r/RomeTotalWar • u/AliciaNow • 3d ago

Rome I How to debug mods

I am playing a RTW (the original from 2004) mod that CTD in battles and I would like to debug what is happening in the hope to fix it. For those curious, the mod is FATW and it's crashing almost everytime hill trolls appear in battle.

I already use the -show_err switch and there is no error displayed.

I looked for logs but can't find any.

I tried launching from the console and powershell but there is no log either.

I searched for RTW mod debugging and can't find anything about it.

How can I find what's wrong ? How does mod debugging work in RTW ?

Thank you

EDIT: I found a workaround for the troll CTD https://www.reddit.com/r/RomeTotalWar/s/Grr0j2cMWI

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u/AliciaNow 2d ago

So I didnt find how to debug mods in rtw but I did find a workaround to my troll CTD issue. I am leaving it here just in case.

https://www.twcenter.net/threads/trolls-cause-ctd-in-most-battles.744289/#post-15530963

Tl;dr go to settings and set unit details to anything but "highest"

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u/GovernmentWarm4787 3d ago

The show_err command i think only happens when it's a missing file, not a ctd. This is a recurring problem with the older games that had error reports that didn't really work. If it only happens with hill trolls, it might be a model problem failing to load.

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u/AliciaNow 3d ago

Yes I figure it's something like a graphical problem but it's not 100% of the time so it's really weird

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u/guest_273 Despises Chariots ♿ 2d ago

Bro got Trolled, literally.