diff --git a/Vida_Data/vevents.py b/Vida_Data/vevents.py
index 60041da..0650edf 100644
--- a/Vida_Data/vevents.py
+++ b/Vida_Data/vevents.py
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ def readZoneSelection(theDict):
     if "selection" in theDict:
         theSelectionDict=theDict['selection'][0]
         #make sure the selection array has all three needed elements
-        if not ("attribute" and "logic" and "value") in theSelectionDict:
+        #(each one checked: ("attribute" and "logic" and "value") is just
+        #"value", so only that one used to be checked)
+        if not ("attribute" in theSelectionDict and "logic" in theSelectionDict and "value" in theSelectionDict):
             print("\n***WARNING: Selection array needs exactly three elements: attribute, logic, and value")
             print("\n***Ignoring selection criteria")
             zoneSelAttribute = "none"
diff --git a/Vida_Data/vgraphics.py b/Vida_Data/vgraphics.py
index 6e508d2..75d3ebb 100644
--- a/Vida_Data/vgraphics.py
+++ b/Vida_Data/vgraphics.py
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ def initCFDGText(theGarden, displayType, percentTimeStamp, maxHeightPlant):
 		worldTypeRule=worldTypeRule+CFDGTopWorldRule
 		worldTypeRule=worldTypeRule % (worldX+(worldX*0.3), worldY1+(worldY1*0.3), worldX, worldY1, worldX-1, worldY1-1)
 		worldTypeRule=worldTypeRule+CFDGSideWorldRule
-		worldTypeRule=worldTypeRule % (worldX, worldY2, worldX-1, worldY2-1)
+		###the side view's rule takes six numbers, as in the other side views
+		###(it used to be given four, which crashed)
+		worldTypeRule=worldTypeRule % (worldX+(worldX*0.3), worldY2+(worldY1*0.3), worldX, worldY2, worldX-1, worldY2-1)
 
 	if percentTimeStamp>0.0:
 		timeStampCode= CFDGTimeStamp
diff --git a/Vida_Data/vplacement.py b/Vida_Data/vplacement.py
index b3fd768..8633b88 100644
--- a/Vida_Data/vplacement.py
+++ b/Vida_Data/vplacement.py
@@ -47,15 +47,19 @@ def checkSeedPlacementList(seedPlacementList):
         aLine = [correctType(x) for x in aLine]
         seedPlacementList[i]=aLine
         i=i+1
-    i=0
+    ###keep the lines that are a species name, x, y and a whole number of
+    ###cycles. (This used to delete the bad lines from the list while going
+    ###through it, which skipped the line after each one it deleted.)
+    goodLines=[]
     printErrorMessage=0
     for aLine in seedPlacementList:
         if type(aLine[3])==float:
             aLine[3]=int(aLine[3])
         if (type(aLine[0])!=str) or (type(aLine[1])!=float) or (type(aLine[2])!=float) or (type(aLine[3])!=int):
             printErrorMessage=1
-            del seedPlacementList[i]
-        i=i+1
+        else:
+            goodLines.append(aLine)
+    seedPlacementList=goodLines
     if printErrorMessage:
         print("***Improper seeding file format...")
         print("     Questionable lines will be ignored.")
diff --git a/tests/characterization/README.md b/tests/characterization/README.md
index f58e887..22314a2 100644
--- a/tests/characterization/README.md
+++ b/tests/characterization/README.md
@@ -180,10 +180,11 @@ been fixed since, and each now has a scenario that uses the feature.
    a `TypeError` on Python 3.12+, and on 3.11 it was already a `ValueError`
    for worlds of odd size.
 
-Still open: the combined bottom + top + side view (`-g bts`) crashes with
-`TypeError: not enough arguments for format string`, because
-`initCFDGText` in `vgraphics.py` fills the side-view template, which needs
-six numbers, with only four. The `graphics_outputs` scenario pins this.
+5. Fixed: the combined bottom + top + side view (`-g bts`) crashed with
+   `TypeError: not enough arguments for format string`, because
+   `initCFDGText` in `vgraphics.py` filled the side-view template, which
+   needs six numbers, with only four. The `graphics_outputs` scenario now
+   makes that view too.
 
 Also noticed, but not crashes: in `disperseSeed`, the terrain binary search
 calls `elevationFromPixel(thePixelValue)` without `theGarden.maxElevation`,
diff --git a/tests/characterization/golden/graphics_outputs.json.xz b/tests/characterization/golden/graphics_outputs.json.xz
index abc9266..2fd17d6 100644
Binary files a/tests/characterization/golden/graphics_outputs.json.xz and b/tests/characterization/golden/graphics_outputs.json.xz differ
diff --git a/tests/characterization/scenarios/graphics_outputs.yml b/tests/characterization/scenarios/graphics_outputs.yml
index 2bb975e..02b0d20 100644
--- a/tests/characterization/scenarios/graphics_outputs.yml
+++ b/tests/characterization/scenarios/graphics_outputs.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ description: >
   Graphics output: the ContextFree (.cfdg) files and the 3D .dxf files, kept
   on disk (-c) so their names and contents are pinned. Stage 1 makes the
   combined bottom-up + side view and 3D; stage 2 makes every other view
-  except bottom + top + side (-g bts), which currently crashes (stage 3):
-  initCFDGText fills the side view template, which needs six numbers, with
-  only four. The external cfdg and ffmpeg programs are not run.
+  except bottom + top + side (-g bts), which is stage 3. (That view used to
+  crash: initCFDGText filled the side view template, which needs six
+  numbers, with only four.) The external cfdg and ffmpeg programs are not
+  run.
 species: [species/generic]
 stages:
   - rngstart: 808
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_events.py b/tests/unit/test_events.py
index 7913520..3529039 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_events.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_events.py
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ def test_a_zone_without_a_selection_selects_everything():
     assert vevents.readZoneSelection({})[0] == "none"
 
 
+def test_a_selection_missing_a_part_is_ignored():
+    # Each of attribute, logic and value is needed. Only value used to be
+    # checked, so a selection without attribute or logic crashed.
+    for missing in ["attribute", "logic", "value"]:
+        selection = {"attribute": "heightStem", "logic": ">", "value": 2.0}
+        del selection[missing]
+        assert vevents.readZoneSelection({"selection": [selection]})[0] == "none"
+
+
 def test_a_selection_with_bad_logic_is_ignored():
     zone = {"selection": [{"attribute": "heightStem", "logic": "!=", "value": 2.0}]}
     assert vevents.readZoneSelection(zone)[0] == "none"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_placement.py b/tests/unit/test_placement.py
index 018244e..38d4bd1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_placement.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_placement.py
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ def test_whole_number_coordinates_are_rejected():
     assert lines == [["random", 1.0, 2.0, 0]]
 
 
-def test_after_a_bad_line_the_next_line_is_not_checked():
-    # The check deletes bad lines from the list while looping over it, so the
-    # line after a deleted one is skipped: here the second bad line is kept.
-    lines = vplacement.checkSeedPlacementList(["a.yml, 1, 2.0, 0", "b.yml, 3, 4.0, 0", "c.yml, 5.0, 6.0, 0"])
-    assert lines == [["b.yml", 3, 4.0, 0], ["c.yml", 5.0, 6.0, 0]]
+def test_every_bad_line_is_left_out_and_every_good_line_kept():
+    # This used to delete bad lines from the list while looping over it, which
+    # skipped the line after each deleted one: the second bad line was kept.
+    lines = vplacement.checkSeedPlacementList(
+        ["a.yml, 1, 2.0, 0", "b.yml, 3, 4.0, 0", "c.yml, 5.0, 6.0, 0", "d.yml, 7, 8.0, 0", "e.yml, 9.0, 1.0, 2"])
+    assert lines == [["c.yml", 5.0, 6.0, 0], ["e.yml", 9.0, 1.0, 2]]