Bug Report: Sandpit on a map with no sand.

[TGI Fridays (Official)]

Hey, just wanted to report that I got a sandpit on a map that literally has no sand, thus making the map unplayable.

Here is a picture of the map.
https://i.imgur.com/s1knbKN.jpg

[pmutzu]

you get two choices on map beginning . you are always going to get the sand pit. sand or no sand. seems from looking at your screenshot this is the beginning of the island level so what was the other choice?

[American Dove Mitten]

Originally posted by pmutzu:

you get two choices on map beginning . you are always going to get the sand pit. sand or no sand. seems from looking at your screenshot this is the beginning of the island level so what was the other choice?

To be fair, it should not give sand pits on a map like that, since you only get the bricks on the snow (with no pits). If you pick bricks, it should just give bricks and random items.

Yea he could pick the other option, but you would still get the sandpits later, and if he was a new player he would be really confused.

[pmutzu]

I agree it is silly to give options you can not use. i have since accepted this and plan accordingly for useless things. thats the only option i have at this point. although the brickyard and the mason do not require a sandpit for points.

[TGI Fridays (Official)]

I'm not new to the game; this was on a run where I was going for the two speed related achievements. After getting them and moving to the next map I saw the sandpit and chose to take it despite knowing there was no sand just to see what it would do in this situation.

It really doesn't matter that the pits could be ignored with proper planning. They shouldn't be appearing on a map without sand regardless of any circumstances. It is clearly a bug and it should be patched.

[Asayake]

When i was doing the speed run the first time every map i got on the second island was either no sand or no farm space (just rock). I thought it was deliberate but it was just really unlucky RNG.

If it helps you can still get good points from the bricklayer and the mason on the no sand maps. On the otherhand reloading the game next day i got way easier maps and bigger variety of packs to choose from (not just sand pack or farmer pack). And while it doesnt apply to the speed run you can still make use of farm later on once you get plateaus.

I really doubt that the RNG has anything to do with loading up the game but if you're getting really unlucky with it then it may be worth trying just closing and opening the game again just in case it makes a difference.

[Cap'n Saccade]

The only mandatory choice for packs to progress is the city pack (afaik), so there's no reason to take brick pack if there's no beaches until later to get some extra drops if needed. The brickyard and mason pack can still be worth some points to other buildings, so it's still kinda useful even then.

[Bannerman1903]

I was playing the game for the first time, moved on to the 2nd island, picked sandpit cos hey why not and had to google why I couldn't place it and had to start a new game. Really bad intro to a game.

[Cap'n Saccade]

We used to call that, "figuring out game mechanics", rather than "poor UX". It was part of a game.

[Bannerman1903]

It was in the tutorial....

[Bannerman1903]

Poor UX it is

[flesk]

I hope this get fixed too. I'm a new player, and didn't consider that I would get a choice of building I could not use. The map ended with me haing 3 sandpits left, and no way to neither win nor lose.

[Jonas Tyroller]

Big apologies for the inconvenience. That definitely shouldn't happen...

[Bannerman1903]

Originally posted by Jonas Tyroller:

Big apologies for the inconvenience. That definitely shouldn't happen...

No worries, apart from that small niggle I've enjoyed the game! Thanks

[Pixeltier]

same problem. any solution? 4th island or so- no sand and no going back or forth