Argghhh! Why doesn't this work?

[FOARP]

I've been messing around with the OOBs in the E3 mod and noticed that Italy's Blackshirt divisions (i.e., the ones with the initials 'CCNN' in their division names) are all included as militia divisions. Whilst I know that the Blackshirts were officially a militia, their weapons and training weren't really any worse than that of the regular Italian army, and they were organised and used as regular infantry, so I tried to change them to infantry.

Doesn't. Work. Even if I change only one of the Blackshirt divisions to infantry, and the only edit I make is to replace one line saying "type = militia" with one saying "type = infantry" the scenario refuses to load - the screen freezes halfway through the load - here's the edited text:

Anyone know how to fix it?

 

[Radu]

Your best bet is to take the code of an actual infantry division in the Italian OOB and replace the numbers correctly.

Regarding the highlighted snippet in the actual screenshot, you're missing the "model = X".

In general make absolutely sure that the IDs are correct, both "type" and "id". Best way to be sure you're correct is to copy-paste a vanilla template use consecutive numbers for the id.

But again, your best bet is to copy-paste something that you know works, a vanilla script is ideal, and change only one thing at a time at least until you get the hang of it.

 

[Kovakanki]

Are you sure that the problem is caused by that modification? I made the same change and it works perfect, although I'm using vanilla AoD, not E3. Also, "model = x" command doesn't seem to be compulsory, units without it are assumed to be model = 0.

 

[Fürstbischof]

Your best bet is to take the code of an actual infantry division in the Italian OOB and replace the numbers correctly.

Regarding the highlighted snippet in the actual screenshot, you're missing the "model = X".

In general make absolutely sure that the IDs are correct, both "type" and "id". Best way to be sure you're correct is to copy-paste a vanilla template use consecutive numbers for the id.

But again, your best bet is to copy-paste something that you know works, a vanilla script is ideal, and change only one thing at a time at least until you get the hang of it.

Copy-pasting is the way to go, definitely. I'm also curious if the missing model is cause of his frozen load screen or if he made some more changes, too.

 

[Fürstbischof]

Are you sure that the problem is caused by that modification? I made the same change and it works perfect, although I'm using vanilla AoD, not E3. Also, "model = x" command doesn't seem to be compulsory, units without it are assumed to be model = 0.

E3 is only a map mod so that this change should have the same effect regardless of the map which you're using for your game. If he made several of this changes he might have missed a # or might have introduced a typo which easily happens.

 

[FOARP]

@Radu - Thanks for the advice. Like Kovanki says, a model tag isn't necessary - it isn't used in the original file. It's probably not an id number problem, as this would bring up an error message, rather than simply having the loading screen freeze. I was hoping that there was some obvious mistake I had made that someone could spot, but if it is there I can't see it!

@Kovakanki - You're probably right. I'll replace all the .inc files with the original E3 .inc files and start again. Whilst I think this is the only change I've made, it may be that I've inadvertently changed something else.


Edit: It worked. Annoying to spend the best part of two days working on something that was wrecked by a tiny mistake!

 

[Fürstbischof]

Edit: It worked. Annoying to spend the best part of two days working on something that was wrecked by a tiny mistake!

Good.