Error popped up with the old 3.5 Spell Compendium files.

Sarelth · February 27th, 2018, 02:40 AM

Is anyone else getting an error with the old 3.5 Spell compendium .user files?
Specifically for an Oracle character that had no problems before.

This being the error I get. I went through and checked all the source stuff, but could not see anything myself. Not sure what exactly to look for though.

Code:

Errors were encountered when loading the saved portfolio! If you notice incorrect behaviors in your portfolio, please report it to the data file authors (you can contact them from the Help menu).

Critical information not found in data files: Source 'Spell Compendium 3.5'

Mathias · February 27th, 2018, 08:16 AM

That error means that a file that used to be available for that character has been removed.

Sarelth · February 27th, 2018, 12:26 PM

Good to know. I think I figured out what happened also. It was in an older .por that had not been updated in a while. I thought it had the same things loaded but must have changed that file at some point. I remade the character with the same settings and got it working without the error. Thanks for the info, it helped fix things.

Mathias · February 27th, 2018, 12:38 PM

Since there aren't any lines beyond those first two, that means nothing actually changed in your character because of that error, so ignoring the error message, opening the character anyway, and then saving it would have kept the error from being shown in the future.

Sarelth · February 27th, 2018, 01:37 PM

I opened it, modified it and saved it several times. It still had the error a few times. Which is why I remade it.

Mathias · February 27th, 2018, 01:49 PM

Okay, sorry, I thought the simple solution would work. The complex solution is Develop...Prepare Portfolio for Distribution, and check the "Strip Missing Sources" option.

Mathias · February 27th, 2018, 01:50 PM

Enabling the options in the Develop menu may require turning on the very first option in that table ("Enable Data File Debugging"), if you haven't done so before now.

Sarelth · February 27th, 2018, 08:56 PM

I went back to the original .por and did, it fixed that. Now to just wait till next gameday and see if that player can use the .por in the app on his phone.

Mathias Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 13,213 February 27th, 2018, 08:16 AM	That error means that a file that used to be available for that character has been removed.
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Sarelth Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 151 February 27th, 2018, 01:37 PM	I opened it, modified it and saved it several times. It still had the error a few times. Which is why I remade it. Current Games: 5E Homebrew - DM Recent Games: Shadowrun 5E - GM Pathfinder Homebrew - DM Curse of Strahd 5E - Player My HL Files - Birthright, Creatures, and items Birthright Setting and D20Despot Let me know if it breaks.
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