So I make a brand-new space map, then create a custom side and swap it's single unit for the Republic marine. Afterwards, I get these:

All I did was delete the "tur" in the sides folder, and anyway the LUAs don't immediately call for a custom tur side, do they? And I didn't even open ZE. So how come my new map is crashing?

Space maps use the tur side extensively.

Well, obviously, but what I meant was that I didn't put ReadDataFile("DC:SIDE\\tur.lvl", in the LUA, it has that without the DC, so I thought I wouldn't need a whole tur side, so I got rid of it. Why would I need it if it's not directly called for in the LUA?

It's loaded in the common lua, XXX_cmn.lua

Yes, I know, but what I'm saying is that it has ReadDataFile("SIDE\\tur.lvl",

instead of

ReadDataFile("DC:SIDE\\tur.lvl",

So if it's not reading a custom side why would I need one? So I deleted it.

Yeah, that does look strange. A missing odf can crash the game, but this shouldn't be happening with a stock side. The CIS recoilless does exist in some of the stock space maps. Do you have any mods installed that replace the stock tur.lvl? It's possible someone made a side mod which excludes that odf.


I get those hp errors, too, btw. They don't break the game.

Have you tried adding "tur_bldg_spa_cis_recoilless" to the ReadDataFile("SIDE\\tur.lvl", section of ###_cmn.lua? It's not loaded by default -- it's only loaded in the 1-flag LUAs by default for some reason.