Trying to put age of tribes engine on alexander 350 world map

[Ted Self]

@wc_sumpton Well, I got the xml copy editor and worked out some kinks. But still when I run the check wellformedness I get error at line 19485.5 mismatched tag. This is the last line where it says </game>
When I run validate I get error at line 2 column 34 unable to open DTD document.
When I try to launch the game I get parsing halted at 19485 unitInitialize must have end tag.
The new file is at https://github.com/tedrockets/triplea if anyone would like to have a look. I am stumped.

[wc_sumpton]

@ted-self

The xml for TripleA maps follow a certain structure.
<game>
<variableList></variableList>
<map> </map>
<resourceList></resourceList>
<playerList></playerList>
<unitList></unitList>
<relationshipTypes></relationshipTypes>
<territoryEffectList></territoryEffectList>
<gamePlay></gamePlay>
<production></production>
<technology></technology>
<attachmentList></attachmentList>
<initialize></initialize>
<propertyList></propertyList>
</game>

In the xml provided <attachmentList> starts at 1241 with a </attachmentList> at 2596 followed by <delegate ... />, which are part of the <gamePlay>, but are not within any header. Then another <attachmentList> at 2724 a floating <attachment> at 2726. <initialize> at 3163 with no </attachmentList> prior. More <attachment> at 3223 with no </unitInitialize> or </initialize>. At 18994 another <initialize> but this is ended at 19105 with a </initialize> and <propertyList> with its </propertyList> at 19482 followed by </game>

There are a lot of structure errors here.

I am sorry, but it is getting late for me. I will try to help more tomorrow.

Cheers...

[Ted Self]

@wc_sumpton Hi, I uploaded my latest try after 2am this morning. https://github.com/tedrockets/triplea I think I have everything in order now. I made a couple of maps several years ago but I have forgotten how I did it. I still get an error message at line 18807 which says mismatched tag. At 18807 it says </attachmenList> Strangely when I try to launch the game it says line 18807 <attachment> must have an end tag. Thanks for looking...

[TheDog]

@ted-self
This should be the spelling of
</attachment List>

in your xml it is
</attatchmentList>
notice the extra t

Find and replace to recorrect.

Having said the above, for me it loads and runs without error in 2.5 & 2.6

[wc_sumpton]

@ted-self

@TheDog is correct, there are a lot of "attatchment", "Attatchment" and "attatchTo" in AgeWorld.xml (706 total). These can be corrected by replacing "ttatch" with "ttach".

But there are still some structure problems. If you have Notepad++, then you should see besides each beginning block start a "-" in a square along a line. By tapping that "-" you close each block, and the "-" changes to "+". Starting with <map> line 6 should close the xml to line 713, which begins <resourceList>. Closing <resourceList> show <playerList> at 717. A blank line (this is ok) at 733 and <unitList> at 734. Continue doing this until you encounter <attachmentList> at line 2142, closing <attachmentList> will go to the end of the file (line 19335), showing that there is a problem. The </attachmentList> is at 18807. The problem is a floating <attachment> located at 2598, that needs to be removed. Now closing <attachmentList> goes to line 18807 <initialize>. Closing <initialize> once again goes to the end of the file, and </initialize> is located at 18954. But <unitInitialize>, at 18820, has no ending tag. Put it after line 18865. And another problem exist when closing <propertyList>. <property name="notes"> at line 19170 has no closing tag. Place </property> at 19330, after </value> but before </propertyList>.

If you close <propertyList> you should see </game> at line 19334. With all the beginning tags closed you should see a structure that looks like my earlier post. Once this structure is corrected, other debugging can start.

Cheers...

[Ted Self]

@wc_sumpton xml copyeditor finds no form errors. However when I try to launch the game I get an error at 2596. I think this is about where I started changing attatchment to attachment. Enclosed is the error message.
My latest xml file is at https://github.com/tedrockets/triplea
After about 20 hours or so working on this I feel certain that madness will soon ensue and I will become like a character in a short story by H P Lovecraft.

[wc_sumpton]

@ted-self

Structure looks much better now. "attachmentname" should be "attachment name". When the search/replace was done, a space was not accounted for. Simple mistake done it/still do it many times. You are making headway!!

Cheers...

[Ted Self]

@wc_sumpton But there is no instance of attachmentname in the xml, it is attachment name. That is what is so weird.

[Ted Self]

@ted-self Wait, I just saw where someone said the error is This should be the spelling of
</attachment List> so I will try that,

[wc_sumpton]

@ted-self

The error say's row 2596. That is where I found the error "attachmentname". Count was 141 instances that needed fixing.

Next came an error: Could not find production rule:buyCaveman. The <production> area is not right. I would remove the whole area <production> through </production> and recopy from Age of Tribes xml.

Cheers...

[TheDog]

@ted-self
Thats is my bad
</attachment List>

should be
</attachmentList>
that is without the space before the L

[Ted Self]

@ted-self OK mass confusion set in for a few minutes there and I think I had an older file uploaded to https://github.com/tedrockets/triplea
Anyhow I corrected spelling on attachmentname and attachement List Now my latest attempt is uploaded and I get this error in xml copy editor
and this error when trying to launch. I have the latest version of triplea.

[Ted Self]

@ted-self oh wait, I just saw the latest post from the dog, let me try again.

[Ted Self]

@ted-self OK I made it this far, further than before!

[RogerCooper]

@ted-self That means you have buyCaveman in production frontier, but don't have a production rule called buyCaveman. This can be a capitalization issue.

[Ted Self]

@rogercooper Arrgg now it says could not find resource:Tech the latest xml is at https://github.com/tedrockets/triplea SOS

[wc_sumpton]

@ted-self

Check <resourceList> to see if "Tech" is listed.

Cheers...

[Ted Self]

@wc_sumpton it is listed.

[Ted Self]

@ted-self You know, a couple of things just hit me. I had been using the primeval xml from the age of tribes master zip, and maybe I should have been using the age of tribes xml from the age of tribes zip. It is the one I have been playing recently that works, perhaps because I accidently screwed the other one up. Anyhow, the xmls from the alexander world map, the age of tribes zip and my latest attempt to combine the two are at https://github.com/tedrockets/triplea My brain is in a bit of overdrive fatigue right now if anyone would care to take a stab at it.

[wc_sumpton]

@ted-self

Tried using Alexander350 and Age of Tribes: Primeval:

<game>
    <info name="World of Ages: Primeval" version="0.003"/>
    <loader javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.TripleA"/>
	<triplea minimumVersion="2.5.22294"/>
	<diceSides value="6"/>
	<!-- Notes:
	** Merging of Alexander350 and Age of Tribes: Primeval xml's
	** .001 testing rename of Alexander350 to World of Ages: Primeval
	**		replacing 'ttatch' with 'ttach' (705 replacements)
	**		changes to map.yml
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ start change +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
map_name: world_of_ages
games:
- {game_name: 'World of Ages: Primeval', file_name: world_of_ages_primeval.xml}
version: 0
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ end +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
	** .002 testing merger <map> and territoryAttachment Alexander350
	**		everything else Age of Tribes: Primeval
	**		rename folders units and flags to units_alexander350 and flags_alexander350
	**		copied folders units and flags from AoT:P
	**		also folders dice, doc, misc, PUs, resources and sounds
	**		renamed map.properties to map_alexander350.properties and copied map.properties from AoT:P
	** expected error with test: No player named: Carthage,   for: TerritoryAttachment
	** .003 comment out all <option name="capitan" value="x"/> because players are changed
	--> <!-- example -->
	<!-- <option name="capital" value="Carthage"/> -->
	<!-- end example --> <!--
	**		7 changes made
	**		also commented out all CanalAttachment
	**		also conditions and triggers which refference a territory of sea zone
	**		alse commented out <ownerInitialize> and  all <unitPlacement> under <unitInitialize>
	** 		add <heldUnits> in <unitInitialize>
			<heldUnits unitType="Caveman" player="Brittonic" quantity="10"/>
            <heldUnits unitType="Caveman" player="Celtic" quantity="10"/>
            <heldUnits unitType="Caveman" player="Germanic" quantity="10"/>
            <heldUnits unitType="Caveman" player="Romanic" quantity="10"/>
            <heldUnits unitType="Caveman" player="Baltic" quantity="10"/>
            <heldUnits unitType="Caveman" player="Hellenic" quantity="10"/>
            <heldUnits unitType="Caveman" player="Slavic" quantity="10"/>
            <heldUnits unitType="Caveman" player="Hattic" quantity="10"/>
            <heldUnits unitType="Caveman" player="Barbarians" quantity="50"/>
	** for testing purposes only added random start delegate
			<delegate name="randomStartDelegate" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.delegate.RandomStartDelegate" display="Pregame Nation Placements"/>
	** also added setup after initialize
			<step name="setupRandomStartDelegate" delegate="randomStartDelegate" display="Pregame Nation Placements" maxRunCount="1"/>
	** and game property for ramdom setup
			<property name="Territories Are Assigned Randomly" value="true" editable="true">
				<boolean/>
			</property>		
	-->

Cheers...