Creating Campaign...

[TheSilverKnight]

http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/Rtw_Uploads/RTWupload/descr_stratcivilwar.txt

I have just created this using the TiME editor...and I can't get it to start up at all. Could a more experienced modder please take a look at this file and perhaps tell me if I've done anything wrong, and how I can fix it? :embarassed: It's supposed to be before the Roman Civil War, around 60 BC...so if anyone could PLEASE help with this, I'd be very grateful. Cheers!

[Epistolary Richard]

Are you using show_err (link in my sig)? Show_err is pretty good at finding problems in descr_strat.

[Ciaran]

That is, if descr_strat is causing the problem, of course. The TiME editor, according to what I´ve read, isn´t quite finished nor bug-free, so it may be causing troubles by messing up other files as well.

[aleajactaest]

TIME editor corrupts : 'descr_mercenaries.txt', 'descr_regions.txt' and 'descr_regions_and_settlement_lookup.txt' in the campaign folder. If you have a modified genealogy tree (historical characters, etc...), TIME editor corrupts fraquently this tree also...
I have made campaigns with TIME, this is my method :
- First, I make a copy of mercenaries, regions, etc... .
- I use TIME for editing and make the campaign, I put characters (named or generals) on the map without genealogy or record.
- I save, ans I reinstall the three saved files.
- I open 'descr_strat.txt' and I make manually my 'tree' and characters records.
I utilise show_err for testing. I make modifications one by one. When I reopen the campaign with TIME, for changes, I ever save the three files and the 'descr_strat.txt' (for to save the 'tree').
Ah, also, I make a copy of 'data\text\xxx_regions_and_settlement_name.txt' (xxx is the name of the campaign), every time, and I reinstall this copy after modifications.
Also, if you use RTW 1.3 or 1.5, every time, you must manually put in the 'descr_strat.txt' :
- brigand_spawn_value xx
pirate_spawn_value 2xx (after date)
- superfaction romans_senate for julii, brutii and scipii (if you want)
- Diplomacy section, at end of 'descr_strat.txt'.
I hope to help you with this.
Excuse my english, I read very well, but writing is another thing :laugh4: ...

[Lentonius]

the jist is that TIME is not de-bugged enough and quite frankly not good enough to create a playable campaign with...

yet again, CA should release a strat editor, especially with the new upcoming TW game

[TheSilverKnight]

Thanks for all your suggestions! I now have a working Civil War campaign that I'm tweaking for fine points :) Perhaps I'll release it onto the org, for vanilla 1.5! :balloon2:

[TheSilverKnight]

Hmm...
I have another problem.

I've added some temples to Roman cities to increase their loyalties, but I can't even get the campaign to start up again.

I have uploaded the descr_strat to the org, so if somebody could PLEASE take a look at it and see if you can find what's wrong with it?

The problem is that I can get to the faction selection menu, but when I click the arrow to play, it just crashes. No show_err report or anything. :help:

Here is the link the file to look at and try to debug.

http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/Rtw_Uploads/RTWupload/descr_stratcivilwar2.txt

[TheSilverKnight]

The Problem has been fixed. It seemed there was an error with the army of Gaius Julius...

Now I am experiencing no problems, I have made backups, and I am tweaking the campaign. I shall make a thread when it is released. I'll use this thread for further questions if there are any. ~:)