SInce last patch, my game is currently unplayable as the game will always crash when loading (before team selection screen).
By removing and readding files 1 by 1 im now 99% sure the crash is caused by something in my npc_items_custom.txt file, but I haven't changed anything in that file for at least a month. I'm not sure what to do.
here is the file
https://pastebin.com/zs0S08X0
It's quite lengthy, the first 75% of it is in datadriven because thats what the person I took over the game from used, changes to item_lua later on.
Of course I'm not expecting anyone to actually proofread all of this, I'm just looking for ideas of what could cause a previously working item file to break between last patch and this one. Thanks
#npc_items_custom.txt crashes the game since last patch
fluid stratus
oh and here's the console spew, I don't think there's anything useful but I could be wrong
https://pastebin.com/NANhuiCr
robust cliff
You have at least next issues (missing quotes):
"01" item_dominator_lua;item_reaver -> "01" "item_dominator_lua;item_reaver"
"01" item_lifesteal;item_helm_of_iron_will -> "01" "item_lifesteal;item_helm_of_iron_will"
"01" item_lifesteal -> "01" "item_lifesteal"
Basically copy paste your npc_items into this site http://arhowk.github.io/ and fix every error it reports
fluid stratus
well thats very helpful thank you
now I'm just a little confused as to how the game was even working before
robust cliff
dota_modding.png
fossil pond
It usually reads until it can't anymore
fluid stratus
unfortunately I have amended all the errors flagged by that site to this version:
https://pastebin.com/nK59MgGX
and the game still crashes
fossil pond
Try commenting out all items (I would imagine it will stop crashing). Then uncomment a bunch of items at a time until it starts crashing again.
versed drift
unfortunately I have amended all the errors flagged by that site to this version...
that website might not properly work with your KV though
I tested it and it was giving bracket error on some line that does not have any bracket error
so double check before editing I would say
fossil pond
to be fair that website was made by arhowk years and years ago
it's old
VSCode has extensions that help with this by the way
tight forum
to be fair that website was made by arhowk years and years ago
Kv3 format hasnt changed though
fossil pond
oh, I meant in a different ton as in "it's old and has bugs" rather than "it's old and outdated"
I didn't phrase myself properly
fluid stratus
Solved
some blocks had 'IsPurchasable' instead of 'ItemPurchasable'
that was causing the crash
the consequences of copy and pasting
tight forum
thats... weird.
you should be able to have whatever keys you want and they just wont be read by valve unless its one of their reserved keys
fossil pond
indeed that's weird af
formal epoch
IsPurchasable could possibly be an old deprecated keyword they dropped from engine but is still being called somewhere
like the KV reader is still parsing IsPurchasable and attempting to call a method they recently deleted
fossil pond
Yeah, probably.
bitter gyro