Error Loading Extensions: Invalid UNID

[Durendal]

Adventure Declaration:

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<?xml version="1.0" ?>


<!DOCTYPE TranscendenceAdventure
		[
		<!ENTITY unidStartSystem			"0xEA770002">
		<!ENTITY unidEnigma					"0xEA770001">
		]>

<TranscendenceAdventure
		UNID=					"0xEA770003"
		version=				"1.0"
		>
		
		
		
		
	<AdventureDesc
			UNID=					"@1;"
			name=					"Enigma"
			backgroundID=		""
			>
			
	</AdventureDesc>
	
	
	<SystemTopology>
	
		<Node ID="SE" rootNode="true">
			<System name="O'lignoth"			level="1">
				<System UNID="&ssEarthSpaceDesert;"/>
			</System>
			
			<StarGates>
				<StarGate Name="Outbound" DestID="EndGame"/>
			</StarGates>
		</Node>
		
		<Node ID="EndGame"
				endgame="true"
				endgameReason="escaped"
				epitaph="Finished the Enigma"
				>
		</Node>
		
	</SystemTopology>
	
	
	
</TranscendenceAdventure>

Star System:

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

<TranscendenceExtension>
	
	<!--Star System Oceania	-->
	<SystemType UNID = "&unidStartSystem;">
		
		<Tables>
		</Tables>
		
		<SystemGroup>
		</SystemGroup>
		
		<Events>
		</Events>
	
	</SystemType>

</TranscendenceExtension>

The Only Error returned is, and I quote: "Error Loading Extensions: Invalid UNID"
Wondering if someone will point out what it is that I've missed.

[digdug]

the UNID table must have all the UNID used in the extension, so you have to add 0xEA770003 to the table.
try that and see if it works.

I'm not sure if Transcendence will accept a system that is completely empty, I think that a "Start" position is mandatory.

[Durendal]

Thanks for the prompt reply, declaration of UNID's was an area I wasn't entirely sure about, so that clears up some stuff for me. I think the error lies in the star systems file, as I can get the Adventure to work as long as I plug in a system declared in SotP. Just a matter of studying all of those tags used for SystemGroup and such, and this will work in no time.

[digdug]

all that you need is a system with this
<Marker objName="Start"/>

and possibly, not sure 100%, the system can't be completely empty, it must have at least 1 station (the sun for example)

[Durendal]

Here are the updated files:

Adventure:

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<?xml version="1.0" ?>


<!DOCTYPE TranscendenceAdventure
		[
		<!ENTITY unidEnigma					"0xEA770001">
		<!ENTITY unidSTAR7						"0xEA770002">
		<!ENTITY unidEnigmaAdventure		"0xEA770003">
		]>

<TranscendenceAdventure
		UNID=					"&unidEnigmaAdventure;"
		version=				"1.0"
		>
		
		
		
		
	<AdventureDesc
			UNID=					"@1;"
			name=					"Enigma"
			backgroundID=		""
			>
			
	</AdventureDesc>
	
	
	<SystemTopology>
	
		<Node ID="SE" rootNode="true">
			<System name="Eridani"			level="1">
				<System UNID="&ssStartonEridani;"/>
			</System>
			
			<StarGates>
				<StarGate Name="Outbound" DestID="EndGame"/>
			</StarGates>
		</Node>
		
		<Node ID="EndGame"
				endgame="true"
				endgameReason="escaped"
				epitaph="Finished the Enigma"
				>
		</Node>
		
	</SystemTopology>
	
	
	
</TranscendenceAdventure>

Star System:

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

<TranscendenceExtension>
	
	<!--Star System Oceania	-->
	<SystemType UNID = "&unidSTAR7;">
		
		<Tables>
		</Tables>
		
		<SystemGroup>
			
				<Station type="&stG-TypeStar;" name="STAR-7"/>
					
				<Group>
					<Station type="&stSistesOfDomina;"/>
					<Orbitals distance="24" angle="random">
						<Marker objName="Start"/>
							
					</Orbitals>
				</Group>

		</SystemGroup>
		
		<Events>
		</Events>
	
	</SystemType>

</TranscendenceExtension>

All Manner of tweaks, adjustments, alterations, and sundry modifications have yielded no results. The Error message is still exactly the same, too. I feel like I should know what's wrong here, but it's just out of reach, on the tip of my cerebral cortex...

Edit:
I've found that If I change the <?xml version ?> to 1.1, A different error is generated:

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"Extensions\Enigma\Enigma.xml: Expected <TranscendenceAdventure>, <TranscendenceExtension>, <TranscendenceLibrary> or <TranscendenceModule> instead of <> "

I thought that this meant the original "Invalid UNID" error wasn't a problem for 1.1, and it's something about the new version that I don't understand; Though Maybe They're both still errors, and the second one is just flagged first?

[digdug]

<AdventureDesc
UNID= "@1;"
name= "Enigma"
backgroundID= ""
>

Where did you find that @1 UNID ?
That's not a valid UNID

As soon as I'm home I will write some example

[Durendal]

It works now; I declared the Star System in the same file as the Adventure, and presto, all of my troubles floated away...

[Shaman]

You made the first file into an adventure-mod, the other into a extension-mod.
If you want to put something in a different file you have to use <TranscendenceModule> instead of Extension, also you need a link in the mainfile: <Module filename="newfile.xml"/>

I was bored and tinkered a bit:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fwzmu42k9s250vu/Enigma.zip
This works, it lets you start in Eridani and the stargate ends the game.

[Durendal]

So Modules can be written for any adventure, as long as they are linked to the proper adventure? ( and Vanilla modules are linked to all extensions, then ) I thought for some reason that modules were for Vanilla only. :/

[Shaman]

No no, modules can be used anywhere. Their only purpose is to contain code in a new file. Just link them somewhere and everything will be nicely sorted.
You don't really need them. You could write any code in just one file. It may be easier to split them, though. Your choice.