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[Grieven]

Hi all! I'm new here so I apologize if questions posted here have been answered already. I have also tried the search function so whatever question I post here MAY not have been answered (although I'm not 100% sure).

MTG: DOTP Skidrow (Don't wanna mess with the original)
Followed Wiki?: Yes
DLCs Installed: Patch 1-3 and Nova Extended Update 2

Issue: Undefined String
Cards Affected: Goblin Arsonist, Goblin Lackey, Goblin Piledriver and Lightning Bolt

As you can see, these are all red cards (haven't actually tried other colors XD). So my question is, how can I fix this?

Looking forward to getting some help with this.

[Shatterhouse]

What string is it that's undefined? The cards' titles, type lines, etc?

You can define strings in the XML files inside DATA_ALL_PLATFORMS->DATA_REQUIRED->TEXT_PERMANENT

[Grieven]

What string is it that's undefined? The cards' titles, type lines, etc?

You can define strings in the XML files inside DATA_ALL_PLATFORMS->DATA_REQUIRED->TEXT_PERMANENT

The "undefined" items are the card title, effects/card text and flavour(?) of the cards I've listed before. I've been doing more troubleshooting while waiting for an answer on this post. I decided to do a fresh install of DOTP and tried these steps (since wiki is a little vague I'm sorry.)

1. Installed DOTP
2. Installed Custom DLC 1-3
3. Extracted DATA_CORE and DLC_0004

From here, I just recreated the deck I wanted and it got fixed. I'm guessing the DLC patches already have all the released cards and that my installing the Nova Extended add-on screwed with their IDs or something. Maybe a card repository of sorts would be better than downloading individual add-ons.

One thing that's still giving me problems though, the expansion/custom decks don't display properly in the deck manager of the secret menu. It always displays as something like: "Undefined String ***QUESTION_KEYBMOU..." and on the deck info on the left side of the list is: "Undefined String ***DECK NAME***" and "Undefined String ***DECK NAME DESCRIPTION***". I've attached a screenshot.

[Shatterhouse]

For the cards, you can open up PERMANENT_EXPANSION_PACK_COMMUNITY.xml in the location I mentioned earlier and add lines like these:

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<Row>
   <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">GOBLIN_ARSONIST_TYPE_LINE</Data></Cell>
   <Cell ss:Index="3"><Data ss:Type="String">Creature - Goblin Shaman</Data></Cell>
</Row>


As for the decks in the menus, the person(s) who made the decks for those expansions must have forgotten to put the strings into their PERMANENT_EXPANSION_PACK xml files. If you want them, you'll have to define them yourself (although that's kind of weird without knowing what descriptions the creator intended). I think. I'm not sure if they can also go in PERMANENT_EXPANSION_PACK_COMMUNITY.xml because I never tried. But here's how to define the strings you see in the menus:

For expansion 6666, you create xml file "PERMANENT_EXPANSION_PACK_6666.xml" and format it like so:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Workbook>
<Worksheet>
<Table>

   <Row>
      <Cell><Data ss:Type="string">Ident</Data></Cell>
      <Cell><Data ss:Type="string">Comment</Data></Cell>
      <Cell><Data ss:Type="string">English</Data></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row>
      <Cell><Data ss:Type="string">6666_DECK_SAMPLE</Data></Cell>
      <Cell ss:Index="3"><Data ss:Type="string">Actual deck name goes here</Data></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row>
      <Cell><Data ss:Type="string">6666_DECK_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION</Data></Cell>
      <Cell ss:Index="3"><Data ss:Type="string">A short blurb about that deck</Data></Cell>
   </Row>

</Table>
</Worksheet>
</Workbook>

The "6666_DECK_NAME_STRING" should actually be the name of the deck's XML file in the DECKS folder. For example there's a deck xml file "6666_DECK_A_QUIET_CITY.xml". The string's name would be 6666_DECK_A_QUIET_CITY, and the string's value would be "A Quiet City".

[Huggybaby]

Hi all! I'm new here so I apologize if questions posted here have been answered already. I have also tried the search function so whatever question I post here MAY not have been answered (although I'm not 100% sure).

MTG: DOTP Skidrow (Don't wanna mess with the original)
Followed Wiki?: Yes
DLCs Installed: Patch 1-3 and Nova Extended Update 2

Issue: Undefined String
Cards Affected: Goblin Arsonist, Goblin Lackey, Goblin Piledriver and Lightning Bolt

As you can see, these are all red cards (haven't actually tried other colors XD). So my question is, how can I fix this?

Looking forward to getting some help with this.

I see several potential problems with your install.
1. Kevlahnota's patches require DOTP plus all the updates, that is DLCs 1-3. AFAIK Skidrow's version only goes up to DLC2.
2. Kevlahnota's patches should not be used with any other patches, and you put Nova's update on top of them. You have to use one or the other but not both simultaneously.

[Grieven]

@Shatterhouse: I'm not really that good with tinkering with .xmls but I'll see what I can do with the info you posted. Oh and I wanted to thank you for trying to help me fix this.

@Huggybaby: I wasn't aware that the skidrow version only have up to DLC2. There's something I want to clarify. DLC 1-3 is different from Custom DLC 1-3 which can be downloaded here? Or is it really the same thing? I'm not really well versed when it comes to computers so please pardon my ignorance.

EDIT: The DLCs are bugging me so I tried researching more about them. Are DLCs the term for Expansion Packs? If so, I also have the official expansion 1 through 3.

[Huggybaby]

Yes, there is a difference. Kev released Custom DLC's, not to be confused with the official standard DLCs AKA Expansion Packs. You must have the official standard DLC expansions 1-3 to use Kev's DLCs.

[Grieven]

Yes, there is a difference. Kev released Custom DLC's, not to be confused with the official standard DLCs AKA Expansion Packs. You must have the official standard DLC expansions 1-3 to use Kev's DLCs.

Alright. I think I understand a little bit more. So there should be a total of 7 .wads right? Data_Core, Data_DLC_0001 - 0006. I'm assuming 0006 is exp 3, 0005 is exp 2, and so on. To use custom DLCs, Data_Core and Data_DLC_0004 should be uncompressed. while the other DLCs (as well as the expansions) can remain in their compressed form. Is that what it should look like? or should the expansions be uncompressed as well?

[Shatterhouse]

I uncompressed all mine just to see what was inside. You really only need to unpack Core, and DLCs 4, 5, 6, and 1111(the community one)

[Grieven]

I uncompressed all mine just to see what was inside. You really only need to unpack Core, and DLCs 4, 5, 6, and 1111(the community one)

That actually solved alot of things. I was following the wiki which only mentioned core and 0004 to be unpacked. Most of the cards now display properly in-game but the custom decks still display undefined string in the deck list. I haven't tinkered with the decks yet so I'll see if it can be fixed using your suggestions. Thank you for all the help you guys are giving me.

Another issue seem to have cropped up but it's not really important. Everytime I close DOTP, it opens a notepad file named MOTHER.txt it's contents can be seen in the code box.

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[lua] [string "_"]:1: attempt to call global 'showPCBackButton' (a nil value)


Is there a known fix for this?

[Shatterhouse]

That looks like a bug I remember being patched by the game's developers over a year ago. You might want to try a fresh Steam download.