.Lang File Help Lang file stopped working completely

**Dutton** · 04-21-2012, 09:39 PM

Okay, so i just bumped into the most weird error i ever encountered while making my custom story.

I've been working on it for a long time now, and suddently everything concerning the .lang file stopped working.
I've tored the whole forum apart for 3 days of searching to find a solution to this problem and can't find anything regarding my error.

First thing i noticed when this happened was the custom story's description stopped showing up and instead popping up with "No Description". I've reinstalled the game with no luck, deleted the main_settings.cfg plus user_settings.cfg files with no luck, checked my lang file over and over including the .hps file. There is a few errors in the .hpl regarding an error that says it aren't able to load my .lang file.

Tryed diffrent types of solutions through the forum but none of them are working.

.lang File:

Spoiler below!

.hps File:

Spoiler below!

.hpl File:

Spoiler below!

Still trying to figure out what is wrong.

**Cranky Old Man** · 04-21-2012, 10:18 PM

Well, the lang file seems to be allright.

First off, one of the entries are exceptionally long. What would happen if you tried leaving that one out of the lang file?
Second of all, I've never seen /s and \s mixed in a path, like here:
"C:\Users\Dutton\Documents/Amnesia/Main/Dutton"

**Apjjm** · 04-22-2012, 01:29 AM

The error is in your lang file:

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ERROR: The 'br' start tag on line 35 does not match the end tag of 'Entry'. Line 38, position 26.

You have a "<br>" instead of a "[br]". Try the following:

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<LANGUAGE>

<RESOURCES>

</RESOURCES>

<CATEGORY Name="CustomStoryMain">

<Entry Name="Description">

Can you find the secret message?

But most important... Will you live?

</Entry>

</CATEGORY>



<CATEGORY Name="Levels">

<Entry Name="DoorStorage">Storage</Entry>

<Entry Name="DoorSchematics">Schematics</Entry>

<Entry Name="DoorGuestroom">Guest Room</Entry>

<Entry Name="DoorMainHall">Main Hall</Entry>

</CATEGORY>



<CATEGORY Name="MainHall">

<Entry Name="LevelDoorLocked_Guestroom">It is locked, I'll have to find The Guest Room Key</Entry>

<Entry Name="LevelDoorLocked_Schematics">It is locked, I'll have to find The Schematical Key</Entry>

<Entry Name="LevelDoorLocked_Storage">It is locked, I'll have to find The Storage Key</Entry>

</CATEGORY>



<CATEGORY Name="Journal">

<Entry Name="Note_notekeysto_Name">Find the key!</Entry>

<Entry Name="Note_notekeysto_Text">There is no time![br][br]

Find the key inside the dining hall, its hidden behind one of the knight replica statues!

if you see this message you probably already ran into the servants... god bless if you survive![br][br]

P.S There is always a Cleaner after a Killer!</Entry>

<Entry Name="Note_storagenote_Name">Setting up the Storage</Entry>

<Entry Name="Note_storagenote_Text">To Barney[br][br]

We are processing the amount of items placed in the storage.[br]

At the moment we haven't got the biggest amount yet, but i assure you[br]

that we are going to get it filled.[br][br]

Next mounth the traveler Gordon, will be here with a whole new level of funitures[br]

for the Mansion! Alot of changes are going to happend, and i think[br]

you'll get quite exited about the things i have in mind.[br][br]

Best Regards P. Johnson</Entry>

</CATEGORY>



<CATEGORY Name="Inventory">

<Entry Name="ItemName_storagekey">Key to The Storage Room</Entry>

<Entry Name="ItemDesc_storagekey">Key used to unlock The Storage Room!</Entry>

<Entry Name="ItemName_guestroomkey">Key to The Guest Room</Entry>

<Entry Name="ItemDesc_guestroomkey">Key used to unlock The Guest Room!</Entry>

</CATEGORY>

</LANGUAGE>

You may find it easier to use my lang editor tool than writing the files out manually (i used it to find the above error):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-12213.html

**Dutton** · 04-22-2012, 09:24 AM

(04-22-2012, 01:29 AM)Apjjm Wrote: The error is in your lang file:

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ERROR: The 'br' start tag on line 35 does not match the end tag of 'Entry'. Line 38, position 26.

You have a "
" instead of a "[br]". Try the following:

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Can you find the secret message? But most important... Will you live? Storage Schematics Guest Room Main Hall It is locked, I'll have to find The Guest Room Key It is locked, I'll have to find The Schematical Key It is locked, I'll have to find The Storage Key Find the key! There is no time![br][br] Find the key inside the dining hall, its hidden behind one of the knight replica statues! if you see this message you probably already ran into the servants... god bless if you survive![br][br] P.S There is always a Cleaner after a Killer! Setting up the Storage To Barney[br][br] We are processing the amount of items placed in the storage.[br] At the moment we haven't got the biggest amount yet, but i assure you[br] that we are going to get it filled.[br][br] Next mounth the traveler Gordon, will be here with a whole new level of funitures[br] for the Mansion! Alot of changes are going to happend, and i think[br] you'll get quite exited about the things i have in mind.[br][br] Best Regards P. Johnson Key to The Storage Room Key used to unlock The Storage Room! Key to The Guest Room Key used to unlock The Guest Room!
You may find it easier to use my lang editor tool than writing the files out manually (i used it to find the above error):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-12213.html

Well this is very embarrassing! it seems that the only problem there was, was the <br> tag that should be [br] instead.

I did download your Lang tool and it works like a charm! thank you ^^, will be using that from now on since it's WAY more easy to keep all tags right. Thank you guys this seemed to have fixed my problem.

I checked that language file through for 3 days and i simply couldn't find the error? daaaamn Blush