My very first Fatal Error!

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I was seriously wondering when this would come along. I knew it was bound to happen, as I make huge changes to many of things and test very rarely.

One of my custom units (called a Glacier Wyrm) has an ability based off of Destroyer Form (called Dragon Form), which turns him from a Dragonspawn into a Dragon.

For balance reasons, I don't want it to be free for the Glacier Wyrm to use this skill; Glacier Dragons are only a little bit weaker than Frost Wyrms, and are definitely one of the 2 most powerful units in my Frozen Army. Therefore, I gave the Dragon a gold/lumber cost, and his supply usage is higher than the Glacier Wyrm's (up to 6 from 4). The reason for the food usage increase is that, while the Glacier Dragon is the flying assault unit of the Frozen Army, his predecessor, the Glacier Wyrm, is the "main spellcaster" (Priest/Necro/Bear equiv.) and therefore can't eat up too much supply.

Now IG, here's what happens. I click the spell, it executes. The Wyrm disappears, is replaced by a Dragon, et cetera. Then, after two flaps of the Dragon's wings, we get the following:
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Hurrah! I've broken into the upper (lower) crust of game manipulation. Score: Cyclical: 1, Logic Circuits: 0.

What could be causing this? I know it's sort of a tricky spell to begin with, and my initial thought leaps to the gold/lumber, or supply jump. But again, I'm not sure.

And we've got another one, too. My supporting caster (Ice Witch) has an ability called Hoarfrost (look it up, it's got nothing to do with prostitutes caught in blizzards). It's supposed to work exactly like a Sacrificial Skull, so I based it off of the Create Blight at Location item ability. Damndest thing, though: When I press the button for the spell... nothing happens. The button depresses, and... that's it. No AOE marker, no target, not even blight spreading out from the location she's at. Nothing. I, of course, am vexed.

On a brighter note, when I get these things figured out, I'll post the first 2 maps here to be beta'd (Is beta'd the right word? Beta-nated? Beta-fied? Beta-fish? I live in the 21st century; typing out "beta tested" takes too long.) Then you wonderful people will get to sample the hideous product your aid has spawned.
 
dude, green and black for a windows color scheme? ouch! not kind on the eyes!

I guess all I can say in both cases is to look at the original spell and check its properties carefully and see whether what you are changing is breaking something. In the case of the 1st spell, also check both the original destroyer unit and your dragon unit and see what, if anything, is different. In the case of the 2nd spell, does it work if you simply base a new spell off Create Blight and don't change any of the spell fields?
 
Heh, you know, you're not the first to comment on my unusual color sheme. But I'll tell you what - it's actually much kinder than anything-on-white. Staring at a white computer screen is like staring at a lightbulb - try opening Word in a dark room and you'll see what I mean. Something to think about, eh? ;)

I've been combing over my spells, upgrades, etc. that go along with Dragon Form. My first problem might be that I copy-pasted the spells/units and made them customs, rather than altering the originals to fit what I need. If the spell, or something to go along with it is hard-coded (as some things buggily are), then that might be it. In truth, the whole spell is just very tricky; there's an upgrade, an ability, AND a unit involved with it. Bloody intimidating. I'm wondering if I shouldn't just find some other way to work it - make it something more like Bear Form.

On the second skill, I should elaborate. I did, in fact, base it off the "Create Blight" item ability, only changing it from Item to Unit. No luck. I then changed the Targets from blank to "ground". Still nothing. I can't figure it out. I mean, I expected it might create blight at her feet, or give me the circle and then do nothing else... but the skill is just completely dead.

Grr. To top that off, my Wolf's "Full Moon" avatar ripoff doesn't block out the sun ("Change time of day" item ability) and my Dwarf Berserker's Whirlwind doesn't have an animated graphic (Bladestorm ripoff).

I'm frustrated enough to punch a nun.
 
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