# I need help with a error code

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-need-help-with-a-error-code/24479>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [August 17, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-need-help-with-a-error-code/24479 "2020-08-17T19:36:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![B00ked1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/b00ked1/32/9861_2.png) [@B00ked1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/B00ked1)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-need-help-with-a-error-code/24479/1 "2020-08-17T19:36:45Z")

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every time I load my save on the newest build it displays this error and kicks me to the title screen  
src/main\_menu.cpp:1146 [bool main\_menu::load\_character\_tab(bool)] Error: Invalid enum string ‘fire’ for ‘11damage\_type’  
can someone help

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-need-help-with-a-error-code/24479/2 "2020-08-17T22:13:03Z")

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I would like to, but I can’t help you, because:

- I don’t know the version; “newest build” is always relative. Newest experimental? Newest stable? Newest in the launcher (which sometimes is older and - weirdly enough - [sometimes newer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/launcher-shows-latest-available-build-is-10904-but/24386) than the newest available build)?
- I don’t know which operating system you’re running it on. Windows/Mac/Linux? Android?
- It might get caused by a mod? Maybe not? I can’t tell for sure, as I don’t know what mods you’re using (if any).

Also, this sounds like (part of) [this error](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-not-respecting-some-mod-file-changes/24477)…

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**Author:** ![B00ked1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/b00ked1/32/9861_2.png) [@B00ked1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/B00ked1)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-need-help-with-a-error-code/24479/3 "2020-08-17T22:21:15Z")

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It started happening on experimental build #10915 and beyond the mods I am using are  
Aftershock  
Arcana and Magic items (which I think is the culprit)  
Blaze Industries  
C.R.I.T Expansion  
Alternative Map Key  
Cataclysm++  
Mythical Martial Arts  
No Rail Stations  
Graphical Overmap  
Disable NPC Needs  
Stat through Skills  
It does sound like it’s part of the error you mention and I am on Windows

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-need-help-with-a-error-code/24479/4 "2020-08-17T22:41:51Z")

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> [@B00ked1](#):
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> Arcana and Magic items (which I think is the culprit)

Indeed, I’ve tested through all the others and it runs fine without arcana but stops with it.  
I’ll see if I can find a quick fix for it.

Edit: Alright, here’s the fix.  
Open each of the files listed below. Search for `"damage_type": "fire"`, replace with `"damage_type": "heat"` in…:  
`data\mods\Arcana\spells\spells_aftermath.json` (2 entries)  
`data\mods\Arcana\spells\spells_arcane_blessings.json`  
`data\mods\Arcana\spells\spells_item.json`  
`data\mods\Arcana\spells\spells_magic_signs.json`  
`data\mods\Arcana\spells\spells_sanguine_marks.json`

After that, go to the file `data\mods\Arcana\spells\spells_arcane_blessings.json`, search for `"damage_type": "bio"`, replace with `"damage_type": "biological"`.

That should fix the errors.

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-need-help-with-a-error-code/24479/5 "2020-08-17T23:20:27Z")

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@Valase thanks, sorry for the lack of details, I’ll try to include them in the future. I fixed Arcana, and every other mod I have on the side. However as I put in another post, Vamp Stuff /+Arcana changes don’t seem to be being respected by the game despite no file having those wrong damage types anymore. Though it has no trouble with the same edits that I made to Arcana alone. Frustrating.