Alpha Centauri 2

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire => Modding => Bug/Patch Discussion => Topic started by: Sigma on August 28, 2013, 01:46:36 PM

Title: Some help with a faction set bug
Post by: Sigma on August 28, 2013, 01:46:36 PM

Okay we got a problem here.

I've attached my faction pack with some fixes I put in to correct a few grammar issues, and suddenly SMAX crashes as soon as the escape pod lands. I've checked all of my faction files and I can't pinpoint where the bug is. Can someone with more detailed eyes take a look at it?

Title: Re: Re: Some help with a faction set
Post by: ete on August 28, 2013, 01:49:15 PM

On it.

Title: Re: Re: Some help with a faction set
Post by: ete on August 28, 2013, 02:00:11 PM

I'm not getting a crash, but I did notice something odd in the Pilgrims rules line:
  TECH, Ecology, SOCIAL, +PLANET, SOCIAL, FANATIC, 0, FREEABIL, 11, IMPUNITY, Fundamentalist, SOCIAL, -INDUSTRY, FUNGMINERALS, 1,
  TECH, Ecology, SOCIAL, +PLANET, FANATIC, 0, FREEABIL, 11, IMPUNITY, Fundamentalist, SOCIAL, -INDUSTRY, FUNGMINERALS, 1,

Which faction are you playing as that crashes?

Title: Re: Re: Some help with a faction set
Post by: Sigma on August 28, 2013, 02:06:42 PM

Yeah that should be fixed already. I took out their Economy penalty but forgot to delete the "SOCIAL" flag before it. The second line is the accurate one.

I ran it with all of the factions and it crashed each time. I haven't changed anything in my alphax except for the Custom Factions section.

Title: Re: Re: Some help with a faction set
Post by: Buster's Uncle on August 28, 2013, 02:08:47 PM

Hmm.   Problems there usually lock up the game at the faction select screen...

Title: Re: Re: Some help with a faction set
Post by: ete on August 28, 2013, 02:20:26 PM

hm, have you tried re-downloading the original set and seeing if that fixes it? Because neither set of files is giving me a crash, so the problem is likely elsewhere.

Title: Re: Re: Some help with a faction set
Post by: Sigma on August 28, 2013, 02:24:15 PM

Sure, I'll give that a shot.

Title: Re: Re: Some help with a faction set
Post by: Sigma on August 28, 2013, 04:10:55 PM

Okay so this is incredibly weird.

If I run this faction set with anywhere from 1 to 6 of the custom factions in play, with the remaining spaces filled with official factions, it runs without a hitch.

However, if I use all seven are used the game crashes either immediately after the my HQ is founded, or after I move my first unit.

Also, for some reason why I played as House Satori, whatever starting units I have, be they scout patrols or colony pods, are automatically Elite; anything I build after planetfall are Very Green, per Satori's -2 Morale modifier.

Title: Re: Re: Some help with a faction set
Post by: Yitzi on August 28, 2013, 04:27:47 PM

Quote from: Sigma on August 28, 2013, 02:06:42 PM

Yeah that should be fixed already. I took out their Economy penalty but forgot to delete the "SOCIAL" flag before it. The second line is the accurate one.

I ran it with all of the factions and it crashed each time. I haven't changed anything in my alphax except for the Custom Factions section.

What message are you getting on the crash?  That can often be used to figure out what's going on.

Title: Re: Re: Some help with a faction set
Post by: Sigma on August 28, 2013, 04:33:11 PM

"Alien Crossfire.exe has stopped working

A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available."

Then all I can do is click "Close Program."

Title: Re: Some help with a faction set bug
Post by: Yitzi on August 28, 2013, 06:57:48 PM

Well, I haven't figured out why running it with only some of the custom factions makes it not crash, but I think I've found the cause of the crash.  In the pilgrims file, "use of force" (the first of the five numbers after the name/gender/number data) is set to 2.  The options are either -1 (pacifist), 0 (erratic), or 1 (aggressive), so when you set it to 2, it sometimes crashes the game.

Title: Re: Some help with a faction set bug
Post by: Sigma on August 28, 2013, 09:36:49 PM

That did the trick! Thanks for the help Yitzi!

As far as why it was crashing when I ran it with 7 factions, that was a coincidence. The seventh faction that I added was the Pilgrims!