Debugging-I'm sick of it, and ready to quit modding

[1upD]

I am sick and tired of this debugging ****.

 

It's so annoying! DA-DONK!!!!! An exeption has occured.

 

So, has anyone made a debugging tool? At least something that tells you which file is wrong. I've got 49 crappy files and no clue which is bugged.

[MonkeyBiz]

When that happens to me, I usually try and backtrack what I've been working on. Sometimes it's something really silly like a missed bracket, and othertimes it's a little bigger. Takes some time, but it's worth it.

[swgbex]

we need those old generals de bugging tools ^^

[1upD]

When that happens to me, I usually try and backtrack what I've been working on. Sometimes it's something really silly like a missed bracket, and othertimes it's a little bigger. Takes some time, but it's worth it.

Do you know how many times I tried that??????

 

I even tried using the process of elimination, and I accidentally glitched it more, fixed it, and tried building it from the begining. Too time consuming.

 

I wish I had a tool!!!!!

[Mr.Crisp]

Opening the XML with Internet exploerer helps a lot. I just wish it was a bit more clear when you got an error.

[1upD]

Opening the XML with Internet exploerer helps a lot. I just wish it was a bit more clear when you got an error.

HOW WILL THAT HELP?

 

I don't even know which XML is bugged........And it's probably not a simple mistake, more a huge glitch between two XMLs.

[Mr.Crisp]

If you open a XML with internet exploer and scroll down it should tell what the problem is.... Try to open the recent XMLs you edited with it But sometimes it won't work depending on the error. If your game gets an exception error before you even have time to get to the splash screen. Something is wrong with your gameconstants.

[1upD]

If you open a XML with internet exploer and scroll down it should tell what the problem is.... Try to open the recent XMLs you edited with it But sometimes it won't work depending on the error. If your game gets an exception error before you even have time to get to the splash screen. Something is wrong with your gameconstants.

What recent ones!?

 

About 20 out of 49. plus, I forgot which ones. Annoying, isn't it?

[MonkeyBiz]

Using Windows Explorer, check to see which ones you modified last. That helps.

 

Also, you can get exception errors from problems with models too.

[1upD]

Thank you!

 

I figured out which is bugged-it was totally different than what I expected.

 

What does

The XML page cannot be displayed 

Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. 


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A name contained an invalid character. Error processing resource 'file:///F:/Games/Star Wars Empire at War/GameData/Mods/1u...

</GroundInfantry>
-^
AN> 
  <Variant_Of_Existing_Type>Battle_Droid</Variant_Of_Existing_Type> 
  <Tactical_Health>100</Tactical_Health> 
  <Land_Model_Name>cis_droideka.ALO</Land_Model_Name> 

 

Mean? I can't figure out what's wrong with it....

[Kelathin]

missing a tag perhaps?

[Droid803]

You have an invalid character somewhere in the file. (namely, the reigon that wouldn't be displayed). The unit above Battle_dROID.

 

Check for any odd characters like "~" or "╣" or "&" or "%" etc...

Edited October 8, 2006 by Droid803

[DragonShadow]

just test it after each change instead of making lots of changes then testing...I made the mistake of writing out the xml for most of a mod before testing it, and BAM, didn't work. I scrapped it b/c I didn't feel like searching through all the xml.

[Kelathin]

dragonshadow is posting again?!

[DragonShadow]

dragonshadow is posting again?!

 

mwaahahahhaha! not even death can keep me away! ;D

[Kelathin]

DRAGONSHADOW IS BACK!!!! ALL Is right, even your debugging issue will disappear.

[1upD]

You have an invalid character somewhere in the file. (namely, the reigon that wouldn't be displayed). The unit above Battle_dROID.

 

Check for any odd characters like "~" or "╣" or "&" or "%" etc...

Please, could someone list all characters considered "invalid"? I checked, and couldn't find any.

[Droid803]

I really have no idea what's invalid, but I stay away from anthing but 0123456789, ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV, -, ", ., ", < and >, and for comments.

[1upD]

I really have no idea what's invalid, but I stay away from anthing but 0123456789, ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV, -, ", ., ", < and >, and for comments.

I tried everthing.....I think......

 

Where's the pi key.......

[swgbex]

well invalid characters depends on where you have them.. anything should work inside of those because they are comments -.-.. although a letter in a number box.. might not crash the game.. just teh game wont read it.. or set it to zero

[z3r0x]

IE sucks..

 

If you use Firefox it will show you the line and column that the error occured in. If you use a Editor like UE32 or Dreamweaver this comes in handy as you can go right to the line and fix. UE32 also has XML support and it auto corrects syntax errors and other common errors.

[Sonic0]

Thank you!

 

I figured out which is bugged-it was totally different than what I expected.

 

What does

The XML page cannot be displayed 

Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. 


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A name contained an invalid character. Error processing resource 'file:///F:/Games/Star Wars Empire at War/GameData/Mods/1u...

</GroundInfantry> [i][b]-[color=red]i assume this is the end line of another infantry unit which means the problem may be that you need to add something like  <GroundInfantry Name="Droideka"> above the variant of existing tyoe line[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=red]-^
AN>[/color] [/b] [/i]   <Variant_Of_Existing_Type>Battle_Droid</Variant_Of_Existing_Type> 
  <Tactical_Health>100</Tactical_Health> 
  <Land_Model_Name>cis_droideka.ALO</Land_Model_Name> 

 

Mean? I can't figure out what's wrong with it....

 

i put my comments in the code quoet

[Kelathin]

IE sucks..

 

If you use Firefox it will show you the line and column that the error occured in. If you use a Editor like UE32 or Dreamweaver this comes in handy as you can go right to the line and fix. UE32 also has XML support and it auto corrects syntax errors and other common errors.

 

Dreamweaver also costs 400 dollars.  Not everyone works for a living like you do

[z3r0x]

I think WordPad displays Lines#'s also..

[Kelathin]

not windows 2000 version of wordpad :

 

ya firefox better