[Error] I try to play test my game and it says "Expected a section at the begging of the file."

[PowerKong]

So i try to start my game and this happens: https://ibb.co/p2mvJXt
Here is my items.txt folder: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1AgwrYl876xPurdwRfeoEjV3uoOYc8ja_
If anyone can help, please do! I am very confused and have tried a lot of things! Thanks!

 

[Unbayleefable]

Hey! It looks like your error is complaining about the "pokemon.txt" file, but you linked the contents of the "items.txt" file, which looks fine. Could you show us the pokemon.txt?

 

[PowerKong]

Ok here is my pokemon.txt : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bw46JZA7dexja86XDOrKxgLmqbjySbwE/view?usp=sharing
Here is my error: https://ibb.co/gS5kfrR
thanks!

 

[Unbayleefable]

Hey! That looks like a different error than before, but here's what I think.

The problem is with the egg groups (Compatibility section) for your later gen pokemon, starting with Rowlet. In the previous gens, you have a numeric value to represent the egg group which seems to be what it's expecting, instead of "Flying", for example.

I am not completely sure, but taking Bulbasaur as an example, it looks like they probably correspond like this:

So, for Rowlet/Dartrix/Decidueye, instead of "Compatibility=Flying" change it to "Compatibility=4" (I think 4 is flying, according to the list.) You'll have to do that for all your gen VII pokemon, most likely - I think they are formatted for a different version of Essentials or something.

Note: just based on some other entries, it's possible you might need to double up if the pokemon has only 1 egg group, e.g. "Compatibility=4,4" but not sure if that's required.