Science Softlock (?) I need help

[Mutant Core]

So I played for a few hours and like the game so far. But I am pretty sure I softlocked my save, which is very frustrating. Can anybody confirm this or give me a hint on what to do?

So, what happened is that I explored the entire solar system before I explored the station with the blackbox. So now I have to research that. But I already spend all the science points on other research and I can't get more now because there are no more places left I could send the science ship to. The Research Lab on the main ship only produces 1 every 30 cycles. So do I have to wait 900 cycles to fix this (and probably die trying because of the hull mechanic) or is there any way out for me?

This realy sucks. I liked the game, but I wont spend another 5 hours just to play to this point. If someone knows a way to use a console/cheat the points somehow I would do that too.

[I Throw Spears.]

Originally posted by Mutant Core:

So I played for a few hours and like the game so far. But I am pretty sure I softlocked my save, which is very frustrating. Can anybody confirm this or give me a hint on what to do?

So, what happened is that I explored the entire solar system before I explored the station with the blackbox. So now I have to research that. But I already spend all the science points on other research and I can't get more now because there are no more places left I could send the science ship to. The Research Lab on the main ship only produces 1 every 30 cycles. So do I have to wait 900 cycles to fix this (and probably die trying because of the hull mechanic) or is there any way out for me?

This realy sucks. I liked the game, but I wont spend another 5 hours just to play to this point. If someone knows a way to use a console/cheat the points somehow I would do that too.

Yes. Youll have to use your one science building and wait one million years. Restart. Honestly, the game is very badly balanced currently and they patched it 4 times today only to roll them all back.

Id just check back in a week or 2.

[BobThePenguin]

It's best to keep some buffer of resources available for emergencies. Research is a resource just like any other.

Reload an earlier save or restart the chapter. It shouldn't take you 5 hours to get back to the same point and you'll have a chance to set things up more optimally.

[Maccaroni]

Had the same exact thing happen to me. I just edited my save file to add 30 science to research the thing.

your saves are here : %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\BulwarkStudios\Ixion\Saves

open the folder of your latest save, then edit the player.sav file

search in there (ctrl+f) look for the line that says "science": 0,

edit that to "science":30,

[nitta]

The exact same thing happened to me. You can edit the savefile and add in the necessary science if you don't want to restart the mission.

[The Bay Harbour Beater]

happened to me on one of my playthroughs when i wasn't paying attention. this is only a problem in the first chapter as you initially only get like 1 science per 30 cycles.
i'm not waiting on that as you can imagine.
chapter 2 allows you to upgrade it to churn out 3 science per 5 cycles, which prevents situations like this in the future.
so just keep 30 research points in handy, go do the main objective before the other planets.

[Dark_X2]

Originally posted by Maccaroni:

Had the same exact thing happen to me. I just edited my save file to add 30 science to research the thing.

your saves are here : %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\BulwarkStudios\Ixion\Saves

open the folder of your latest save, then edit the player.sav file

search in there (ctrl+f) look for the line that says "science": 0,

edit that to "science":30,

Thank you for this savegame edit typ... Without this I would now need to restart...

[Kyorisu]

They key with this is most times you must research something to progress the game will give you a bunch of science to extract at the same time. If you are low swap research immediately.

[Slaveofpeon]

If you do a restart, remember that your choices during events also influence what rewards you get. I've never run out of research points before hitting Tech Lv 2 before, and part of that is because of choices I make. Granted, while I have plenty of Science, I never have enough materials due to those same choices.

[¤_¤Adam¤_¤]

Originally posted by Mutant Core:

So I played for a few hours and like the game so far. But I am pretty sure I softlocked my save, which is very frustrating. Can anybody confirm this or give me a hint on what to do?

So, what happened is that I explored the entire solar system before I explored the station with the blackbox. So now I have to research that. But I already spend all the science points on other research and I can't get more now because there are no more places left I could send the science ship to. The Research Lab on the main ship only produces 1 every 30 cycles. So do I have to wait 900 cycles to fix this (and probably die trying because of the hull mechanic) or is there any way out for me?

This realy sucks. I liked the game, but I wont spend another 5 hours just to play to this point. If someone knows a way to use a console/cheat the points somehow I would do that too.

Whenever you can, unlock the upgrades to the tech lab. The first upgrade changes you from 1 research per 30 cycles to 3 research per 5 cycles which is an insane jump from having pretty much useless research output. I really wish the game explained that 'mandatory' upgrade better as I hadn't even realized that the research building even gave research or could even be upgraded until chapter 2.

[bademantel69]

Originally posted by ¤_¤Adam¤_¤:

Originally posted by Mutant Core:

So I played for a few hours and like the game so far. But I am pretty sure I softlocked my save, which is very frustrating. Can anybody confirm this or give me a hint on what to do?

So, what happened is that I explored the entire solar system before I explored the station with the blackbox. So now I have to research that. But I already spend all the science points on other research and I can't get more now because there are no more places left I could send the science ship to. The Research Lab on the main ship only produces 1 every 30 cycles. So do I have to wait 900 cycles to fix this (and probably die trying because of the hull mechanic) or is there any way out for me?

This realy sucks. I liked the game, but I wont spend another 5 hours just to play to this point. If someone knows a way to use a console/cheat the points somehow I would do that too.

Whenever you can, unlock the upgrades to the tech lab. The first upgrade changes you from 1 research per 30 cycles to 3 research per 5 cycles which is an insane jump from having pretty much useless research output. I really wish the game explained that 'mandatory' upgrade better as I hadn't even realized that the research building even gave research or could even be upgraded until chapter 2.

But how do you upgrade the tech lab?

[I Throw Spears.]

Originally posted by bademantel69:

Originally posted by ¤_¤Adam¤_¤:

Whenever you can, unlock the upgrades to the tech lab. The first upgrade changes you from 1 research per 30 cycles to 3 research per 5 cycles which is an insane jump from having pretty much useless research output. I really wish the game explained that 'mandatory' upgrade better as I hadn't even realized that the research building even gave research or could even be upgraded until chapter 2.

But how do you upgrade the tech lab?

Make perfect choices in chapter one so you have enough science to unlock all techs in the first 2 rings, thereby unlocking upgrades on previous upgrades.

[Mutant Core]

Originally posted by bademantel69:

Originally posted by ¤_¤Adam¤_¤:

Whenever you can, unlock the upgrades to the tech lab. The first upgrade changes you from 1 research per 30 cycles to 3 research per 5 cycles which is an insane jump from having pretty much useless research output. I really wish the game explained that 'mandatory' upgrade better as I hadn't even realized that the research building even gave research or could even be upgraded until chapter 2.

But how do you upgrade the tech lab?

You have to research everthing in tier 1 first to unlock upgrades for other buildings. This makes all of the research at the start even more scarce than it already is. You pretty much need to distribute every science point perfectly without any mistakes or you get softlocked. I think you also need an upgrade for the science ship to visit gas giants. In other words: After completing tier 1 research there are around 90 science points you cannot spend. If you do you have to restart. This must be an oversight from the devs as its just bad game design

[Stone]

Yeah, the black box should come with enough research for itself or be free.
Feels research caters to a golden path which makes the tree really be a quagmire of bad choices.

[juliejayne]

You do need to be careful. You cannot leave yourself without any reserves, be that Research or Alloy or Power. This game is not forgiving, but you can usually just about get by.

[Codogs]

Originally posted by Maccaroni:

Had the same exact thing happen to me. I just edited my save file to add 30 science to research the thing.

your saves are here : %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\BulwarkStudios\Ixion\Saves

open the folder of your latest save, then edit the player.sav file

search in there (ctrl+f) look for the line that says "science": 0,

edit that to "science":30,

What program are you using to modify the save? I opened it in a text file editor and i just get a bunch of null all over the screen.