Breaking the startpos file with just one line

[naut]

Wow? It did all that and you only changed the one line. Then you restored it and it still didn't work? You can't play as the French?

I'm completely stumped. I'll try it out on mine. In which region did you change the units?

[Turbosatan]

Hey, Rythmic!

Thank you for replying. Yeah, I've made the mother of all boo-boos but I dunno how.

I honestly can't remember the region, it was one of the central ones with all the different naff units in -- Ile de France or Champagne, I think, but I can't be sure...

I'm beginning to think it's a registry thing... Because my girlfriend pointed out to me that to create my XL install I copy-pasted MTW-VI to a new folder then installed XL... ever heard of anything like that occurring?

Anyway, thanks again for the reply!

Best,

TS

PS: Just for future reference, are there a certain number of tab spaces between the columns in the makeunit section of the startpos file? (just so I don't go doing it again...)

[Turbosatan]

Hey Rythmic!

I had to reformat the hard drive, but completely reinstalled & now everything is cool.

Thanks again for the reply, dude...

[naut]

Good to hear.

(Not the reformatting part though, that sucks).

[Raz]

You reformatted your entire hard-drive just so you could play as the French in late era on XL for MTW?
. . .. I would've done the exact same thing. Wow, shows how much we all love MTW.

As for the "certain number of tabs", the format in the startpos isn't incredibly rigid. That's why you'll find tabs in some gaps and five or six spaces in others. Just as long as there is at least one tab between each bit of info is the important thing to remember.

Anyway, tell me, did you try again after this reformatting?

[Turbosatan]

You reformatted your entire hard-drive just so you could play as the French in late era on XL for MTW?
. . .. I would've done the exact same thing. Wow, shows how much we all love MTW.

Anyway, tell me, did you try again after this reformatting?

I know, I know, sad isn't it? When I think of the energy directed into playing/otherwise nafffing about with MTW... {shudders}

Anyway, I haven't as yet tried to change anything else... Though I'm sure I'll give into temptation soon enough! BTW my girlfriend (an incredibly patient person) pointed out -- after I'd reformatted -- that I'd been trying to reinstall to the same directory each time, so I probably didn't need to anyway & it was just something hanging about in the registry... Head, meet desk!

As for the "certain number of tabs", the format in the startpos isn't incredibly rigid. That's why you'll find tabs in some gaps and five or six spaces in others. Just as long as there is at least one tab between each bit of info is the important thing to remember.

Ahh... So overwriting the troop label, then pressing delete to bring the next column closer & just pressing TAB once should do it? Sorry to be a dunce, just a touch chary about wandering about in there now!