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[motoma197]

Ive tried deleteing the gamedata.ini and the same error came up, thing is, I havent changed a single thing yet! Im still trying to get it to actually start without crashing before I get to the good stuff...

[Ridder Geel]

Well are you using the original files now or the preconverted ones? Try using the original files if you have not done so already

[motoma197]

Oh sorry, original files with the gamedata.ini deleted does not work either :/
This is so frustrating!

[Ridder Geel]

Still the same error? Since the error implies that one of your files uses a Macro with the given name that does not exist...

[damianbt88]

original files with the gamedata.ini deleted does not work either :/

what do you mean? this is nonsense

upgrade.ini line 3648

DWARVEN_BATTLEWAGON_UPGRADE_COST says put here some real numbers or provide a valid reference to macro in gamedata.ini

i dont know level of your knowledge so

open upgrade.ini

Ctrl+G type 3648 Enter

find DWARVEN_BATTLEWAGON_UPGRADE_COST and 

- replace it with 300 or any other price you think is fear for this upgrade

- put-create this in your gamedata.ini

#define DWARVEN_BATTLEWAGON_UPGRADE_COST            300

 

run the game fix next similar err msg

Edited by damianbt88, 23 January 2013 - 05:38 PM.

[Ridder Geel]

Putting things in the gamedata.ini when running a mod does not work, since that file is always read from the original game, so either that game is missing that link.. which is odd... or something is going wrong, so perhaps change the macro to 300 and see if you get many more errors similar to these..

[motoma197]

Okay so i think ive found something, i opened up the unofficial2.02 files using final big and found ;;,;; before #define DWARVEN_BATTLE_WAGON_UPGRADE_COST
I found the ;;,;; in front of it in multiple unofficial2.02.big files, I deleted all of the ;;,;; in every unofficial2.02 gamedata.ini file (i deleted this directly whilst in final big, i know realise this may be a bad thing...) anyway, i tried relaunching the game and i have a new error! Where to from now? Not keen on uninstalling the 2.02, would i be able to just edit the 2.02 files themselves?

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[Ridder Geel]

Well why no extract those files as well? First the ini.big ones, and then that patch one over it? ..unless that is what you did?

Edited by Ridder Geel, 24 January 2013 - 10:55 AM.

[motoma197]

Hmm ill try a few different things.. ill fiddle around with it and let you know the results!

[damianbt88]

... increase resource building health, increase walls resistance to slash, add more men to a battalion, increase hero/unit health/armor values, add area effect damage to CaH wizards regular attack (much like Saruman)

this is a long way to go then... 
and why you are so possessed by 2.02?

try to open ini.big in the main gamefolder and find (anyrandomsymbol??)gamedata.ini

Edited by damianbt88, 24 January 2013 - 12:29 PM.

[motoma197]

Haha I have no idea what im doing! what would the best way to do that kind of thing?
its more that i dont have a way to re-download it once its gone... and i love the way theyve redone some of the things... especially the new blight power XD
no but seriously, im hesitant to do anything that may not be reversible
As soon as i can get it to launch then ill be fine, just getting frustrated with it

[Ridder Geel]

Ok don't do anything more except answer this, what .BIG files are in you installation directory? (depending on that i will give you exact instructions on what to do)

[motoma197]

Okay so I have a new error, this time when i try to launch the unofficial 2.02 i get this error, I have not touced any playertemplate files or science files, i have searched all variations of science.ini and there is no definition for science_good, so, how am i able to fix this?

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[Ridder Geel]

science good should be known.. its quite a normal definition...

did you edit that 2.02 patch? if not... i have no idea what you did to trigger it if you did not edit the files and they were working before

And what did you touch?

Edited by Ridder Geel, 25 January 2013 - 12:19 PM.

[motoma197]

I did change the health of an angmar mill tovtest if it would work, just as a test, launched the game and it did work also i was pleased their, went into armor.ini and changed the builder armor values and finally played around with the crush damage values. Nothing else
Anyways, thats all irrelevant now, my game decided it didnt have a valid registry key any more -.- used the regedit command, no serial key there, searched for the case, no serial key there -.- searched for the instruction manual, cant find it,searched 3 jours and nadda. Fair to say im pretty pissed off, the only product code is on the manual, why not in the case, oh well its my fault for screwing around with it, not sure whether to buy a new game ($99 AU used or up to $380 AU new) or should I go online for something else (I have no idea what those options are?)

[Ridder Geel]

Just find a keygen if you don't have a backup of your registry or something like that around...

EA doesn't really lose any money anymore if you use a keygen nowadays so its not that big a deal anymore.

[motoma197]

Completely unfamiliar about keygens, is there a site you would recommend? And how do they work?
Thanks for sticking by with all the help, really appreciate it Im sorry for being so annoying!

[Ridder Geel]

Just googling for a key might work as well

[motoma197]

Okay so everything is fresh, I uninstalled and reinstalled the game, no patches at all, clean slate!
Got the preconverted files rotwk1.0 and used the -mod command and... it worked!! finally after all the drama!! so happy!
Anyways I have no idea where to start, so a stupid question to start with, about the gamedata.ini, where is it located in the preconverted package? seeing as the data in the original has been moved? (if that makes sense?)

[Ridder Geel]

My guess is water.ini, or in the objects folder there might be a file with the defines