Help!?

[VENI]

Has anyone seen this before?
I did some minor tweaks to the rules.txt of my MGE scn, & then when I loaded the game, this came up. Reverting to the pre-tweaks didn't solve this ...
Any ideas?? thanks in advance ...

[AGRICOLA]

I know less than diddly about C++, but the problem evidenty is in civ2.exe. Have you tried reinstalling civ2 MGE?

[Turno71]

I'm afraid you'll have to reinstall Civ, pick up the .TXT and start again tweaking. Beware, this time change one value at time and do a continous reload. It's tyring, but you'll avoid further troubles.

I did the same once and my Civ2.exe never started again, ever after reinstallation...

[VENI]

I hadn't though of that: I've assumed s/thing was somehow wrong in rules.txt (all other scenarios are working just fine). I'll let you know.
Thanks so much for the feedback!

[McMonkey]

Is the rules file in a separate scenario folder or in the main Civ2 folder?

If it is in a separate scenario folder copy and paste the damaged rules somewhere (EG desktop) and then put in the vanilla rules. If the scenario works then copy your edited scenario rules section by section into the vanilla rules text file. After adding a section save the rules text and try loading the scenario until it crashes again. You will then know where the error is.

Normally when I make an error in the rules file and the game crashes to desktop I try this method and it is usually due to a missing comma or something trivial like that. However I don't normally see that error message so I might be talking a load of baloney

[VENI]

Great Minds ....

Holy smokes, McMonkey: that's precisely what I've done (re-installing civ2.exe didn't work), and lo and behold, sure as shinola, there it was: a missing comma ...
I feel rather embarassed, actually
Me, who prides himself on attention to detail
And smilies aside, I can now carry on

Thanks so much, guys!!!

[McMonkey]

The humble comma. Seemingly insignificant but deadly

[Turno71]

The humble comma. Seemingly insignificant but deadly

Indeed. I had to use HDD Regenerator because of one of these...