PC?

I've removed and reloaded 2-3 times and it seems like the installation process is running smoothly but I still have the same problem. There are some minor scratches on the Civ installation disks ... nothing major but I think I'll buy a new copy and see if that solves the problem. Strange that I don't have a problem running the non-HoF version.

I'm going to keep trying to get this problem solved as I really want to use the HoF mod. I appreciate your help.

 

[AlanH]

I doubt if it's the DVD if Civ4 is running OK. Maybe I was wrong about XP, since it's the Registry that's throwing the Python error. If you have another reason to reinstall that, maybe now is the time. Or at least run a registry repair on it and see if that makes a difference.

 

[slowrider]

Thanks Alan, I think it's time to reinstall Windows. I've been avoiding it but now that Civ is acting up it must be done!

 

[Ralph_Jackson]

Thanks Alan, I think it's time to reinstall Windows. I've been avoiding it but now that Civ is acting up it must be done!

Now that's commitment to Civ.....

 

[slowrider]

Reinstalled Windows and now the HOF mod is running properly ... everything else is too.

Life is good.

 

[AlanH]

Glad we got to the bottom of that

The Registry is one of the long list of Things I Dislike Most About Windows