Internal Error

A general error returned by the TS engine and it's derivates. The message itself doesn't say much, and can be caused by almost anything you do wrong, so it's impossible to say where exactly it came from when it hits your screen. If you get an internal error, all you can do is try to track down what changes you have made to cause it. Review your latest rules-changes and play again to see when it occurs. Make sure you always know what you have changed, the more things you change simultaneously, the harder it is to see what caused the IE. Also, just because you found a mistake and fixed it, that doesn't mean there can't be a second one that's still causing the error.

List of known reasons for Internal Errors (please expand)

1. Missing warhead on a weapon.

2. Typo for a weapon entry on a unit/infantry/aircraft/building so that it points to a non-existent weapon.

3. Cluster weapon not attached to another unit.

4. A warhead with CellSpread bigger than 10.

5. A weapon that is used in a game mode but not attached to another unit in the main rules file.

6. Setting off an area-effect warhead that is also Temporal=yes.

7. An MCV becomes neutral: Mind-control of an MCV is relinquished to a defeated player (RA2/YR only). The workaround is to make MCVs unable to be mind-controlled.

8. If a falling paratrooper (who has nearly reached the ground) is killed by an area-effect mutation weapon you will get an internal error. Point based mutations seem to be okay and the GM superweapon seems incapable of killing falling paratroopers. If you have an area-effect mutation weapon then you should ensure that all paratroopers are immune to it.

See also: Reconnection Error

Software used to find Internal Errors

INI Checker is a very useful program that can check your rules, art and sound ini files for typos and missing references.