[28.3.22]
Found corrupted animation data for 4-wheel carriages & Riflemen. The material has since then been replaced but I will be keeping this mod under observation.

[26.3.22]
Rewrote the entire core from scratch. It is still incomplete and untested, in that I wish to flatten unit tech trees for [3] and [4] further to prevent the probability of a crash.

Fort and merc units have been purged. I have long suspected that a flaw in unitrules.x has been wreaking havoc on people's games and I want to find out what it is before I start adding units back in.

Unfortunately, the bug is still around but thanks to a Papal States/Lakota matchup, I noticed that the game began to freeze the moment Rifle Infantry opened fire. I must investigate to see if this is the case.

[25.3.22]
After a gruelling 24 hours where we did all sorts of things - data corruption checks, verification and reinstallation, this mod is back in business. We looked through various files, and in addition to restoring several files, we also edited anim_graphics.x and transferred legacy RKC and AXP files to their appropriate location.

However, this mod is in the process of being tested, and there are rumours of bugs. We need you, dear players, to try this mod out, and to record down any bugs that take place during gameplay.

For now, it is in effect a playable fork of Rise of the Moderns: Ultima Ratio, which can be accessed at https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1437322150

No major changes, ie no new units or structures have been added beyond what is currently available with Ultima Ratio. But that may change between Chinese New Year and Easter 2022.....

This version is still borked but I noticed some things with my last battle:
- Spazzing out takes place with modern Riflemen. Not sure what I'd do.
- Unsure what happened, but the frames of Rifle and Musket units are out of whack! bad keyframing for Rifle units. I will have to redo this all *sob*sob*

PROVISIONAL changes - unit_graphics.x was found to have missing / bad CHAR_ATTACK tagging for Patriot units, these had the potential to cause a crash whenever a Patriot used an ability.

I have since then corrected most of them but a lot of stuff is still outstanding - need to check one last time, before I run a test to see that they work .....

EDIT: Mod still crashes. No GPIECE error, just a straight up freeze. I am still unsure as to what is causing this but it's some sort of unit.

Need to conduct a Lakota v Lakota, then Lakota v Spanish game. There just isn't any other way at this point.

Tested an AI Battle - Lakota versus Lakota. The game ended with a territorial win.
This means that whatever is causing issues is not caused at the very least by Lakota units or so.

Other games:

- Iroquois v Lakota.
- USA v Iroquois
- (possibly USA v Dutch)

Had to revert back. Two tests with this mod revealed that the issue of freezing is still there.

UPDATE: Checking of patriots revealed coding that could potentially have caused crashes ingame. I'm trying to fix the issue the best I can but it is hard going.

Slowly re-integrating ODA's units back into this mod. This version adds Fort-based units, and reassigns Militia to the Temple.

I need to get back in and re-test this mod. Rewriting the code did not work. Maybe do as MHLoppy says - remove units one by one to test. Starting, perhaps, with Infantry.

Something about land units is causing crashes. It's not a battle.

- 1 game with islands resulted in a crash but there was no war.
- Another game had a battle but there was a crash.

The only possibility is that there is corrupt animation causing the issue.

- Start off with a Lakota versus Lakota game and see what happens.
- Then switch to a Lakota versus Spanish game.

Ships and wheels are the likeliest issue. Better start rechecking anything with wheels.