Why does adding a new fighter make the program Minidump?

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So I'm attempting to add another fighter. Scrapping all previous attempts I have done only this; I extracted the Bomber Squad Entities for each race, and Fighter-Bomber Entities for each race. I renamed them "Gunship" instead of "bomber" because that's what I intend my new craft to be. I used Harpo's tool to make the manifest, because I decided I could screw with stats later.

So currently, to recap. All they are is an -exact- copy of the bomber. There are no added textures, meshes, or any other files. I have changed NO stats.

Why does it give me a 

Assert @ C:\Projects\P4\SinsDiplomacy\Release\CodeSource\Engine/DataStructures/DynamicVector.h(172)

i >= 0

error? Can -anyone- help me figure out just what is misbehaving before I have to surrender and give up? x.x

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

That is a missing asset problem.  Either you screwed up the manifest, or you screwed up your entries.  Check for typo problems in the places you added the fighter.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

But there are no typos! The entries

entityName "SquadPhaseGunship.entity"
entityName "SquadPsiGunship.entity"
entityName "SquadTechGunship.entity"

and

entityName "FighterPhaseGunship.entity"
entityName "FighterPsiGunship.entity"
entityName "FighterTechGunship.entity"

were added to the manifest and I copied the file names directly to make sure they matched!

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Did you update the entity count?

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Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Assert @ C:\Projects\P4\SinsDiplomacy\Release\CodeSource\Engine/DataStructures/DynamicVector.h(172)

I had this assert come up when I tried to turn the TEC corvette into a fighter object...basically, the problem was that the game could not handle a strikecraft with 8 exhaust trails (I think 5 or 6 was the highest I could get)...

This probably won't help you, but I'd figure I might as well share...

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Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting SpardaSon21, reply 3
Did you update the entity count?

 

THAT DID IT! THANK YOU! :D You saved my butt! :D If I knew how, I'd +Karma you x.x

 

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Hover your mouse over his post....then, look for a "thumbs up" button near the bottom left of his post (next to a button that says "report")...click it...