question: changing unit points

[belliger]

HELP .
I made changes in EDU.txt into DATA folder, then copied and pasted into SP game EDU folder (overwriting the existing file).

then i launched the EB game (a copy that i have on the My Documents folder),
but, after a brief image of the opening screen .... CTD !

i tried to restart, re-overwriting the original EDU.txt file, but always CTD.


and, moreover and desperate ..... even the other copy i have still on the hard disk does CTD .
what what happened?
what should i do?

[Watchman]

Can you describe the nature of these changes ? There's a few which can mess things up, and of course a simple typo will get you a syntax error... (...been there... )

[belliger]

oh, i made a lot of changes.
i intervened on about 40 units to make them more powerful, making higher the number of javelins, the morale, and so on. gave more arrows and bullets.
i added saddle to some cavalry units, changed the slashing sword in piercing sword sometimes, added the ap (armour piercing) attribute, added also testudo attribute
hide_long_grass to some units (also to few cavalry units), and so on.
didn't change the nature of the units, didn't give them weapons they shouldn't have (didn't give horses to infantrymen, 'f course),

so, i intervened quite a lot on this EDU.txt file...
i intervened on it on the EB/DATA folder, then copied and parted into the SP GAME EDU BACKUP folder.

have to say, i worked quite a lot....

if i loose all this job, i could become quite ... sad

[Watchman]

Keep backups. Anyway, doesn't the error message tell what gives ?

[Megas Pyrrhos]

Not if he's using Vista. At least that was my problem when I modified the character_traits.txt file. Wouldn't tell me what had gone astray. Still couldn't get it to work right, even after I commented out everything I added.

[belliger]

i don't use Vista (yet - maybe never, as i heard about it...). this is what happens:
1 - run EB.
2 - the monitor opens the typical EB opening screen
3 - after some seconds it comes back directly to desktop (ctd).
another question:
how can i paste s file to these posts? so i could show you how the modified EDU.txt file is...

i tell you guys, i am sure i typed all the changes correctly: no spaces, no capital letters, no errors in the words, no wrong positions ...

[beatoangelico]

it could probably be just a typo, in the EDU they often cause errorless CTDs (I'm balancing the EDU for another mod and one day I've lost 2 hours due a stupid typo)

[Watchman]

In other words, Vista sucks a fatty one.
Anyways.
The -show_err switch in the desktop shortcut should give you an error-message box in the case of a CTD caused by a mistake in the files themselves. That's very useful for tracking down those pesky little syntax errors and typos that render something nonfunctional, so you should try that.
...
...although, do you still *get* that shortcut with all the appropriate switches with 1.1 ? I don't remember.