ya well i didn't know where to put this topic as its to do with technical and modding so i flipped a coin.
So anyway i'm new to modding and for no apparent reason i get this big long error code and my game crashes and i'm not sure what is causing it as i havent seen a pattern yet as to when my game crashes. I believe it may be to do with the beam weapon i gave to the pirate corsair as i havent really changed anything else. I just c&p'd the beam over from the illuminator, increased the damage, changed the colour and decreased the width.
Anyway here is the error i'm getting:
"Assert @ c:\gs\gamma\03\CodeSource\GS/Render/Effect/ShieldEffect.cpp(94)
pShieldMesh != 0"
And here is the code for the pirate corsair that i have fiddled with:
"TXT
entityType "Frigate"
defaultAutoAttackRange "GravityWell"
defaultAutoAttackOn TRUE
prefersToFocusFire TRUE
autoJoinFleetDefault TRUE
canBomb FALSE
frigateRoleType "Heavy"
statCountType "FrigateHeavy"
mainViewIcon "MAINVIEWICON_FRIGATE_PIRATEHEAVY"
picture "PICTURE_FRIGATE_PIRATEHEAVY"
NameStringID "IDS_FRIGATE_PIRATEHEAVY_NAME"
DescriptionStringID "IDS_FRIGATE_PIRATEHEAVY_DESCRIPTION"
counterDescriptionStringID "IDS_COUNTERDESC_FRIGATE_HEAVY"
basePrice
credits 1200.000000
metal 0.000000
crystal 0.000000
slotCount 6.000000
BuildTime 30.000000
hasLevels FALSE
ExperiencePointsForDestroying 100.000000
MaxHullPoints 1800.000000
MaxShieldPoints 500.000000
HullPointRestoreRate 2.000000
ShieldPointRestoreRate 1.000000
BaseArmorPoints 10.000000
maxMitigation 0.6
Prerequisites
NumResearchPrerequisites 0
numRandomDebrisLarge 1
numRandomDebrisSmall 9
numSpecificDebris 0
armorType "VeryHeavy"
hudIcon "HUDICON_FRIGATE_PIRATEHEAVY"
smallHudIcon "HUDICONSMALL_FRIGATE_PIRATEHEAVY"
infoCardIcon "INFOCARDICON_FRIGATE_PIRATEHEAVY"
minZoomDistanceMult 1.500000
NumWeapons 1
Weapon
WeaponType "Beam"
damageEnums
AttackType "ANTIMEDIUM"
DamageAffectType "AFFECTS_SHIELDS_AND_HULL"
DamageApplyType "OVERTIME"
DamageType "ENERGY"
WeaponClassType "BEAM"
DamagePerBank:FRONT 80.000000
DamagePerBank:BACK 0.000000
DamagePerBank:LEFT 0.000000
DamagePerBank:RIGHT 0.000000
Range 4000.000000
PreBuffCooldownTime 5.500000
CanFireAtFighter FALSE
SynchronizedTargeting FALSE
PointStaggerDelay 0.500000
TravelSpeed 0.000000
Duration 1.500000
WeaponEffects
weaponType "Beam"
burstCount 1
burstDelay 0.000000
muzzleEffectName "Weapon_PsiCapitalBeamMedium_Muzzle"
muzzleSoundMinRespawnTime 0.100000
muzzleSounds
soundCount 1
sound ""
hitEffectName "Weapon_PsiCapitalBeamMedium_Hit"
hitHullEffectSounds
soundCount 1
sound ""
hitShieldsEffectSounds
soundCount 1
sound ""
beamEffectSounds
soundCount 1
sound "WEAPON_PSICAPITALBEAMMEDIUM_TRAVEL"
beamGlowTextureName "TechCapitalBeamGreen_Glow"
beamCoreTextureName "TechCapitalBeamGreen_Core"
beamWidth 15.000000
beamGlowColor ffffffff
beamCoreColor ffffffff
beamTilingRate 3.000000
m_weaponIndexForRange 0
hasWeaponLevels FALSE
mass 2000.000000
ShieldMeshName ""
maxAccelerationLinear 125.000000
maxAccelerationStrafe 10.000000
maxDecelerationLinear 500.000000
maxAccelerationAngular 2.000000
maxDecelerationAngular 9.999996
maxSpeedLinear 600.000000
squadTypeEntityDef:0 ""
squadAntiMatterCost:0 0.000000
squadTypeEntityDef:1 ""
squadAntiMatterCost:1 0.000000
maxNumCommandPoints 0
NumSoundsFor:ONATTACKORDERISSUED 0
NumSoundsFor:ONCREATION 0
NumSoundsFor:ONGENERALORDERISSUED 0
NumSoundsFor:ONSELECTED 0
NumSoundsFor:ONSTARTPHASEJUMP 0
MeshName "Frigate_PirateHeavy"
ExhaustParticleSystemName "Exhaust_FrigateTechHeavy"
ExplosionName "Frigate0"
HyperspaceChargingSoundID "HYPERSPACE_CHARGEUP"
HyperspaceTravelSoundID "HYPERSPACE_TRAVEL"
EngineSoundID "ENGINE_TECHCAPITALSHIP"
ability:0 "AbilityWeaponJam"
ability:1 ""
ability:2 ""
ability:3 ""
MaxAntiMatter 300.000000
AntiMatterRestoreRate 1.000000
cargoType "Invalid"
maxCargoCapacity 0.000000
formationRank 0
minShadow 0.000000
maxShadow 0.600000"
Any assistance as to what i've done wrong would be appreciated.
