Tech Issue for EOG: Newbie needs help

[PatheticLoser]

This is my first time trying GOTM. I've downloaded and installed all 5 of the updates from the earlier games, and I am running Classic 1.29f. I reinstalled the original resources.pcx and resources_shadows.pcx, and the game worked fine, with a few of the improvements (stock exchange and The Internet) having no pictures associated with their improvement icon. The problem started the first time I won the Space Race. My whole system froze when the movie was supposed to kick off. So I nixed the space race and went for a Domination victory. Got that, but the game crashed on the following error:

Missing Entry in "text\pedialcons.txt": HURTN_RACE_PERSIAN

I then nixed the Domination victory, but the game ended on a cultural victory on the same turn, with the same resultant error message.

Not sure what to do. I assume it has to do with what the various beaten races say to you on the game end screen, but I have no idea how it happened, as the Persians were suitably chastened in my last regular game. If anyone else has run into this, I would greatly appreciate any advice on how this may have happened. I'm going to try to fix it using a reinstall of the "text" directory from the disk, if I can, but last time I tried it wouldn't let me access the game folders from the CD without a complete reinstall, which would mean reinstalling the updates, which I presume would again corrupt the same folder. ANYway, let me know if you've seen this error before.

Thnx,

T.

 

[bluebox]

Welcome to cfc and the gotm series, loser! . your playing style does not seem to be very pathetic, as you achieved a space race vic.

Your kind of problem appears every so often, especially with newly (re-)installed gotm add-ons. Your error seems to be connected with the infamous PediaIcons.txt file in the TEXT folder.
You could try the one contained here. you don't have to install all of that mod pack, just pick the 'pediaicons.txt'. It *should* support all tribes, unmodded and modded for gotm.
you have probably finished gotm34 - Zulus. I suppose you can submit your Space Race Vic, because you achieved it first, and you should not get a disadvantage in score because of technical problems in your winning turn (the early victory usually scores higher).

good luck

 

[ainwood]

There is a pediaicons.txt file linked to this post. Try this one - it has a lot of bugs "fixed". I hope....

 

[PatheticLoser]

Well, I downloaded Ainwood's .txt file, and it worked like a charm. Thnx to both of you for the help.

T.