custom SPAs dont work

[bczretribution]

Environment

wsin11
java 17 (recommended)
mmhq 49.20

Description

handling of custom SPAs seems to have changed. copied and pasted my custom SPAs from my old version to 49.20. game crashes with any action after the initial splash. I have isolated the issue down to the customspa.xml the defaultspa.xml seems to work fine with the changes. error says its looking for a number but is getting an empty string. you can find my code that i copy and paste into customspa.xml bellow. confirmed that it works fine in prior versions. see attached log for exact error.

Files

<option name="Strategos">
    <group>&L3;</group>
    <type>&BOOLEAN;</type>
</option>
<option name="Master_Strategist">
    <group>&L3;</group>
    <type>&BOOLEAN;</type>
</option>
<option name="Rousing_Orator">
    <group>&L3;</group>
    <type>&BOOLEAN;</type>
</option>
<option name="Logistical_Expert">
    <group>&L3;</group>
    <type>&BOOLEAN;</type>
</option>

mekhq.log

[IllianiBird]

Would you be able to provide a copy of your entire customspa.xml & defaultspa.xml files?

[bczretribution]

I can zip and upload when I get home tonight.

[IllianiBird]

That would be fantastic. I took a look at the code this morning, and it doesn't look like anyone has touched that area of the codebase since about 2018. Before I can investigate further I want to make sure it's not just a typo or something in your files.

[bczretribution]

I wont say its impossible, but I developed my step by step guide specifically to limit that likelihood almost a dozen version updates ago. I go into my customspa file for the last version i was using (49.09), copy the custom code, and then paste it into the new customspa file for 49.20. i likewise copied my campaign save. I have confirmed that the campaign loads fine in 49.09. I have also confirmed that the campaign loads fine in 49.20 when the custom SPA file is reverted back. Finally, i also checked and confirmed 49.20 would not load a new campaign with the modified customSPA file.

I have also quadruple checked that i was not pasting anything in the wrong place, and that everything matches the example templates, just in case i had gone wrong somewhere. I even enlisted a friend to take a look just to get a second pair of eyes on it.

I am more than happy to be wrong on this however :)

customspa.zip

[IllianiBird]

So, from what I can tell, there is definitely something funky going on that causes custom SPAs to fail to load. I've flagged the issue in the Dev channel on discord as it's beyond my ability to fix.