The crashing has returned. And I didn't even do anything! What is going on here?

MK

AHA! I have found the offender! During my last period of stability, I somehow remember that my lone Zoner was one of three that appeared without a crash (I forget the others). So I used it as a constant, and found another that worked. With two constants, I tested the next two; CTD. I tested one alone with a constent, no crash. Tested the other, crash-o-la. Here is the offender:

[GF_NPC
nickname = hi301_outcasts_003_f
body = sh_female1_body
head = sh_female2_head_gen
lefthand = benchmark_female_hand_left
righthand = benchmark_female_hand_right
individual_name = 524321
affiliation = fc_ou_grp
voice = rvp546
misn = DestroyMission, 28.478237, 53.365005
room = bar
accessory = prop_mask_outcast_fem

Now then... what's the problem?

MK

Well, i've done a search through the SDK of mbase (some version or other), and all of the entries seem ok. Is the name ok? Is it meant to be hi0301_outcasts_003_f? Other than that, it might help to see the "top bit" of the mbase entry where the faction characters are defined?

Hi!

The mistake is in the name of the NPC. This is quite a usual mistake for such a crash. Your NPC has the name: hi301_outcasts_003_f

In my opinion you should have one zero more after the hi, so that it looks like this: hi0301_outcasts_003_f

I hope this helps!

Black Eagle

As black eagle says above.

you also have a mismatch with:

[BaseFaction
.
npc = hi0301_outcasts_002_m

you have him down as

[GF_NPC
nickname = hi0101_outcasts_002_m

even the smallest inconstistancy in names will cause a crash

Thaddeus, I took care of that problem when it was mentioned. Black Eagle, I think you've solved my problem.

MK