Symptom - Crashes When A Particular Item Is Generated

Lets say your mod crashes when a particular specific item is generated. You know this because a particular quest or device generates the item, and the game crashes at the moment this should be happening.

There's three possible causes to the crash:

• Problem: It's probably the GFXP line in the item itself. This seems to be the single most common cause of item-related crashes.
  • Solution: Double-check that the image file referenced exists in the first place, then check for typos, and that the file extensions match.
• Problem: It could also be that the item is not in your game.ini file, or has a typo in it's entry there.
  • Solution: Look in game.ini. Check for typos there. The line in the ITEMS section of game.ini must list the file name, without the ".ini" extension.¹
• Problem: It could be the ITEM (code) or ITMS line. Usually this doesn't result in a crash, but stranger things have happened. I'd check this last, because the other two listed problems are more likely to be the cause.
  • Solution: You should be using the "ITEM" command, not "ITMS". ITMS is for random generation, not specifying a particular item. So make sure the line says ITEM and then the file name of the item, without the ".ini" ending².

Footnotes

1. It should not list the NAME line of the item, or any other "shorthand" way of describing the item. It's gotta be the file name, sans ".ini".

2. Example:

ITEM dr_fusion