TDM Mod Pack 3.00 errors

[Daynarr]

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Originally posted by Elmo:
Guys

Tried starting a Gold game with the new TDM Mod Pack 3.00 but got two errors:

Could not find field "Race Opt 2 Characteristic 6 Type" in record Sergetti

Could not find field "Race Opt 2 Characteristic 6 Amount" in record Sergetti

I was not running any other mods. Restarted from scratch and got the same errors again.

Elmo

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This is my fault. Sorry about that.

I did notice the error but it was too late to change it for the gold CD - it was already out for a print.
I would see it sooner but I almost never use 3000 empire points game.

[Elmo]

Guys

OK, I see the actual problem.

Here is what Op 2 Characteristic 6 looks like:

Race Opt 3 Characteristic 6 Type := Political Savvy
Race Opt 3 Characteristic 6 Amount := 50

Note that it is incorrectly listed as Op 3. So the fix is to change the 3's to 2's. There are actually 8 Characteristics so you don't want to change Op 2 Num Characteristics to 5.

Elmo

[ 08 March 2002: Message edited by: Elmo ]

[Daynarr]

Ok, since I don't know exactly when will the next Version of TDM Modpack be released, I have posted a quick-fix file to correct this error (its in the "New Scenario/Mod forum - New Scenario/Mod Forum ).

All you need to do is unzip the file in the SE4 Gold folder and it will replace the offending file.

Once again, sorry about this error.

[ 11 March 2002: Message edited by: Daynarr ]

[PsychoTechFreak]

I see a problem with the Krill, and I am completely in a mist about this, I cannot find the root cause:

Ai Design Creation Errors: c:\programme\shrapnel games\malfador machinations\space empires iv

- Unknown value "Kamikaze" for Default Strategy in record "Kamikaze Attack Ship".

The curious issue about it, under ...\malfador machinations I have got two folders, the one mentioned above "space empires iv" and another one "space empires iv gold", why does the program look into the non-gold folder (this has been installed by the gold CD, it is not the old one)?

[capnq]

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Unknown value "Kamikaze" for Default Strategy in record "Kamikaze Attack Ship".

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IIRC, the default strategy for Kamikaze ships is supposed to be "Ram".

The other thing sounds like a path problem, but I'm not sure about that.

[PsychoTechFreak]

I have got a problem to find the corrupted file. Under ...\space empires iv (this seems to be a kind of forgotten to be deleted path from the gold CD) is not much to find. And under the Gold folder and TDM folder, every default_ai_strategy.txt has entries like:

Name := Kamikaze
Primary Movement Strategy := Ram
Secondary Movement Strategy := Point Blank

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The name of a strategy is fully customizable, AFAIK.

EDIT: The problem just appears with the Krill turns, about 80% of their turns.

[ 14 March 2002: Message edited by: PsychoTechFreak ]

[PsychoTechFreak]

It seems that I have accidently changed something, I will take a look into that tonight, the original entry in the Xiati designCreations looks correct:


Name := Kamikaze Attack Ship
Design Type := Kamikaze Attack Ship
Vehicle Type := Ship
Default Strategy := Don't Get Hurt

Don't Get Hurt for a Kamikaze Attack Ship, hmmmm ?