Hello DataRealms' Forums! first post here.

Ok, well when I make a scene in the In-Game scene editor and later exit Cortex Command (after done playing), I try to load Cortex Command and i get an error message. here is the message:

Abortion in file ./system/reader.cpp, line 530
Referring to an instance ("tut tiny block") to copy from that hasnt been defined! in Base.rte/scenes/Tower.ini at line 140
The last frame has been dumped to 'abortscreen.bmp'

Now i have gone into that file and to line 140 to just try to remove it. but to no effect. the only way i can play CC again is to delete any scenes i've made in the Editor.

So i come here to DataRealms in help of a fix, sorry if i broke any rules this is my first post.

Please check the rules before posting instead of just apologizing in advance. This is the wrong forum, it's for working scenes only.

what you need to do is go into base.rte and then into scenes.ini
go to the very bottom and cut out the last line with your scene in it. Then go into missions.rte then scenes.ini and at the very end put in your new line of code.
The problem was you were asking to use things (tut tiny block, for example) that the game hadn't loaded yet. Base.rte is the first thing that loads, the tutorial things are loaded later, and the missions are loaded last. So if you put you ask for stuff in the tutorial.rte when you are still at the base.rte stage, it will give you an error, because you are asking for things that don't even exist yet! :O

i have the same problem.

then read my solution to the problem

and it works now. but i posted this same question in the correct forum and no-one came up with tht answer

i have the same problem, but when I open the scenes folder, my scene is not there! Please help me!

are you sure you saved?
I know I've forgotten before, and it sucks.

Did you make a custom scene not using base.rte as your module?
Scenes save in whatever module you create them in.
If you did create it in a different module, then it will only create an actual file with your scene if their is a folder in that .rte named "Scenes"

Otherwise, you should be able to find the .ini under scenes in base.rte/

Good luck.

eh... could you please explain that one more time? a little easier to understand?

When you go to build a scene, the game asks you which "Module" you want to build it in. A module is basically a folder within your Cortex Command folder. So if you decided to build it in Dummy.rte, for instance, go to your Cortex Command folder, open Dummy.rte, and then you should be able to find a file called Scenes.ini in there. That's where your scene is saved.

it's not anywhere! but the errormessage said: "the last frame has been dumped to abortscreen.bmp" does that have anything to do with this?

It always says that. It basically just takes a picture of the game when it crashes.
Try uploading that and I'll see if I can diagnose your problem

Theres a little nasty thing about this.

If a module lacks a "Scenes" folder, your amazing scene is not saved anywhere.
I made recently a nice cool map and hit "save" where it said something like "Save in Mod.rte/Scenes/MyMap.ini".

After a while I closed it and came back tomorrow to test it out.
Well.
It didnt load.
I went to my mods folder and saw a Scenes.ini.
I opened it and took a look at what it had to say and it said there is a file in "Mod.rte/Scenes/MyMap.ini".
Then I was like "okay" and closed the file to find a "Scenes" folder inside my mod.
I never found it.

And thus my precious work was wasted.


So if youre going to make a scene in your mod, make sure you have a "Scenes" folder in it. Same thing applies if youre using the gib editor. Then you must have a "NewData" folder in your mod.

there are no files in there named my map! i have been searching through all of the folders but nothing there is called "bunkerwar.ini"! anyone who knows what to do?

Read the thread.
It gives exactly the answer to your problem.
It also might be called Scene.ini.