Selecting homemade faction results in dropping back to the single player menu.

**Cecil XIX** · 09-01-2007, 08:31

I've recently made a mod folder where my sole change was to add another faction. The faction select screen appears exactly as it does in DukeofSerbia's guide, but when I select any faction and click 'start campaign' it drops me back to the singleplayer menu, and to get back to the faction select screen I have to get out of the single player screen and go back. I'll I've done is create a new faction from the province and family member of another faction, what could I have done wrong?

**alpaca** · 09-01-2007, 09:26

That usually means you have an error in your campaign.
Enable error logging and run the game again to get some info about what's the problem.

**Red Spot** · 09-01-2007, 12:59

check the RTW tutorials, they have a whole topic about what may possible cause a KTM and what may cure it ..

KTM -> Kick (back) To Menu

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**Cecil XIX** · 09-01-2007, 18:35

Hmm, it seems I need to set up my shortcut to display error messages. I've done so, even though my shortcut hasn't been working. It just displays 'Medieval II suffered a fatal error and will now exit.' I've been using a batch file to run the program, although for some reason it opens Medieval II in a 1024x768 window. Anyways, I've checked the error log but can't make heads or tails of it. The files mentioned are either there or unedited by myself.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Should I try to get my shortcut working, or can the error log from the batch file help?

**alpaca** · 09-01-2007, 19:51

Well if running the game doesn't work for you there's another problem :P
Did you delete the geography files?

**Cecil XIX** · 09-01-2007, 21:15

Hmm, I must have missed those when I read through your guide the second time. It did fix a problem, but not anything I've mentioned in this thread.

And it's not the game won't run, I can run the game with the regular application and the mod with the batch file. It's just the shortcut to my mod that isn't working.

**alpaca** · 09-02-2007, 12:36

Originally Posted by Cecil XIX

Hmm, I must have missed those when I read through your guide the second time. It did fix a problem, but not anything I've mentioned in this thread.

And it's not the game won't run, I can run the game with the regular application and the mod with the batch file. It's just the shortcut to my mod that isn't working.

Ah sorry I misread, just continue using the batch file then.

Simply add this to your config file:

Code:

to = logs/system.log.txt
level = * error

Then run the game, get the kickback and quit the game. Afterwards open your logs/system.log.txt, scroll to the end and see what the problem is.

**Cecil XIX** · 09-02-2007, 22:35

Ah, I see. I assumed the system.log in the Medieval II folder was what I wanted, since the log folder was empty but when I went to check after getting the problem, the Medieval II file was unchanged and another system.log file had appeared in the log folder.

Anyways, it said something about an error in descr_strat that I was able to fix. I had forget to edit the relatives list after I moved a relative out of the faction. Now I don't get kicked back to the menu, but the loading screen goes on ad infinitum.

16:59:05.890 [system.rpt] [always] CPU: SSE2
16:59:05.890 [system.rpt] [always] ==== system log start, build date: Apr 23 2007 version bld-medieval2-update2-84 (37970) ===
16:59:05.890 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_0.pack
16:59:05.890 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_1.pack
16:59:05.890 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_2.pack
16:59:05.906 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_3.pack
16:59:05.906 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_4.pack
16:59:05.906 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/localized.pack
16:59:09.062 [data.xml.tag] [error] File:[KOTR/data/descr_movies.xml]Error: empty tag.(4:26)
16:59:09.062 [data.xml.tag] [error] File:[KOTR/data/descr_movies_tracks.xml]Error: empty tag.(6:20)

I assume the only problem is with the movie files, but I don't know what "empty tag", "(4:26)" or "(6:20)" means.

**alpaca** · 09-02-2007, 23:07

Yeah the movie files are bugged in my mod folder installer, you should just delete them (and I should make a fixed version). They probably won't cause your problem though as I was playing fine with bugged movies files.
You say you created a new faction, does that mean you added it to descr_sm_factions and the whole stuff?
If so, does it work in custom battles?

**Cecil XIX** · 09-02-2007, 23:38

Having deleted the movie files and trying again, it did indeed not fix my problem. Oddly enough, the error log only had one line.

18:16:43.859 [system.rpt] [always] CPU: SSE2

As for my method, I used DukeofSerbia's guide to creating new factions. For each file he mentioned I searched for 'HRE', and for each instance I copied the data and replaced 'HRE' with 'Austria'. The exception was names.txt, which I did not modify since I did not add any new names.

The Custom Battles were intersesting. The faction symbol didn't show up of course, but on the unit selection screen all the units were displayed as RTW peasent. Further more, when I tried a battle they units were invisible with only the green markers to indicate their presence. In the first battle I order them forward, and they routed immidiately. The second time I let them receive the enemy charge, and they killed the enemy captain and routed them. Not quite sure how that happened.

**alpaca** · 09-03-2007, 11:19

You have to copy the HRE section in names.txt, too that could well be the culprit. You also have to put characters on the map with names that Austria has, although I think that the faction shouldn't work in custom battles either, then.
You also have to copy the unit cards and make new entries in the modelsdb file if you want to see the units.

Furthermore, did you edit text/expanded.txt and added all the strings you have to add for your faction?

**Cecil XIX** · 09-08-2007, 18:36

I'm not sure what you mean, there's no HRE section in data\text\names.txt

And yes, I have edited expanded to include everything necessary.

**alpaca** · 09-08-2007, 18:51

Originally Posted by Cecil XIX

I'm not sure what you mean, there's no HRE section in data\text\names.txt

And yes, I have edited expanded to include everything necessary.

There is one in data/names.txt

**Cecil XIX** · 09-10-2007, 22:24

Even after running the unpacker, and searching my Medieval II folder I have found only one data/names.txt, and it's in my mod folder for Deus lo Vult.

There seem to be only three files with 'names' in the name, descr_names, descr_names_lookup and names. Only the first has sections for each faction.

**alpaca** · 09-11-2007, 00:00

Originally Posted by Cecil XIX

Even after running the unpacker, and searching my Medieval II folder I have found only one data/names.txt, and it's in my mod folder for Deus lo Vult.

There seem to be only three files with 'names' in the name, descr_names, descr_names_lookup and names. Only the first has sections for each faction.

Argh I'm sorry

I meant descr_names.txt
I should stop answering stuff when I'm tired.

**Cecil XIX** · 09-11-2007, 19:05

I see. Well, I've definitely edited both descr_names.txt and expanded.txt

**alpaca** · 09-11-2007, 22:57

Originally Posted by Cecil XIX

I see. Well, I've definitely edited both descr_names.txt and expanded.txt

Well usually the error log displays something. You might try using * trace instead of * error

**Cecil XIX** · 09-27-2007, 03:47

Upon further reflection I've decided to drop it, as I've found a mod that's doing what I was trying to do anyway. Thanks for being so patient and helpful with me alpaca, I'm really impressed.

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