[Question] what in the name of god does this mean and how do i fix it

[Lobster2337]

so i was trying to play test my game and this error popped up saying
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Pokemon Ghost
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[Pokémon Essentials version 17.2]

Exception: NoMethodError

Message: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass

Compiler:3168:in `safequote'

Compiler:4180:in `pbConvertToTrainerEvent'

Compiler:3403:in `pbCompileTrainerEvents'

Compiler:3398:in `each'

Compiler:3398:in `pbCompileTrainerEvents'

Compiler:3393:in `each'

Compiler:3393:in `pbCompileTrainerEvents'

Compiler:4424:in `pbCompileAllData'

Compiler:4515



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C:\Users\benlogan\Saved Games\Pokemon Ghost\errorlog.txt.

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OK
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i looked through this forum and i tried copying the pbs from my backup and the error kept popping up so yeah....... oof

 

[mgriffin]

Probably one of your trainer events comments (defined in the RMXP event scripts thing) is formatted wrong.

That specific error comes from having a "nil" string. So I figure it's failing to find what it's looking for.

 

[Lobster2337]

ah that makes sense thanks!! i think i've figured it out before i just couldn't read so yeah thanks