Atheory's Project: PzB-Normandy Campaign

[berto]

I appreciate the thoughts. I have no problem playing scenarios, nor using pbedit "until" the scenario file size reaches 267kb......why that size....that is the mystery I'm trying to uncover.

But it may not be the file size.  File size might be a red herring.  You may be attempting to load a corrupted file, for instance.

We still don't have an explanation why you appear to open files that I don't here.  With the same .scn file and data files you uploaded earlier.  (I checked.)

This is curious:

[many lines preceding, with time stamp 2020-08-25 13:11:05]
2020-08-25 13:11:05 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening German/Units_50/149mm How M37 (mot).bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:11:05 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening German/Units_100/149mm How M37 (mot).bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:11:05 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (MapDraw.cpp, line 364, MapDraw::Startup()) entering MapDraw::Startup()
2020-08-25 13:11:05 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (MapDraw.cpp, line 382, MapDraw::Startup()) exiting MapDraw::Startup()
2020-08-25 13:11:05 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Window.cpp, line 266, XCWindow::ReadFile()) exiting XCWindow::ReadFile()
2020-08-25 13:11:05 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Window.cpp, line 48, XCData::~XCData()) entering XCData::~XCData()
2020-08-25 13:11:05 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Window.cpp, line 54, XCData::~XCData()) exiting XCData::~XCData()
2020-08-25 13:11:05 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Window.cpp, line 348, XCWindow::OnFileOpen()) exiting XCWindow::OnFileOpen()
2020-08-25 13:11:05 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (pzbedit.cpp, line 170, Application::InitInstance()) exiting Application::InitInstance()
2020-08-25 13:11:55 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units/Gen Maj Watson.bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:11:55 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units_100 - NATO/Gen Maj Watson.bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:11:55 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units_50/Gen Maj Watson.bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:11:55 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units_100/Gen Maj Watson.bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:11:58 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units/Col Roysdon.bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:11:58 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units_100 - NATO/Col Roysdon.bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:11:58 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units_50/Col Roysdon.bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:11:58 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units_100/Col Roysdon.bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:12:42 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Reinforce.cpp, line 32, Reinforce::Reinforce()) entering Reinforce::Reinforce()
2020-08-25 13:12:42 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Reinforce.cpp, line 37, Reinforce::Reinforce()) exiting Reinforce::Reinforce()
2020-08-25 13:12:42 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 21, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:42 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 24, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:42 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 35, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:42 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 36, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:42 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 35, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:42 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 36, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:45 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Reinforce.cpp, line 32, Reinforce::Reinforce()) entering Reinforce::Reinforce()
2020-08-25 13:12:45 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Reinforce.cpp, line 37, Reinforce::Reinforce()) exiting Reinforce::Reinforce()
2020-08-25 13:12:45 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 21, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:45 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 24, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:45 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 35, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:45 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 36, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:45 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 35, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:45 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 36, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:50 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Reinforce.cpp, line 32, Reinforce::Reinforce()) entering Reinforce::Reinforce()
2020-08-25 13:12:50 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Reinforce.cpp, line 37, Reinforce::Reinforce()) exiting Reinforce::Reinforce()
2020-08-25 13:12:50 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 21, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:50 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 24, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:50 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 35, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:50 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 36, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:50 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 35, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:12:50 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 36, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:13:47 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Reinforce.cpp, line 32, Reinforce::Reinforce()) entering Reinforce::Reinforce()
2020-08-25 13:13:47 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Reinforce.cpp, line 37, Reinforce::Reinforce()) exiting Reinforce::Reinforce()
2020-08-25 13:13:47 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 21, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:13:47 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 24, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:13:47 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 35, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:13:47 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 36, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:13:47 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 35, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:13:47 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 36, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:13:55 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Window.cpp, line 358, XCWindow::OnFileSave()) entering XCWindow::OnFileSave()
2020-08-25 13:13:55 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Window.cpp, line 24, XCData::XCData()) entering XCData::XCData()
2020-08-25 13:13:55 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Window.cpp, line 39, XCData::XCData()) exiting XCData::XCData()
2020-08-25 13:13:55 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Window.cpp, line 276, XCWindow::WriteFile()) entering XCWindow::WriteFile()
2020-08-25 13:13:55 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in XCWindow::WriteFile(), opening F:\Panzer Battles Normandy\Scenarios\PBNormandy_Campaign.scn for writing
2020-08-25 13:13:55 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Window.cpp, line 299, XCWindow::WriteFile()) exiting XCWindow::WriteFile()
2020-08-25 13:13:55 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Window.cpp, line 48, XCData::~XCData()) entering XCData::~XCData()
2020-08-25 13:13:55 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Window.cpp, line 54, XCData::~XCData()) exiting XCData::~XCData()
2020-08-25 13:13:55 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Window.cpp, line 367, XCWindow::OnFileSave()) exiting XCWindow::OnFileSave()
2020-08-25 13:14:32 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Reinforce.cpp, line 32, Reinforce::Reinforce()) entering Reinforce::Reinforce()
2020-08-25 13:14:32 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Reinforce.cpp, line 37, Reinforce::Reinforce()) exiting Reinforce::Reinforce()
2020-08-25 13:14:32 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 21, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:14:32 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 24, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:14:32 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 35, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:14:32 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 36, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:14:32 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2011] (Scheduled.cpp, line 35, Scheduled::Scheduled()) entering Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:14:32 pbedit.exe: [TRACE ID 2012] (Scheduled.cpp, line 36, Scheduled::Scheduled()) exiting Scheduled::Scheduled()
2020-08-25 13:14:40 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units/US HQ Recon Bn (mot).bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:14:40 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units_100 - NATO/US HQ Recon Bn (mot).bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:14:40 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units_50/US HQ Recon Bn (mot).bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:14:40 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units_100/US HQ Recon Bn (mot).bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:14:51 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units/M-8 HMC-.bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:14:52 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units/M-8 HMC-.bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:14:54 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units/M-8 HMC-.bmp for reading

At the highlighted lines, note the 50 second gap between log entries.  See how slowly things are logged thereafter.

It is curious also to see this at the tail end of your pbedit.log:

2020-08-25 13:14:51 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units/M-8 HMC-.bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:14:52 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units/M-8 HMC-.bmp for reading
2020-08-25 13:14:54 pbedit.exe: [INFO ID 1] in Dib:ib(), opening American/Units/M-8 HMC-.bmp for reading

Why is the program attempting, attempting, and attempting again to open for reading that one file?  I couldn't say, because on my end, no such attempt (file read) is made.

We don't have an explanation why your data, and log entries, differ from mine.  Without being able to reproduce your file load sequence, I am left to guess what your difficulties might be.  <shrug>