Error messages, how to fix the errors

[Helmet]

I recently uploaded a campaign, written for BfW 1.16. It's called "Frogfolk Delivery Service."
Shortly after uploading it, I got feedback about error messages. I solved some of the errors, but not these.

How do I fix them?
Also, how do I view the error log? I'm not seeing an error messages when I play my campaign, so maybe they're hidden?
Thanks.

20221024 19:28:49 warning general: no location found for 'data/add-ons/Frogfolk_Delivery_Service/translations', skipping textdomain
20221024 19:29:01 warning unit: Unknown attribute 'controller' discarded.

[Pentarctagon]

See viewtopic.php?t=46166

[Helmet]

Thanks for the link. I'm on a Mac, so I followed the instruction for macOS. Opening the terminal didn't display an error log. The instructions were confusing, so maybe I made a mistake.

Analyzing the errors I quoted above, I have two questions: Why would the empty translations folder cause an error?

Regarding the second error, how could "controller" be a problem? In my BfW scenario, the code employing "controller" is simple: controller=human or controller=ai. How could that produce an error? It's not like I tried to use lua or anything complex.

I could be wrong, I've looked and looked, but my code appears to have no errors.

Could somebody download my campaign and see if you also find an error? It's called "Frogfolk Delivery Service," written for BfW 1.16.

[beetlenaut]

Why would the empty translations folder cause an error?

An empty translations folder is what you need in order to solve that error. I downloaded the campaign, and there is no such folder. If you created one, it must be in the wrong place. Check the path carefully.

how could "controller" be a problem?

That line appears inside a [unit] tag (which is what the beginning of the error message means). However, the "controller" key is only valid in [side] tags. That's a very important concept in WML: Each tag only has specific keys that work inside it, which are the ones listed on the wiki. Other keys will be ignored except for the warning message.

[Helmet]

Hi, beetlenaut. In the original uploaded version there wasn't a "translations" folder, so I added it in an update to fix the error. I'm baffled why the folder was still missing when you downloaded it, unless you downloaded the campaign before I made the update. Regardless, I put an empty "en" folder in the translations folder, like some people do, and re-updated the campaign on the server a few minutes ago. The new version is 1.0.2.

Thanks for directing me toward my "controller" error. Like you'd indicated, I wrongfully included a controller=human in a [unit] tag.

I'm disappointed that I made such a basic error, but that's the problem with cutting and pasting blocks of code. Sometimes you paste a line that you don't actually need.

I'd appreciate it if you would download the latest update and make sure the campaign displays no more errors.

Thanks!

[gnombat]

Hi, beetlenaut. In the original uploaded version there wasn't a "translations" folder, so I added it in an update to fix the error. I'm baffled why the folder was still missing when you downloaded it, unless you downloaded the campaign before I made the update. Regardless, I put an empty "en" folder in the translations folder, like some people do, and re-updated the campaign on the server a few minutes ago. The new version is 1.0.2.

I just downloaded 1.0.2 and I don't see any translations folder.

It's possible that the uploader simply ignores empty folders.

[Helmet]

...It's possible that the uploader simply ignores empty folders.

Ah. Your theory makes sense. Thanks.

I placed a tiny text file in the translation folder and updated the campaign to version 1.0.3.

Maybe I'm being a perfectionist, but I don't want any errors in an error log that might alarm a player, even trivial errors that have no impact on gameplay.

[beetlenaut]

The translations folder is there now. The uploader does ignore some things, but it shouldn't ignore an empty folder named "translations". I know it didn't in the past. That may be a bug. I don't know if that one line in your text file is going to cause problems, but it might. The game will be expecting folders with .mo files, not a .txt or .cfg file.

[gnombat]

I don't know if that one line in your text file is going to cause problems, but it might. The game will be expecting folders with .mo files, not a .txt or .cfg file.

It seems unlikely that a .txt file in translations would cause problems; there's a lot of other add-ons that have various random files in the translations folder - .txt files, shell scripts, etc.