Help!!

Worthingtons · March 8, 2002, 18:42

Hi There, I'm looking for a Mod'ers assistance here.

Before starting my last game, along with my extensive edits to the game, I added 4 new Improvements/Wonders , Wembley Stadium(Great Wonder),Football Stadium(City Improvement),Emporer's Summer Home(Second Forbidden Palace),Prince's Retreat(Third Forbidden Palace available with Monarchy only).

I simply added these with the Copytool, and then changed the required perimiters in the Editor, I did not alter the Civlopedia or pediaicons.

Unfortunatly when Manchester Builds the Prince's Retreat, it crashes the game. I figured this could be to do with Several Causes

1.No Wonder Splash
2. No Icons
3. Some wierd problem with Govt. Buildings??????

I have since opened my Pediaicons and notice at the end of City Improvemnents section there are some 'homeless icons' , wtf???

Can anyone shed light on what i have to do to sort this error, and can i continue with my current game once i've made the changes.

Thanks
Rothy

Willem · March 8, 2002, 18:54

The problem is with the pediaicons.txt file, in the wonder splash area at the very bottom of the page. The wonder you've created gets listed along with the rest of the improvements in the Bic file, and it is given a number in pediaicons.txt corresponding to it's order in the list. If the numbers don't match up, the game will crash as soon as the wonder is built. You're probably using an older version of CopyTool. Gramphos had the numbering wrong, he was starting new improvements at #75, when it should have been #74. So since it's off a bit, your game will crash if there isn't a proper entry for it in pediaicons.txt. Just download the lastest version, he's fixed that problem now.

Worthingtons · March 8, 2002, 19:02

I have a pretty new version of Multitool, and also, is there way i can sort the problem WITHOUT having to start a new game???

I've looked in the pediaicons.pcx and here is my wondersplash

################################################## ####################
#WONDER_SPLADH_ART begin
#WON_SPLASH_30
art\wonder splash\pyramid.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_31
art\wonder splash\hanging gardens.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_32
art\wonder splash\Colossus.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_33
art\wonder splash\Lighthouse.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_34
art\wonder splash\GrtLibrary.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_35
art\wonder splash\oracle.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_36
art\wonder splash\great wall.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_37
art\wonder splash\Art of War.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_38
art\wonder splash\sistine chapel.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_39
art\wonder splash\circumnavigation.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_40
art\wonder splash\solar system explained.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_41
art\wonder splash\Great Playhouse.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_42
art\wonder splash\inventors workshop.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_43
art\wonder splash\GrtCathedral.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_44
art\wonder splash\great university.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_45
art\wonder splash\Great Trading Co.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_46
art\wonder splash\UnivSuffrage.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_47
art\wonder splash\dam.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_48
art\wonder splash\Theory of Evolution.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_49
art\wonder splash\un.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_50
art\wonder splash\Manhattan Proj.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_51
art\wonder splash\Cure for Cancer.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_52
art\wonder splash\longevity.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_53
art\wonder splash\SETI.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_54
art\wonder splash\Epic.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_55
art\wonder splash\Great Ironworks.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_56
art\wonder splash\forbidden city.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_57
art\wonder splash\military academy.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_58
art\wonder splash\pentagon.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_59
art\wonder splash\wall street.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_60
art\wonder splash\Apollo.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_61
art\wonder splash\SDI.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_62
art\wonder splash\intell.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_63
art\wonder splash\Battlefield Medicine.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_64
art\wonder splash\Battlefield Medicine.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_65
art\wonder splash\Battlefield Medicine.pcx
#WON_SPLASH_66
art\wonder splash\Battlefield Medicine.pcx

The last three Battlefield Medicine's are ones that I added to try and solve the problem.. but these numbers are in the 60's anyway, not 70's

Willem · March 8, 2002, 19:12

You're forgetting the Spaceship parts, they have a number in the list as well. Any new improvements always start at 74. You have to consider the other improvements in the list as well, not just the Wonders. They don't appear in the pediaicons.txt, but they still have a number assigned. I was having the same problem as you for the longest while, but now that I've figured it out, it's working just fine.

Worthingtons · March 8, 2002, 19:41

Willem! you are a genious! I love you!
ok.. well maybe I'm going a little far but your help has been invaluable to me, thank you very much.

Willem · March 9, 2002, 02:08

Don't thank me. I was having the same problem until I read Plutarch and Gramphos mention what the cause was. I couldn't figure out what those numbers did, so I did the same thing as you, number my first wonder 64.