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I started up my map one day after changing 3 things, placing more objects in my map, altering the reinforcements for the CIS, and deleting something from the common effects folder, I think it was a duplicate of "com_sfx_laser_blue" (rep`s laser bolts, there`s still one in the common effects folder). And, after doing that, I launched the map the next day to find out it CRASHES! I`ve been trying to figure out what`s causing it but I can`t. I delete some things from the LUA and that seems to make it work, I re-add some things to it and it crashes again. I`ve tried many combinations of this and I think there`s multiple things that make it crash. And whats even more annoying and weird is that the combinations that allow me to get into the game without it crashing, have a problem. Everytime I go to restart the mission it crashes again! At first I thought I`d hit some sort of object limit or something, but that can`t be true because my 2nd custom era works fine. PLEASE HELP!

Here is the problematic LUA. I added every single unit to the ReadDataFile part to see if that fixed it. It didn`t. This one works, but because I removed the ep3_jettrooper. I can even restart the game and it will work. Now your probably thinking its the ep3_jettrooper making it crash, but again. It seems to be certain combinations. This next LUA below will clear some of that up. Now the last LUA. This one is from a VERY early version of my map and lacks things like timers, ambush regions and of course units. It works but when I restart, it crashes. It has the ep3_jettrooper in it. So as said above, he may not be the problem, but, he also might?

Pretty complicated huh?

EDIT: So now I`ve noticed something that points toward the LUA being the problem. With this version of the LUA, the game starts but after a second of being in the game it instantly just crashes. All I get to see is a short glimpse of a clone trooper.
Is there anything wrong with this LUA?

You are making things much more complicated and possibly worse than they need to be.

SkinnyODST wrote:I started up my map one day after changing 3 things, placing more objects in my map, altering the reinforcements for the CIS, and deleting something from the common effects folder, I think it was a duplicate of "com_sfx_laser_blue" (rep`s laser bolts, there`s still one in the common effects folder).

After making those three changes, did you receive any munge errors that were lua-related? This means a text document would pop up after munging is completed, saying what is wrong with your lua files. If so, what were the errors that needed to be fixed? If not, why did you make all those changes to your lua file?

Of the three things you listed that you changed before your map started to crash:

SkinnyODST wrote:...altering the reinforcements for the CIS...

That was the only lua-related one. If anything, you should have at most reverse just that change to see if it made a difference.

But what you should have done was run your map using the debugger:

[b][color=#FF8000]The FAQ / Everything You Need Thread Version 3.0[/color][/b] wrote:...
Question #4 - I have the CD version of SWBF2 and I get a binkw32.dll error when trying to launch the BF2_modtools.exe, what's wrong?
Answer - The BF2_modtools.exe is the debug executable, copy it from C:\BF2_ModTools and paste it in the same folder as your BattlefrontII.exe, usually:
C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData
you can launch BF2_modtools.exe and play your map, then exit or let it crash to generate a BFront2.log located in that same folder.
If you encounter a "Please insert CD 1" dialog or have the DVD or digital download version of SWBF2, use THIS modified BF2_modtools.exe

Note to Vista users:
If you can't find your BFront2.log it may be saved to this location:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData
or click on the Compatibility Files button in the GameData folder.
...

The debugger also generates a log, which will tell you the majority of the time what is causing the crash and therefore what needs to be done to efficiently resolve the issue.

run your map using the debugger

I did, but it crashes anyway. Not just with my map but with everything else. It`s in the right place and starts but when I go to play a map of any sort, it crashes during the load screen.
I don`t know if the crash log is supposed to pop up immediately but is it by any chance called "BFront2"?

Run the debugger as an administrator.

SkinnyODST wrote:I don`t know if the crash log is supposed to pop up immediately but is it by any chance called "BFront2"?

What does the quote from the FAQ say?

[b][color=#FF8000]The FAQ / Everything You Need Thread Version 3.0[/color][/b] wrote:...
Question #4 - I have the CD version of SWBF2 and I get a binkw32.dll error when trying to launch the BF2_modtools.exe, what's wrong?
Answer - The BF2_modtools.exe is the debug executable, copy it from C:\BF2_ModTools and paste it in the same folder as your BattlefrontII.exe, usually:
C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData
you can launch BF2_modtools.exe and play your map, then exit or let it crash to generate a BFront2.log located in that same folder.
If you encounter a "Please insert CD 1" dialog or have the DVD or digital download version of SWBF2, use THIS modified BF2_modtools.exe

Note to Vista users:
If you can't find your BFront2.log it may be saved to this location:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData
or click on the Compatibility Files button in the GameData folder.
...

It still can`t play normal maps, but it does have the log. I don`t think posting the whole thing would be right so what do I post? What`s important in it?

If you can, post the whole thing. If not, just look for the errors that are the following:

There are several, all of them fatal but easy to fix. Press Ctrl+F and type "Severity: 3". I counted about 6 just skimming through.

Oceans14 wrote: I counted about 6 just skimming through.

I just counted 14 filtering all the log

If your adding coustom sides you need to do
This is and example:

ReadDataFile("SIDE\\rep.lvl",
"rep_inf_ep3_rifleman",
"rep_inf_ep3_rocketeer",
"rep_inf_ep3_engineer",
"rep_inf_ep3_sniper",
"rep_hover_fightertank",
"rep_walk_atte",
"rep_hover_barcspeeder")

ReadDataFile("dc:SIDE\\rep.lvl",
"rep_inf_ep2_jettrooper_rifleman",
"rep_inf_ep2_jettrooper_sniper")

SkinnyODST wrote:I don`t think there is any "3"`s

Did you even look?

Oceans14 wrote:There are several, all of them fatal but easy to fix. Press Ctrl+F and type "Severity: 3". I counted about 6 just skimming through.

I`m sorry for being an annoyance or anything but I don`t understand what`s wrong still. It says it`s missing things but I checked and they`re there. It says it can`t find the CIS pistol and rifle but I checked and the msh and odf files are there. I don`t know why it`s having trouble doing these things. There`s also some things there that I don`t understand.
It says But that makes no sense as it worked fine with 12 characters before the crashing started.

I highly recommend performing a clean if you haven't already. If those weapon meshes are indeed where they belong, cleaning and remunging will most likely take care of that.

SkinnyODST wrote:But that makes no sense as it worked fine with 12 characters before the crashing started.

Suppose it does make sense, and the only way to fix the crashing is to shorten yavin_scouts (12 characters) to let's say yavscout (8 characters). Is this change so drastic that you are unwilling to make it?

Oceans14 wrote:I highly recommend performing a clean if you haven't already. If those weapon meshes are indeed where they belong, cleaning and remunging will most likely take care of that.

By "cleaning" you mean deleting the folder from my addon folder and then munging everything? I`ve just done that and it didn`t change anything. If not then I`ve never done any other sort of clean and want to be 100% sure that the munge clean option and the manual clean do not delete any of my map or progress for good. I`ve put a heap of work and time into this map so I`m SURE you`ll understand my concern for my map. So, do they just clean everything and then when I munge everything it all goes back to normal? (and hopefully all works)

There are two kinds of cleaning. Neither will permanently delete your data.

The first "not manual" (automatic?) clean can be done via VisualMunge: I reccomend selecting EVERYTHING in the sides pulldown, just to be sure. There will be no confirmation dialog that the clean is complete, so read the output window. Once the clean has been performed, munge everything.

Second method: Manual clean. http://www.gametoast.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9961 Personally I use the manual clean tool, but it probably wouldn't hurt to do it by hand just so you can see exactly what is being deleted and why.

I have found that sometimes the terrain doesn't munge after a manual clean, not sure why. Fortunately, this can be fixed by munging again.

This is strange. Ok, so I tried all those different ways to clean. It still crashed. So I decided to delete an entire area of the map (the one where I put all the new objects). I saved ZE, munged and then launched the map expecting it to crash. It didn`t, it works ok now. BUT. There are very strange differences. For one, I have a huge Venator prop in the sky, before, it didn`t show up on the mini map. Now it`s a huge grey box on the map. Also, the ep3 trooper`s helmet looked a little..."low res" I suppose the right word would be. It was a little blurrier than stock trooper`s helmets. Now it`s not, its HD and looks like all the others. But the most strange and annoying change is that now 90% of the units stand at their CP`s not moving. This happened VERY early on with this map. When I was still quite new to modding. What the H is going on?