Why won't this event work?

[jimmy olsen]

It says the line with the name has an error but it looks fine to me.

#########################################################################
#  Lizard Jet Shot Down
########################################################################
event = {
   id = 300114
   random = yes
   
   trigger = { atwar = U00 } }

       name = "Lizard Jet Shot Down!"
       desc = "A Lizard jet was shot down. Our   
       scientists have found it relatively intact, and
       gleaned many secrets from it."
       style = 0

   date = { day = 0 month = january year = 1936 }
   offset = 1
   deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1953 }
   
   action_a = {
      name = "Lizard jet reverse engineered"

   command = { type = gain_tech which = 5570 }

   }
}

[Darth Wagtaros]

I think the main problem is that series went to suck.

[Caliga]

try it without the exclamation point.

[ulmont]

   trigger = { atwar = U00 } }

This is your problem.  Take out the second }, so it looks like

   trigger = { atwar = U00 }

You = fail.

[jimmy olsen]

   trigger = { atwar = U00 } }

This is your problem.  Take out the second }, so it looks like

   trigger = { atwar = U00 }

You = fail.

It seems you're right, thanks. But I don't get it, the last two I wrote needed that to work. 

[ulmont]

It seems you're right, thanks. But I don't get it, the last two I wrote needed that to work. 

No they didn't.  The { } have to be balanced.  In your broken example, you opened one after the event, then another when you start the trigger, and then closed both of them after the atwar test, which ended the event.  Then the game sees the name line and doesn't know what to do with it since the game isn't in the middle of reading an event.

Your other events might have had something like

   trigger = { NOT = { InCabinet = 21117 } }

Here, there are 2 left and 2 right braces, which is the way your trigger should be.

[Neil]

Insufficient dreadnoughts.

And BTW: 

[ulmont]

And BTW: 

Yes.    I feel kinda bad for helping fix that particular event.

[Galrion]

 

Is there a mod for that series?

[jimmy olsen]

Is there a mod for that series?

A dead beta that I've been fiddling with.

[PDH]

Jesus Christ...I wish I had mod powers so I could ban you for this thread.

[katmai]

Jesus Christ...I wish I had mod powers so I could ban you for this thread.

[Viking]

Jesus Christ...I wish I had mod powers so I could ban you for this thread.

We're waiting 

[Alatriste]

Lizard Jets? I don't know which game the event belongs to, but the event needs Lizard Sharks for balance...

[Darth Wagtaros]

Well Tim, maybe if you had helped me make a hard decision in the D&D thread I'd be of more help in this one.