Campaign Map Not Loading....

[Makanyane]

Ramashan, good point will try and add something to top post about that. I've also accidentally done that to map_regions in PaintShopPro, that one needs Pixel Resize instead of Smart Size.

I was trying to work out why that CTD'd without message whereas having pixels of extra colours (which is effectively what you get) in small area gives you a KTM with message. Just realised it is probably because you've got so many extra colours that it is reading as being over the 200 region limit....

Using the wrong re-size method also messes up the other files though normally with odd graphic effects rather than CTD - for ground_types you'll get lots of pink areas where colour is invalid, for climates you'll have default climate appearing where you have the unknown colour, map_heights you get odd 'mountains' around coast where you've merged land and sea.

[Makanyane]

hmmmpf - will test a bit more to define at some stage and add but -
CTD 2/3rds way along campaign loading bar
- caused by large mismatch between regions in descr_regions and
the ones listed in data/text/campaign_name_regions_and_settlements.txt (I think if you're only one region out you get an error message but will check that)

this can be caused, for instance, by using an old regions and settlements.txt file by mistake - making this mistake simultaneously with trying to move mod to new mod-folder can result in spending whole afternoon trying to work out why campaign won't load anymore......

[Warluster]

I don't know if you have this listed but:

WHen all the game runs perfectly (it loads,etc)

Then you go into the Imperial Campaign Menu, and press a faction, then press thje arrow, and it goes back to the Main Menu?

THat happens when you've modded/edited with one of the Data/World files, or when you've downloaded a mod which does.

This applies to RTW and M2TW

[Makanyane]

Warluster, what you are describing is a KTM (Kick back To Menu) there are a few possible ones in the list look for the ones starting:
Symptom: KTM's with message on exit

You should get message when you quit the game if you are using -show_err on your shortcut. There is at least one cause where you don't get message (unfortunately I can't remember what it is and haven't come across it recently).

[Kurulham]

Morning all,

I've been getting a problem that's not a CTD, nor really a KTM; rather, it's a failure for the campaign map to even BEGIN loading.

The problem comes when I try to add support for night battles; from everything I've read, I just change the descr_strat to include the options bi and night_battles_enabled tags (and use the BI exe, of course).

Problem is, when I do this, descr_strat no longer parses properly. If I try to load the campaign I get a "Please select an item from the menu" message. The starting time always shows up as 1 AD, and when I close RTW again, I get a descr_strat error that it couldn't find the campaign start date (which is very definitely still there).

Removing the options bi tag and just leaving in the night_battles_enabled tag causes a CTD; removing both tags causes night battles to not work.

Any thoughts/ideas?

[Makanyane]

could you copy and paste the top of the file in a reply here, from top to part that includes those lines - it sounds like you have the wording or placement slightly wrong, it does indeed stop parsing file if it hits something it doesn't recognise (might be the order you've put them in if not spelling etc)

[Squid]

Also you don't need the BI exe to have nightbattles. If you're using the BI exe the changes you're making for nightbattles are unnecessary.