A mod that I have been working on over the past couple of months is almost finished, but I ran into a small snag. The EmpireTraitDescriptor file that I use is apparently missing a SimulationObjectDescriptor tag somewhere, I have looked, but cannot find the spot where the error(s) are occurring. If anyone wants to take a look, I will be posting the EmpireTraitDescriptor as well as the FactionTrait and output log, perhaps someone can spot the problem, so I can fix it.

Thanks for supplying the output_log to look at. I agree this message is not helpful. Let me suggest a general technique: make one change in the file; test it by at least loading the game; make another change; test it; etc. In case you have already made many changes when a problem appears, then do it backwards: remove the last change you made; test it; etc. Very often in the case of a syntax error such as mismatched keywords, any xml parser may get confused and give a misleading and/or useless message. If you narrow it down to one change which causes the problem, then sometimes that will make the solution clear.

davea wrote:
Thanks for supplying the output_log to look at. I agree this message is not helpful. Let me suggest a general technique: make one change in the file; test it by at least loading the game; make another change; test it; etc. In case you have already made many changes when a problem appears, then do it backwards: remove the last change you made; test it; etc. Very often in the case of a syntax error such as mismatched keywords, any xml parser may get confused and give a misleading and/or useless message. If you narrow it down to one change which causes the problem, then sometimes that will make the solution clear.

Not sure why I did not think of that before, finally got it fixed, just missing the closing tag. It should be ready to go in a few hours. Thanks again davea.