Help! Bug 0 has fallen through floor into into space

[mrlimbic]

I can't get into the inner circle because bug 0 has glitched through the floor (I guess when a trap went off).

If I try to enter bug 0 then I see space briefly then it says I am "disembodied"

Is there any way to get a working bug 0 back?

[mrlimbic]

I tried going back to an old save and rescued bug 0 again. However when I left bug 0 somewhere (definitely not near anything hostile this time just in case) later they had fallen into space again when I tried to enter them. What is going on?

[mindthunk]

Damn sounds bugged (sorry) - I'd need to replicate the problem here by loading your save.
Saves are located under %appdata%/MindThunk/CtrlAltEgo
(paste that literally into Windows Explorer)
Navigate through until you find the large saves with .ego extension. Pick one where Bug0 has gone missing (probably the latest save), and send to [e-mail] or upload elsewhere and post link here.
If you can tell me where you think you left Bug0 (e.g. screenshot) that will help too.
Hope to hear from you soon then, sorry again for the bug.

Originally posted by mrlimbic:

I tried going back to an old save and rescued bug 0 again. However when I left bug 0 somewhere (definitely not near anything hostile this time just in case) later they had fallen into space again when I tried to enter them. What is going on?

[mrlimbic]

OK. Thanks. Will send save file tomorrow. If I use the latest possible save then when I scan for position of Bug 0 from a higher level, it shows bug 0 with its stats briefly but then display switches to "Bug 0 - no path." Does that give more of a clue? It was where I expected it briefly (maybe 1-2 seconds) but then fell through the floor and the UI changed message.

I left bug 0 near the entrance to the pipe to the higher level so I could come back for it. I think the first time I tried to take it through the pipe but hit a trap. So initially suspected it glitched through a wall. But second time left it before pipe.

Another clue. Earlier in the game I did manage to glitch through a wall as Bug 22 when I got blown up and fell out of levels into space to same spot. But I just reprinted myself and could continue the game. Has somehow Bug 0 info got mixed up with that? A nasty hack might be to allow reprinting of Bug 0 once rescued. I did look for that just in case.

[mindthunk]

First 2 paragraphs do give a bit of clue - thanks - I'll try to mess with it (tomorrow). Save(s) still useful though if possible. The 'floor' is probably being unloaded when it ought to remain loaded, something like that - a quirk of the way I join the different levels. It's supposed to be working of course - might be something special abut your case or perhaps has got broken since last got tested properly.

[mindthunk]

Had a play this morning (I'm on Brazil time at the moment) and not able to break it here - so I definitely need to try your save(s) to figure out what has gone wrong in your case.

Something you could try to get unstuck or if you don't want to have to wait for me to find the problem would be to go 'the other way' - there are the CRS backstairs at the other end of the science map - should be fewer problems joining to the Corporate level if you go that route.

It's bad though that Bug0 can go AWOL like this - I probably should add an emergency 'reprint' option as you suggest.

[mrlimbic]

Latest save file here. I think I left bug 0 near the pipe to upper level.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HgSWghovJfIBn1PzcQ0DfHZjQsIj77l4/view?usp=drive_link

[mrlimbic]

I went back to an old save, rescued bug 0 and left them by the stairs instead. This time they didn't fall through the floor.

[mindthunk]

Thank you for the save file. Definitely bugged - the level transition logic is getting confused about whether Bug 0 should be active or not - fix coming - later today hopefully.

Edit: Patch is now live on Steam public-beta branch (version shows in-game as 1.4.14)