Some questions from a newbie modder

[TheGunslinger]

got another one...

I tried to create a universe, but when the game is at bout 42% creating
(you know, "Quick Game" "Begin" ) i always get an error message

"Range Check Error"

i already searched the modified .txt's, but i werent able to find a mistake...right now i edited the Quadranttypes.txt and Systemtypes.txt

[Fyron]

Could you post the files here so that I could look at them?

[Phoenix-D]

""Range Check Error"

If this happens before game start, you made something TOO big. SE4 doesn't like values over 64k for most files, for example.

Phoenix-D

[TheGunslinger]

well i dont have freespace, if you could give me ur icq uin or your email address, i could send you thhe files i modifed (currently 3 files, together 33k size)

[Fyron]

Click on this link to upload the files to Shrapnel: http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...bb=upload_form
I assume that you mean you don't have space on a web server that you use, since you get to upload up to 30 MB of files to shrapnel.

[TheGunslinger]

Thanks

here are urls, Cultures, Systemtypes and Quadranttypes.

1017668041.txt

1017667958.txt

1017668001.txt

[Fyron]

Systemtypes.txt doesn't have the end file lines. I don't know if that actually causes problems, but it would be worth it to check.

In Quadranttypes.txt, you have the Newborn's total chances for the appearance of system types equalling less than 1000. Change it from 240 to 1000, and see if that helps.

Oh, and btw, the quadrant/system types I posted are for SEIV 1.49, so there may be a few compatibility issues. In 1.49, the total chance in Quadranttypes.txt was in whole percents instead of 1/10 percents, so the total was supposed to be 100 and not 1000.

[ 01 April 2002: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[TheGunslinger]

Thanks for the hints, i fixed both, still i get the Range Check Error, though this time it appears at 47% Galaxy Creation....anyone more ideas ?

[Fyron]

Here is part of the problem in Systemtypes.txt:

quote:

---

Obj 9 Physical Type := Storm
Obj 9 Position := Ring 5
Obj 9 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Storm
Obj 9 Size := Any
Obj 9 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 9 Position := Ring 6
Obj 9 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 9 Size := Any
Obj 9 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 9 Composition := Any
Obj 10 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 10 Position := Ring 6
Obj 10 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 10 Size := Any
Obj 10 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 10 Composition := Any
Obj 10 Physical Type := Storm
Obj 10 Position := Ring 5
Obj 10 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Storm
Obj 10 Size := Any

---

Objects 9 and 10 have too many attributes.

I don't know what else is wrong. Try inserting your system type into a normal quadrant type.