This makes no sense..
 

I'm getting an "unable to load techarea.txt" message with my mod.. nothing else, just this. After playing around for a while, I found that this entry # 1 causes a crash, where entry #2 does not. What gives? They are, content wise, IDENTICAL, only the order of the components differ.

1
"
Name := Power Plants
Group := Applied Science
Description := Methods to power a ship.
Maximum Level := 15
Level Cost := 10000
Start Level := 0
Raise Level := 0
Racial Area := 0
Unique Area := 0
Number of Tech Req := 1
Tech Area Req 1 := Physics
Tech Level Req 1 := 2

Name := Advanced Propulsion
Group := Applied Science
Description := More powerful technology to propel a starship through space.
Maximum Level := 3
Level Cost := 10000
Start Level := 0
Raise Level := 0
Racial Area := 0
Unique Area := 0
Number of Tech Req := 3
Tech Area Req 1 := Construction
Tech Level Req 1 := 1
Tech Area Req 2 := Physics
Tech Level Req 2 := 1
Tech Area Req 3 := Propulsion
Tech Level Req 3 := 6"

2
"
Name := Advanced Propulsion
Group := Applied Science
Description := More powerful technology to propel a starship through space.
Maximum Level := 3
Level Cost := 10000
Start Level := 0
Raise Level := 0
Racial Area := 0
Unique Area := 0
Number of Tech Req := 3
Tech Area Req 1 := Construction
Tech Level Req 1 := 1
Tech Area Req 2 := Physics
Tech Level Req 2 := 1
Tech Area Req 3 := Propulsion
Tech Level Req 3 := 6

Name := Power Plants
Group := Applied Science
Description := Methods to power a ship.
Maximum Level := 15
Level Cost := 10000
Start Level := 0
Raise Level := 0
Racial Area := 0
Unique Area := 0
Number of Tech Req := 1
Tech Area Req 1 := Physics
Tech Level Req 1 := 2

Re: This makes no sense..
 

Make sure you only have 1 space between each tech entry. I was getting a dozen or so errors with my techarea.txt file and it was because I had two spaces after one of the entries.

Re: This makes no sense..
 

You misunderstood.. I was getting that error, and I cut out the ENTIRE FILE except for those two entries and the start/stop. The spaces between are the same in both cases, everything is the same.. but one causes a crash and the other doesn't (well, not counting SE4 complaining about the missing entries.. ;-) )

Phoenix-D