Its not too much of a problem(if your not lazy that is), but its a problem if I ever do click it. On a map I'm currently making I started another location set for a unit. I placed 3 locations and switched the unit around with another. The problem that keeps coming up is that every time I click any locations to rename them or look into there values(With these 3 additional locations set), ScmDraft2 gos into a load and freezes. I can bypass it by going to the strings editor but I don't want to be working on something and click a location and lose all my work. Not to mention that the strings editor already is a glitchy device of its own..

I've already tried recreating the locations, reinstalling ScmDraft2 and checking the Strings editor for a max amount of strings. 344/1024 . I don't get it and I can't seem to find it out. So far theres 93 locations being used and "Commotio, Commotio pick and Commotio track" are the 3 that make it that. But after these three are added it freezes if I click properties into any location not just these three.

This is the first time I've ever had a problem with ScmDraft2 and I'm really confused at why this is doing it, but I really need help with this problem. Can anyone lend a hand?..

There's a good possibility that your string is used by both a unit and a location. This can cause problems. In general strings are annoying to get to work well, since SCMDraft seems to be pretty buggy in this aspect.

Make sure you are using the latest version of SCMDraft (found in the sticky of SC1 Tools forum).

If you feel comfortable posting the map, someone here might be able to take a look at it and fix the strings if it's a problem.

Another option is to save the map with different editors. There are also ways to copy/paste entire sections of your map into a new map if you want, so the only thing you have left to do is fix a few strings.

In the future, make sure every time you save your map, save it as a new file, so that you have a trail of saves which you can go back to just in case.

Thank you for responding to my plee.

I installed the new version of ScmDraft2 and did the following: I tried looking at any locations,units and anything that used the same trigger names. Well I have several of those but they didn't freeze it. (But it only does so after these 3. "Commotio, Commotio Track, Commotio Pick" are added, and there is a unit named Commotio Cortis might these be sharing names?) Well Once I removed the 3 locations it stopped freezing no matter what I clicked, but when I made them again in it does it about 1 or 2 clicks in.

I opened it up in Staredit and it didn't freeze up no matter how many locations I went into and the 3 were still in there.

Edit: Something wierd now. I managed to pinpoint that as soon as the 93rd location is made and I click anything it freezes it and I didn't even name the location I just left it as is..

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Apr 3 2011, 7:04 pm by ScaleMatrix.

Use ScmDraft's backup database to revert to a version before the bug appeared. Then try to avoid having the same string for 2 locations.

Thank you for responding to my plee


I got a backup version of my original and managed to get 2. 1 works up until I hit the 95th location, even when changed names it freezes. The second one is the same as the last. Gah! Whats up with these strings!

delete all the strings from the map and try it out.

Also, it's spelled "plea".

Thanks for the spelling check.

I'l try deleting all the strings from the map then and see if it helps, if it does then I've really got some string issues.

Ok wow......I don't know what happened but I deleted the strings from the strings editor then remade the locations, it stopped freezing on me no matter how many locations I had or clicked with the 3 additional ones.