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[pikachu17]

I've been doing some modding for dwarf 4tress from scratch, and I keep coming up on stuff causing the game to crash without an errorlog. If you would list all the things(from modding) that can cause the game to crash without an errorlog, it would be much appreciated

[Quietust]

If you want a list of modding attempts that cause crashes, you should probably check out the Bug Tracker (since any crash, by definition, is a bug). Furthermore, if you want to help the community, you should report all of the modding-related crashes you've encountered on said bug tracker (after searching and ensuring they haven't already been reported, of course) so that Toady can fix them and so that other modders can avoid them in the meanwhile - simply asking people to post all of their information in your thread (without actually posting any yourself) probably won't be very effective.

[pikachu17]

If you want a list of modding attempts that cause crashes, you should probably check out the Bug Tracker (since any crash, by definition, is a bug). Furthermore, if you want to help the community, you should report all of the modding-related crashes you've encountered on said bug tracker (after searching and ensuring they haven't already been reported, of course) so that Toady can fix them and so that other modders can avoid them in the meanwhile - simply asking people to post all of their information in your thread (without actually posting any yourself) probably won't be very effective.

The only information I've got on crashes is that the spoilered stuff cause crashes. I wanted to know what might be causing the vampire spawn crash.

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(keep in mind it had proper brackets before. I just Removed it from my game before I first posted it.)PLANT:CAVE_CHOCOLATE_PIKACHU
   NAME:cave chocolate tree NAME_PLURAL:cave chocolate trees ADJ:chocolate tree
   USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STRUCTURAL:STRUCTURAL_PLANT_TEMPLATE
   BASIC_MAT:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:STRUCTURAL
   DISPLAY_COLOR:4:0:0]
   USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:WOOD:WOOD_TEMPLATE
      STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:chocolate
      STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:chocolate
      PREFIX:NONE
       SOLID_DENSITY:540   
       STATE_COLOR:ALL_SOLID:BROWN
      EDIBLE_RAW
      EDIBLE_COOKED
      EDIBLE_VERMIN
   USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:FRUIT:FRUIT_TEMPLATE_PIKACHU
      STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:chocolate]
      STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:chocolate]
      STATE_COLOR:ALL:BROWN]
      DISPLAY_COLOR:2:0:0]
      PREFIX:NONE]
      EDIBLE_RAW]
      EDIBLE_COOKED]
      EDIBLE_VERMIN]
   TREE:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:WOOD TREE_TILE:5
   TRUNK_PERIOD:10
   HEAVY_BRANCH_DENSITY:25
   BRANCH_DENSITY:50
   MAX_TRUNK_HEIGHT:3
   HEAVY_BRANCH_RADIUS:5
   BRANCH_RADIUS:10
   TRUNK_BRANCHING:2
   MAX_TRUNK_DIAMETER:3
   TRUNK_WIDTH_PERIOD:200
   ROOT_DENSITY:5
   ROOT_RADIUS:3
   STANDARD_TILE_NAMES
   PREFSTRING:chocolate flavor
   DRY
   BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_CHASM
   UNDERGROUND_DEPTH:1:3
   SAPLING
   GROWTH:FRUIT
      GROWTH_NAME:chocolate:chocolate
      GROWTH_ITEM:PLANT_GROWTH:NONE:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:FRUIT
      GROWTH_DENSITY:1000
      GROWTH_HOST_TILE:BRANCHES_AND_TWIGS
      GROWTH_HOST_TILE:SAPLING
      GROWTH_TIMING:0:300000
      GROWTH_DROPS_OFF


INTERACTION:VAMPIRE_SPAWN_PIKACHU
   this crashes when i try to load arena
   I_SOURCE:CREATURE_ACTION
   IS_HIST_STRING_1: returned
   IS_HIST_STRING_2: from the void of death , but in exchange cursed it to be a vampire spawn forever
   I_TARGET:A:CORPSE
      IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_ITEM
      IT_AFFECTED_CLASS:INTELLIGENT
      IT_REQUIRES:FIT_FOR_ANIMATION
      IT_FORBIDDEN:NOT_LIVING
      IT_MANUAL_INPUT:intelligent corpses
      IT_CANNOT_HAVE_SYNDROME_CLASS:WERECURSE
      IT_CANNOT_HAVE_SYNDROME_CLASS:VAMPCURSE
      IT_CANNOT_HAVE_SYNDROME_CLASS:DISTURBANCE_CURSE

   I_EFFECT:RESURRECT
      IE_TARGET:A
      IE_IMMEDIATE
      IE_ARENA_NAME:vampire spawn
      SYN_CLASS:VAMPCURSE
CE_ADD_TAG:BLOODSUCKER:NO_AGING:STERILE:NOT_LIVING:NOEXERT:NOPAIN:NOBREATHE:NOSTUN:NONAUSEA:NO_DIZZINESS:NO_FEVERS:PARALYZEIMMUNE:NO_EAT:NO_DRINK:NO_SLEEP:NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN:NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST:CAN_LEARN:CAN_SPEAK:START:0
CE_ADD_TAG:OPPOSED_TO_LIFE:PROB:30:START:0
CE_ADD_TAG:OPPOSED_TO_LIFE:START:34800:DWF_STRETCH:72
      CE_PHYS_ATT_CHANGE:STRENGTH:200:0:AGILITY:200:0:TOUGHNESS:200:0:START:0
      CE_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER:MAT_MULT:NONE:NONE:1:2
   CE_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER:MAT_MULT:PLANT_MAT:GARLIC_PIKACH:BULB:2000:1
      CE_DISPLAY_TILE:TILE:165:4:0:0:START:0:CAN_BE_HIDDEN
      CE_DISPLAY_NAME:NAME:vampire spawn:vampire spawns:vampiric:START:0:CAN_BE_HIDDEN
      CE_BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:START:0:BP:BY_CATEGORY:TOOTH:APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:LENGTH:150
         CE:COUNTER_TRIGGER:DRINKING_BLOOD:1:NONE:REQUIRED
      CE_SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS:START:0:CLASS:HAS_BLOOD:15:4:0:1

FantasticDorf told me the Cave Chocolate is crashing because there is no soil underground for them to root into.
The mushrooms have no roots and grow on the moss directly.
The Vampire spawn may be crashing, because I have [IT_REQUIRES:FIT_FOR_ANIMATION], instead of [IT_REQUIRES:FIT_FOR_RESURRECTION] and the interaction resurrects.

[milo christiansen]

I recently discovered that if you do not have at least one item of every type defined you will get random crashes when trying to embark. The weird thing it it doesn't always crash, just sometimes, and if it crashes for a certain biome it will always crash for that biome...

I suppose others knew about this crash before, but it isn't written down anywhere.