Victoria 2 Removal of a tag

[Malenge]

Are there any good Victoria 2 modders here? I need some help with removing tags. Basically, I've tried to remove a tag, and I'm having issues starting a game. I can get into the country select screen just fine, but actually launching after picking a country is impossible.

I've already removed the tag itself, as well as its reference in country_colors. I've also removed all references to it in decisions and events, it doesn't have a file in history/countries, there is no reference to it anywhere in the history files in fact, not in any OOB, or anything.

Does anyone know what I might've missed?

 

[Savolainen5]

Does it work if you put the tag back in? What tag is it?

 

[Malenge]

Does it work if you put the tag back in? What tag is it?

Considering I've removed files such as the history/country file for it, no. Also, it's not about one specific tag, but about the process in general. I'd rather be able to extend it to remove several, if not most, tags.

 

[Andrelvis]

Considering I've removed files such as the history/country file for it, no. Also, it's not about one specific tag, but about the process in general. I'd rather be able to extend it to remove several, if not most, tags.

Why do you want to do that, if I may ask?

 

[Malenge]

Why do you want to do that, if I may ask?

To get a better understanding of how the game works. It's not practical, I know, but that's not the point.

 

[Andrelvis]

To get a better understanding of how the game works. It's not practical, I know, but that's not the point.

Which tag are you trying to remove?

Removing one like REB probably would give a lot of issues, since it likely has hardcoded references to it. A tag such as TUS, on the other hand, probably can be safely removed.

Also, what happens when you try to launch the game? Does it crash?

 

[Malenge]

Which tag are you trying to remove?

Removing one like REB probably would give a lot of issues, since it likely has hardcoded references to it. A tag such as TUS, on the other hand, probably can be safely removed.

Also, what happens when you try to launch the game? Does it crash?

I think I chose ENG, since it would be the most difficult to remove.

The game launches fine, but crashes as soon as I try and actually launch the game, right before adapting history after the country select screen.

 

[Andrelvis]

I think I chose ENG, since it would be the most difficult to remove.

The game launches fine, but crashes as soon as I try and actually launch the game, right before adapting history after the country select screen.

Wow, ENG You would have to edit each and every province history of all the provinces it owns at start to remove references to it...

Anyhow, there's a reference to it in the tutorial. Maybe it's that?

 

[Malenge]

Wow, ENG You would have to edit each and every province history of all the provinces it owns at start to remove references to it...

Anyhow, there's a reference to it in the tutorial. Maybe it's that?

That's actually quite easy to do, computers are very good at mass editing text files.

It might be the tutorial, but considering the game launches just fine, that seems kind of odd. I could understand it crashing at the tutorial, but not during a regular game.

 

[Savolainen5]

Considering I've removed files such as the history/country file for it, no.

What I meant was "What happens when you put all the files back?" Because crashing at game start rather than in loading indicates to me that it's not a problem of a tag.

 

[Malenge]

What I meant was "What happens when you put all the files back?" Because crashing at game start rather than in loading indicates to me that it's not a problem of a tag.

If I put all the files back, everything works like normal.

 

[Andrelvis]

Did you just remove the "owner = ENG", "add_core = ENG" and "controller = ENG" tags from the province history, or did you change it for some other country? If you just removed it, that would mean there would be factories in unowned provinces, which could be causing the crash.

 

[Malenge]

Did you just remove the "owner = ENG", "add_core = ENG" and "controller = ENG" tags from the province history, or did you change it for some other country? If you just removed it, that would mean there would be factories in unowned provinces, which could be causing the crash.

I simply removed it, in that case, where would the factories be defined?

 

[Andrelvis]

I simply removed it, in that case, where would the factories be defined?

They are defined in the province history itself. There are also province buildings which may or may not cause a crash.

 

[Malenge]

They are defined in the province history itself. There are also province buildings which may or may not cause a crash.

Oh, in that case, I've already checked that. That's not the issue.

I've taken a different approach, now, to try and find out what I can and cannot do. This here removes all tags, except the UK. This also required me to remove references to some tags in cultures.txt and cb_types.txt.

I can't for the life of me figure out why this would fail. I've even done a thorough search of all game files for all tags, and there none (Except in localisation and flags, which shouldn't cause an issue).

Here are the files for reference:
https://mega.nz/#!sAM3hSzT!7tzCOgBxoLVptxWbfLa976IiYJRb9GHeZLLQm8Uhfgc

 

[Savolainen5]

Try downloading the Validator and using it to find errors.

 

[General WVPM]

Make sure to remove it EVERYWHERE, including the oob files, flags, common/countries, events and decisions.

 

[Malenge]

Try downloading the Validator and using it to find errors.

Where can I find that?

Make sure to remove it EVERYWHERE, including the oob files, flags, common/countries, events and decisions.

I've already done that, I've even linked the actual files I use.

 

[General WVPM]

I couldn't download it due to some error, so I couldn't check the files.

 

[Savolainen5]

Where can I find that?

Google. Vic2 Validator or EU4 Validator (it works for all Clausewitz games)