Stress uncontrollably going up - seems like a bug?

[gecman]

I'm on the mission in the snow and after doing the geoscan on the second floor to find the lab my stress started skyrocketing. I went and rested but as soon as I unweld the door it just starts rocketing up - about 1 stress per second for all soldiers.

Am I missing some hereunto unexplained mechanic or is this a bug?

Edit: This must be some sort of bug. I've tried reloading, but the mission is basically unplayable. Within 5 minutes all my soldiers have three debuffs for stress and they're not in combat or being hunted.

[Dutty Breakdown]

Same bug happened to me
I double checked & there was no in-game reason for my stress to increase like this. 100% a bug

[DropShot]

What problems do your soldiers have? There are a few that can cause stress, like bully for example.

[gecman]

Originally posted by DropShot:

What problems do your soldiers have? There are a few that can cause stress, like bully for example.

Is there a problem that only triggers after completing the objective on the second floor of the building?

Wouldn't any of those attributes have affected the solders during other missions?

To answer the question: I'll have to look after work, but I've used these same soldiers for a bunch of missions without this happening and certainly even if they had some sort of attributes I doubt that would be enough to generate the amount of stress I saw.

[aquaricorn]

Check the negative traits, as suggested; some, like gloomy and bad attitude, aren't great for stress management.

[DropShot]

Originally posted by gecman:

Originally posted by DropShot:

What problems do your soldiers have? There are a few that can cause stress, like bully for example.

Is there a problem that only triggers after completing the objective on the second floor of the building?

Wouldn't any of those attributes have affected the solders during other missions?

To answer the question: I'll have to look after work, but I've used these same soldiers for a bunch of missions without this happening and certainly even if they had some sort of attributes I doubt that would be enough to generate the amount of stress I saw.

yes, but i'm unsure of how some, like bully, work. After you compete an objective you gain 1xp. Perhaps the bully leveled up putting them above the other 3 tiggering it?? Although that doesn't account for all 4 gaining.

[gecman]

Confirmed it was a bug. Restarted the mission, played it the same, except when I got to the second floor, I let the being hunted timer run out before getting on the elevator.

No problems.

Pretty sure it has to do with getting on an elevator while the being hunted status is up because the moment I did that it get real funky. I've done it before without issue so I'm not sure how to repro.

[gecman]

It definitely has something to do with reloading after a cutscene.

[Jhonny G]

Having a similar issue. One of my marines (possibly more) seem to have permanently bugged out and is causing the entire squad to generate +1 stress each second. Without any apparent reason.

Originally posted by gecman:

It definitely has something to do with reloading after a cutscene.

I'm inclined to agree. My stress bug triggered after the first queen fight, during the cutscenes of cutting open the three cocoons. Didn't give it any thought at the time, but now the bug instantly trigger every time I want to deploy those very same marines.. So you're pretty much forced to restart the mission if it happens, or suffer permanent save corruption

I swear weird stuff appears to happen every time you reload during a mission....

[IAmSquidget]

Elevators also count as reloads, and trigger bugs. There are maps where you turn on the lights and they go out if you use an elevator.

But the real killer one is that you can disable all your motion tracking by using an elevator at the wrong time. That basically ends the deployment for all practical purposes.