please tell me why my mod is crashing on me during testing!!

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Apparently ever since i created a new main menu for my mod, it crashes when i try starting a game. This is happening even when i remove that menu. here's the debug.err:

Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using hardware vertex processing
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_4_SAMPLES
Debug Message: Attempting to create D3DDevice at resolution 1024 x 768, Windowed: 1, Multisample: 4
Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1024 x 768
Debug Message: Running in windowed mode.
Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): RADEON X300 Series
Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_IMMEDIATE
Debug Message: Refresh rate: 0
Debug Message: Bit Depth: 32 bit.
Debug Message: *********Checking D3DDevice Caps***********************
Debug Message: A full-color cursor is supported in hardware at high resolution modes.
Debug Message: Border size reported as 6 by 32
Debug Message: RGB in format 6:6:6, Masks reported as ff0000:ff00:ff
Debug Message: Now windowed.
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: GalCiv2 is activated.
Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game *****
Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 b25f73c0
Debug Message: Initializing sound card.
Debug Message: initailizing bink
Debug Message: No files found matching mask Movies\techs\*.bik
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Dovie\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\Gfx\Movies\*.bik
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Movies\*.bik
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Movies\techs\*.bik
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Screens\*.dxpack
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Dovie\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\sfx\*.wav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Dovie\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\Music\*.mp3
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Dovie\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\Event Music\*.mp3
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\sfx\*.wav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Music\*.mp3
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Event Music\*.mp3
Debug Message: Create setup screens.
Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings.
Debug Message: Clear influence.
Debug Message: Clear up laws.
Debug Message: Clear first time events.
Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods.
Debug Message: Clear sector mapper.
Debug Message: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: Killing ship styles:
Debug Message: Could not find tech ability tag Research
Debug Message: Could not find tech ability tag Research
Debug Message: Could not find tech ability tag Research
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\Techs\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\ShipComponents\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\ShipTemplates\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask ./Data/\FleetFormations\*.fleet
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\FleetFormations\*.fleet
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\CustomPlanets\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask Gfx\Planets\C0*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Gfx\Planets\C0*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\PlanetImprovements\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\TerrainColorSchemes\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/1SideN*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/1SideE*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/1SideS*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/1SideW*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/2SideN*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/2SideE*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/2SideS*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/2SideW*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/3SideN*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/3SideE*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/3SideS*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/3SideW*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/4SideN*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/4SideE*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/4SideS*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask gfx/Terrain/4SideW*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/1SideN*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/1SideE*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/1SideS*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/1SideW*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/2SideN*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/2SideE*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/2SideS*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/2SideW*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/3SideN*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/3SideE*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/3SideS*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/3SideW*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/4SideN*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/4SideE*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/4SideS*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light/gfx/Terrain/4SideW*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\PlanetDescriptions\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\Invasions\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\PoliticalParties\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\StarTypes\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\StarbaseModules\*.xml
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\AsteroidFieldMiningBaseModules\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask ./Data/English/Tutorials/*.xml
Debug Message: GalaxyWnd: Cannot find OBJID Scenaro_MoreDetails_FText
Debug Message: GalaxyWnd: Cannot find OBJID Scenaro_Details_FormattedText
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Galactic Civilizations II\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Mods\The Bringers of Light\Data\CustomMaps\*.gc2map
Debug Message: No files found matching mask ./Data/English/Scenarios/*.GC2Scenario
Debug Message: CustomPersonalityWnd: Cannot find OBJID Personality_Special_Title
Debug Message: CustomPersonalityWnd: Cannot find OBJID Personality_Special_Disctiption_Spinner_Back
Debug Message: CustomPersonalityWnd: Cannot find OBJID Personality_Special_Disctiption_Title
Debug Error: CustomShipStyleWnd: Unknown edit field ShipList_List_Entry type: CustomListEntry
Debug Error: CustomShipStyleWnd: Unknown edit field ShipList_Avalible_List_Entry type: CustomListEntry
Debug Message: WARNING: GetShipStylePrefix called for civ and civ has no ship style
Debug Message: LoadHardpointsFromPrefsFile failed to load ship config file: ./Data/ShipCfg/\(null)_ColonyShip.shipcfg
Debug Message: WARNING: GetShipStylePrefix called for civ and civ has no ship style


Can anyone tell me why It's trying to load every freakin' file from my mod's directory instead of the game's??
i appreciate any help i can get on this,

-DSep
modding
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
forget it, i just figured out that it was a problem in my raceconfig.xml.
thanx for looking,

-DSep
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
whenever that happens ist your raceconfig file when you where changing the altarens or the korath you might have deleted the this part >by mistake whenever you do that it will mess up your game even if you fix the problem it'll still messup so its best keep your racecon file and just copy paste everything and be carefull not to delete that part because its hardcoded hope that this helps if it still does that than its something ealse.
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