OK, what did I do wrong THIS time?!

[vastator]

OK, new disks arrived yesterday, so I tried a few experiments. Increasing starting treasuries - fine, no problems at all. Carthage and the Seleucids are now swimming in cash. (Hah! That'll teach you Egyptian bastards! ) Making ANY other changes in descr_strat locked me out of the Imperial Campaign. Lowering the Egyptian population, giving the Germans farms, making the Carthaginian faction leader and his heir 10 years younger - same result every time. Still, the increased treasuries should make a difference to the more vulnerable factions.

[professorspatula]

Did you only try making one change at a time? If you're not certain about changing ages et al, just make one change, then see if it works. You'll be able to better pin-point what isn't working so the nice chaps and non-chaps here can help you out.

Changing buildings for example shouldn't pose a problem, but a typo or something might.

[vastator]

Did you only try making one change at a time? If you're not certain about changing ages et al, just make one change, then see if it works. You'll be able to better pin-point what isn't working so the nice chaps and non-chaps here can help you out.

Changing buildings for example shouldn't pose a problem, but a typo or something might.

Yep, that's exactly what I did, one change at a time. When it came to adding farms I cut and pasted to avoid typos but still nothing, nada, zero, zip, zilch... and a whole load of diddley-squat!

BTW Prof, I installed your Carthaginian archer mod today - nice work!

[professorspatula]

Cheers, I hope it's useful to you.

As to your continuing editing problems: crikey, I can't imagine how the campaign could always go wrong just by making one or two minor changes.

How about reverting back to a working descr_strat.txt file, then as Richard earlier suggested, posting the part you changed when it stopped working. There must be an explanation. Our fine-tooth combs are at the ready.