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hey, i was trying out mods, when i have to create a new profile. when it did, it crashed, and said invaled map file specified. i looked on here, and i found it was stuck on mod prefrences. so i went to prefrences.txt. i could not change anything in the text. it reset when starting up the game. any help would be apreciated.

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DARWINIA BLACK BOX REPORT
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VERSION : win32-full-egames-1.4.2
ERROR : 'Invalid map file specified'

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====== PREFERENCES ======
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ServerAddress = 127.0.0.1
BypassNetwork = 1
IAmAServer = 1
TextLanguage = english
TextSpeed = 15
HelpEnabled = 1
SoundLibrary = dsound
SoundMixFreq = 22050
SoundMasterVolume = 255
SoundChannels = 32
SoundHW3D = 0
SoundSwapStereo = 0
SoundMemoryUsage = 1
SoundBufferSize = 512
SoundDSP = 1
ScreenWidth = 1280
ScreenHeight = 768
ScreenWindowed = 0
ScreenZDepth = 24
ScreenColourDepth = 16
ScreenRefresh = 60
RenderLandscapeDetail = 3
RenderWaterDetail = 3
RenderBuildingDetail = 3
RenderEntityDetail = 3
RenderCloudDetail = 3
RenderPixelShader = 0
ControlMouseButtons = 3
ControlMethod = 1
BootLoader = random
UserProfile = NewUsermod
RenderSpecialLighting = 0
Difficulty = 1
ChristmasEnabled = 1
ModSystemEnabled = 1
Mod = EnemyWithinPart1

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====== STACKTRACE =======
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retAddress = 004217B6
retAddress = 004AA509
retAddress = 004AC055
retAddress = 004A4AD6
retAddress = 00491B34
retAddress = 004B4F95
retAddress = 004B513D
retAddress = 004264CD
retAddress = 004D3E20
retAddress = 77463833
retAddress = 777BA9BD
retAddress = 00000000

The same thing happened to me. Step by step help would be greatly appreciated as I am pretty lame on the computer

The error indicates that the user profile that you are using is referencing a map file that does not exist in the currently loaded scenario (either the original campaign, or a mod). Remember that each user profile can only be used for one scenario. So, whenever you load a mod, you want to first load the mod, then immediately create a new user profile for that mod. My guess is that you either didn't create a new user correctly, or you loaded an old profile with a mod loaded. The easiest way to fix this is to edit your preferences file. Change the following lines:



When you restart Darwinia, you should have no mod loaded, and no profile loaded. Load the mod that you want to play, then create a new profile.

xander

xander wrote:The error indicates that the user profile that you are using is referencing a map file that does not exist in the currently loaded scenario (either the original campaign, or a mod). Remember that each user profile can only be used for one scenario. So, whenever you load a mod, you want to first load the mod, then immediately create a new user profile for that mod. My guess is that you either didn't create a new user correctly, or you loaded an old profile with a mod loaded. The easiest way to fix this is to edit your preferences file. Change the following lines:

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UserProfile = none
Mod = none

When you restart Darwinia, you should have no mod loaded, and no profile loaded. Load the mod that you want to play, then create a new profile.

xander

aikidrew wrote:The same thing happened to me. Step by step help would be greatly appreciated as I am pretty lame on the computer

1. Open the Darwinia folder (all I know is that for Steam it's in Steam/Steamapps/<username>/Darwinia. If you don't have it through Steam that a quick search might help, but if you still can't find it I guess you can ask here and SOMEBODY will probably tell you).
2. Open preferences.txt
3. Find the lines: and (obviously the <anything> can be, well, anything)
4. Replace both <anything>s with "none" in those lines.
5. Launch Darwinia.
6. Load the mod you are trying to play.
7. Create a new profile in Darwinia after you loaded the mod.


Hope this works