Please help to find a bug in the Crusaders scenario - the game crashes

[kinguru1]

I've been playing a great medieval scenario The Crusades 1100AD and enjoyed it very much until i researched Organized Religion and then when it is the time to reasearch a new tech the game constantly crashes. I believe it's due to a bug in the tech tree but i can't figure it out. Can anybody take a look at the rules.txt section and see if there is a problem? I can't wait to continue playing it but i can't unless i set the reasearch to 0%. Please help!

@CIVILIZE
Siege Technology, 4,-2, nil, Mat, 0, 4 ; AFl
Alphabet, 5, 1, nil, nil, 0, 3 ; Alp
War Horse, 3,-2, Cmp, Pla, 3, 0 ; Amp
Wind Power, 4, 1, Cst, Mat, 1, 3 ; Ast
Water Power, 4,-1, Ast, Mat, 2, 3 ; Ato
Monastic Orders, 6,-1, no, no, 3, 4 ; Aut
Usury, 4, 1, Tra, Fli, 1, 1 ; Ban
Bridge Building, 4, 0, Iro, Cst, 0, 4 ; Bri
Bronze Working, 6,-1, nil, nil, 0, 4 ; Bro
Ceremonial Burial, 5, 0, nil, nil, 0, 2 ; Cer
City Defence, 5,-1, U1, CA, 0, 0 ; Che
Chivalry, 4,-2, Pla, Ldr, 1, 0 ; Chi
Written Lawcode, 4, 1, Alp, nil, 0, 2 ; CoL
Pulleys, 5,-1, Chi, AFl, 1, 4 ; CA
Vernacular Lit., 5,-1, Cmn, Exp, 2, 2 ; Cmb
Religious Writing, 5, 0, Mon, Fli, 2, 2 ; Cmn
Plate Armour, 4, 1, Chi, Che, 1, 0 ; Cmp
Chainmail, 7,-1, nil, nil, 1, 0 ; Csc
Construction, 4, 0, Mas, Cur, 0, 4 ; Cst
The Corporation, 4, 0, Ban, Tra, 2, 1 ; Cor
Currency, 4, 1, Bro, nil, 0, 1 ; Cur
Parliamentary Gov't,5, 1, Mon, Inv, 2, 2 ; Dem
Economics, 4, 1, Uni, Ban, 2, 1 ; Eco
Vaulted Arch, 4, 0, Fli, E2, 2, 4 ; E1
Rounded Arch, 4, 1, Eng, Fli, 3, 4 ; E2
Architecture, 4, 0, Whe, Cst, 0, 4 ; Eng
International Fairs,3, 1, Tra, Nav, 0, 2 ; Env
Episcopal Structure,2,-1, Fli, Mon, 3, 0 ; Esp
Religious Orders, 5, 0, Phi, Fli, 2, 4 ; Exp
Feudalism, 4,-1, nil, Plu, 0, 0 ; Feu
Organised Religion, 4,-1, Fun, nil, 1, 4 ; Fli
Religion, 3,-2, nil, MT, 2, 2 ; Fun
Englishness, 3, 0, no, no, 3, 3 ; FP
Frenchness, 3, 2, no, no, 3, 3 ; Gen
Outlawry, 4, 1, Mon, no, 3, 0 ; Gue
Gunpowder, 8,-2, Inv, CA, 1, 0 ; Gun
Horseback Riding, 4,-1, nil, nil, 0, 0 ; Hor
Industrialization, 6, 0, no, no, 0, 2 ; Ind
Early Renaissance, 6, 0, Fli, Phi, 1, 4 ; Inv
Iron Working, 5,-1, Bro, War, 0, 4 ; Iro
Religious Tolerance,4,-1, Fli, Phi, 3, 2 ; Lab
Flemishness, 4, 0, no, no, 3, 3 ; Las
Templar Order, 5,-1, Fli, Csc, 1, 0 ; Ldr
Book Production, 5, 2, Wri, Cmn, 0, 3 ; Lit
Steel, 4,-2, no, no, 0, 0 ; Too
Clinker-Built Ships,4,-1, Feu, Nav, 1, 4 ; Mag
Map Making, 6,-1, Alp, nil, 0, 1 ; Map
Masonry, 4, 1, nil, nil, 0, 4 ; Mas
Burgundianness, 5, 0, no, no, 3, 4 ; MP
Mathematics, 4,-1, Alp, Mas, 0, 3 ; Mat
Medicine, 4, 0, Phi, Tra, 0, 2 ; Med
Forge Casting, 6,-2, Gun, Rad, 1, 0 ; Met
Scottishness, 4, 1, no, nil, 3, 4 ; Min
Diplomacy, 8,-1, nil, nil, 0, 2 ; Mob
Monarchy, 5, 1, Mys, CoL, 0, 2 ; Mon
Monotheism, 5, 1, nil, Cer, 1, 2 ; MT
Kingship, 4, 0, Cer, nil, 0, 2 ; Mys
Navigation, 6,-1, Sea, Map, 1, 1 ; Nav
The Longbow, 6,-2, no, no, 1, 0 ; NF
Nuclear Power, 3, 0, no, no, 3, 3 ; NP
Catholic Philosophy,6, 1, Fli, no, 1, 2 ; Phi
Physics, 4,-1, no, no, 1, 3 ; Phy
Royal Mints, 4, 1, Plu, Tra, 3, 4 ; Pla
Administration, 4, 0, Mon, Fli, 1, 4 ; Plu
Tax Collection, 4, 0, Pla, Plu, 0, 2 ; PT
Pottery, 4, 1, nil, nil, 0, 1 ; Pot
The Smithy, 5,-1, nil, Iro, 3, 4 ; Rad
Railroad, 6, 0, no, no, 2, 1 ; RR
Recycling, 2, 1, no, no, 3, 2 ; Rec
Brewing, 4, 0, Tra, Tac, 0, 2 ; Ref
Refrigeration, 3, 1, no, no, 3, 1 ; Rfg
The Republic, 5, 1, no, no, 0, 2 ; Rep
Shipbuilding, 5,-2, no, Cst, 0, 0 ; Rob
Rocketry, 6,-2, no, no, 3, 0 ; Roc
Sewers, 4, 2, Cst, Eng, 2, 4 ; San
Seafaring, 4, 1, Map, Pot, 0, 1 ; Sea
Space Flight, 4, 1, no, no, 3, 3 ; SFl
Stealth, 3,-2, no, no, 3, 0 ; Sth
Breton Tech, 4,-1, no, no, 0, 0 ; SE
Steel, 4,-1, no, no, 2, 4 ; Stl
Superconductor, 4, 1, no, no, 3, 3 ; Sup
Agriculture, 6,-1, nil, nil, 0, 2 ; Tac
Theology, 3, 2, no, no, 1, 2 ; The
Retainers, 4, 0, no, no, 0, 0 ; ToG
Trade, 4, 2, Cur, CoL, 0, 1 ; Tra
University, 5, 1, Mat, Phi, 1, 3 ; Uni
Warrior Code, 4,-1, nil, nil, 0, 0 ; War
The Wheel, 4,-1, Hor, nil, 0, 4 ; Whe
Writing, 4, 2, Alp, nil, 0, 3 ; Wri
Future Technology, 1, 0, Amp, Inv, 3, 3 ; FT
Missile Technology, 3, 0, Chi, Mat, 0, 0 ; U1
Turkish Tech, 3, 0, no, no, 0, 0 ; U2
Archery, 3, 0, War, nil, 0, 0 ; U3
Moorish Tech, 3, 0, no, no, 0, 0 ; X1
Spanish Tech, 3, 0, no, no, 0, 2 ; X2
Norman Tech, 3, 0, no, no, 0, 0 ; X3
French Tech, 3, 0, no, no, 0, 0 ; X4
Feudal Tech, 3, 0, no, no, 0, 0 ; X5
Byzantine Tech, 3, 0, no, no, 0, 0 ; X6
German Tech, 3, 0, no, no, 0, 0 ; X7

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; Above 11 tech slots (U1 to X8) allow you to define your own
; civilization advances if desired. Supply the name, the AI
; value, and the prerequisites.
;
; Then use the "U1", "U2", etc.
; identifier to incorporate it into the tech chain as a
; prerequisite for other techs, units, city improvements.
;

[AGRICOLA]

Welcome to Poly.

Could you please provide some additional information?

Exact name of scen
Author
Where downloaded
What civ are you playing

The problem may not be in the tech table. Anyway, I'd like to see the table in its original column (text) format which is much easier to check.

[kinguru1]

Thank you Agricola
The thing is i can't tell who the author of the scenario is since it won't let me to access the url i downloaded it from:

http://sleague.apolyton.net/index.php?title=Crusades_1100

Here is the the description .txt file:
^The Crusades
It is 1100. Nearly five years on from Pope Urban's call at Clermont-Ferrand for Christian knights to retake the Holy Land from the infidel Turks, the First Crusade has been a resounding success. Crusaders from across Western Europe made their way through Anatolia and, despite defeats by the Seljuk Turks, reached the Levant and fought their way to Jerusalem, which was conquered in 1099. Their success also allowed the ailing Byzantine Empire to regain some of its lost territories in Asia Minor. However, although the Crusade's primary objectives were achieved, it failed to completely break the power of the surrounding Muslims. The Turks, recent invaders from Central Asia, remain in control of much of Anatolia, as well as Mesopotamia and Persia. Meanwhile, the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt exercise control over much of the Arab Muslim world. The Crusader states, meanwhile, are heavily dependent on reinforcements from their home countries, mainly France. Back in Western Europe, an uneasy peace has been maintained between the major powers: England, France and the German Empire. But endemic warfare is still a feature of the Iberian peninsula, where the Christian kingdoms of Castile and Aragon are engaged in perpetual warfare with the Muslim powers in the south, known to posterity as the Reconquista. How long can the Europeans continue to put their differences aside? How long until the Muslims regain their strength? The coming centuries will witness a clash of civilisations on a scale barely seen before or since.
@end -- this line must be here!

Can you recognize who the author is?

I'm playing Anglo-Normans
I don't know how to paste the rules.txt file here the way it will show it in a nice table

[Palaiologos2]

Exile's?

[EZRhino]

It is Jamestout's crusades scenario.

[AGRICOLA]

@EZRhino

Thanks. However, I don't have it among the 200+ scens in my scen downloads folder, the SL site is down indefinitely and I've failed miserably in my attempts to locate it anywhere else on the web.

Does anyone have a copy of the download zip? If so, please post or PM me a heads-up and I'll PM you my e-mail address.

[kinguru1]

Agricola: i have just sent you the zip file of the scenario.

Is there anyway to contact Jamestout?

[AGRICOLA]

@kinguru1

Got it.


@McMonkey

I believe you uploaded Jamestout's scens to SL. Can you get in touch with him?

I've played his 100 Years War (overall a very good scen except that the war is actually only a 50 Years War if played by a devout pacifist ) and found some minor problems with resouce icons. There is a disconnect between resource types and their icons . . . . sheep look like beavers, cattle look like gemstones, etc..

[McMonkey]

I had a look for his e-mail yesterday but I have re-installed windows recently and I couldn't find it. I must have it stored somewhere, I will take a look!

[McMonkey]

Found it stored on my external hard-drive. I have sent you the address in a PM kinguru1.

[kinguru1]

Thank you guys!
Meanwhile the problem was fixed after i changed "no" to "nil" in the line of the Catholic Philosophy advance in the rules.txt:

Catholic Philosophy,6, 1, Fli, no, 1, 2 ; Phi

to:

Catholic Philosophy,6, 1, Fli, nil, 1, 2 ; Phi

What is the difference is between no and nil? Anyway it worked!
I'm able to play on. Huge thanks to Jamestout. The scenario gives a great feeling of the medieval times.

[Elok]

"No" means the tech essentially does not exist for game purposes. The tech can be given to a civ by the developer (possibly events, I'm not sure), and said civ will be allowed to build any units that tech enables (all else being equal). I believe it will also work for the purposes of governments, terrain improvements like railroads and fortresses, and other attached bonuses. However, you cannot build any building or wonder whose prereq has a "no" for one or both of its own prereqs, and the tech will NOT be researchable, tradeable, or stealable--nor will it appear in the Civilopedia.

Also, "no" techs tend to screw up the civilopedia listings for other techs in the embassy screen (you see the Greeks have Bronze Working, click on the tech to see the entry and it gives you Iron Working or something instead). The game probably crashed because you ran out of things to research, and Civ2 goes bonkers if nothing is available.

"Nil" just means that prereq slot is blank; a tech with two "nil" entries will be researchable by anyone from the start of the game on (unless you're playing Test of Time and the tech has been restricted). These same rules apply to units and buildings: "no" means it's removed from normal play, "nil" means it's free.

Wow, that was probably way more answer than you needed. Oh well, I typed it all so I might as well post it.