Debug Issues

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I'm working on a mod and am in the midst of testing files, but I am running into problems.

First off, I searched for the minidump file and found that it was garbage.  Is there some method to decrypt it from bin to something more intelligible?

After that, I searched the debug folder and found results such as this:


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  1. File: C:\Users\volt\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Entrenchment v1.05\Fleet Diversification Trial A\.\entity.manifest Label: entityName Line Number:3 Line Contents:

Yet in reality, line three is:

entityName "AbilityBroadside.entity"

Why is it not registering the fact that it is there when it clearly is?  There were also repeating errors about the next few lines before I just used Ctrl+Alt+Del to get the thing to shut up about the stupid reports that made no sense...

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

there might be an extra empty line. Have you used the normal notepad? try and open the entity.manifest with notepad++ and see if there is an empty line.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

I can assist you in reading the minidump files, Please contact me jtaylorpcs@live.com Also with notepad ++ if it refers to line 9 it will actually be line 10.  The line that reads "txt" doesnt count .  hope this helps thanks

jtaylorpcs

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

is notepad++ on computers by default (mine is a 1-2 year old Acer) or do I have to download it?

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

notepad++ is  a download, but it is opensource freeware, and is an excelent text editor especially for sins debuging because of its automatically numbering each line of text in a file.

there isa simple text file editor in windows since windows 3 days called notepad which can be used to view and edit the files , but it is more frustrating to use as it does not give you any line numbering, so you have to count up the lines yourself

harpo

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

downloaded, thanks