Adrift Phase 4 reward bug

[patupi]

I've seen some mention of this the first time Adrift was going, but in the redux this is the first time I've done this expedition. Completed everything, but clicking on the reward for Phase 4 for the frigate and I get a crash to desktop. Thing is, I can't complete the whole Adrift expedition until I collect all the rewards. Really annoying. Got over 11,000 nanites, loads of things I want to transfer back, and all I could do was copy my tool and ship into the main save... which I wasn't going to bother with this time, instead saving the upgrades for ships and multi-tool and shipping them over. Any way to fix this? At very least be able to force complete the expedition even without getting phase 4.

[Jaggid Edje]

The crash to desktop when claiming an expedition frigate reward from the expedition itself has been a problem for quite a while, at least since the Worlds update. I didn't have the crash during this Adrift expedition so I thought it must have been fixed....apparently not though, based on what you're saying.

Did you have a fleet command room on your freighter in the expedition? I've no idea if that makes a difference, but I had one and didn't experience the crash. Another option is to edit the json file for the expedition so that collecting it is optional. It should still be available/unlocked to claim from the Quicksilver vendor.

[patupi]

I honestly didn't even board the freighter after accepting it. I'll take a look, see about setting up the fleet then accepting it.

[cattivision]

I completed the expedition (from within an existing save) and my freighter did not have a fleet management terminal, and I was able to claim all the rewards with no issues. So the crash seems not to be related to if there is a fleet command room or not.

[patupi]

Yeah, just tried adding the fleet command. Made no difference. Still crashes

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by cattivision:

I completed the expedition (from within an existing save) and my freighter did not have a fleet management terminal, and I was able to claim all the rewards with no issues. So the crash seems not to be related to if there is a fleet command room or not.

Ah well, it was just a spitballed guess. :)
Maybe the fact he never even boarded his freighter makes a difference?

I know the bug previously didn't have any workaround (other than editing the json file), so maybe it still doesn't. Those of us who did not crash might just be lucky. Or they did fix it, but the fix isn't working for everyone.

@Patupi, one other thing I can think of is to ask if you use mods or not? If they did fix it, a mod that is from previous to the fix could be the reason for your issue. I did have that crash during the original run of Adrift. I did not have it for the redux, which is why I assumed it was fixed.

[patupi]

I can't think of anything odd I did with the expedition. Other than copying in my Sentinel ship and multi-tool. That shouldn't affect anything should it? All other rewards are already collected. I only have like three ships and two tools in the save, so hardly maxing the capacity out or anything.

[patupi]

Nope, never even tried modding on No Man's Sky. Have on loads of other games, never cropped up in this one.

[smurfy]

I haven't had the bug either, didn't ever land in the free freighter before claiming the frigate on 3/3 runs.
1 brand new save, 2 existing saves.

1 existing main save already owned a freighter and also already had the Ship of the Damned.

I thought of testing declining the free Freighter awarded from completing the Derelict milestone before trying to claim the Ship of the Damned, but since OP had definitely claimed it, it is probably not worth bothering with that test.

None of my runs copied anything from main save into the expedition. I will do a test of that.

[Other]

This is just a guess, but there are three triggered encounters with the Cursed Frigate while pulsing (one opens after each of the three milestones you get by pulsing in the ship, I think). I wonder if trying to claim the frigate before the last of those has occurred might cause the crash? Or just ignoring the message that is part of each one, so that the encounter didn't finish "properly"?

[patupi]

Huh. I actually only remember two of those, and I'm at the end. Could be it? Where is the third one?

Edit: was it one of the later 'staring into the void' things? The dreaming? I only got one brief appearance of the frigate early on, and one in the middle (phase 3 I think). Had the last of the void things where you just use pule drive and drift, then the staring up at the sky. Neither of those had the frigate turn up.

[smurfy]

Originally posted by Other:

This is just a guess, but there are three triggered encounters with the Cursed Frigate while pulsing (one opens after each of the three milestones you get by pulsing in the ship, I think). I wonder if trying to claim the frigate before the last of those has occurred might cause the crash? Or just ignoring the message that is part of each one, so that the encounter didn't finish "properly"?

Unlikely, I've definitely had a Pulse encounter after claiming the Frigate, during phase 5 "drift towards infinity".

[patupi]

I don't think the 'drift towards infinity' was the one I had the 2nd viewing of the frigate. I'm pretty sure it was earlier than that, but I definitely only had two.

[patupi]

Is there perhaps a hack way to trigger that? That I'd accept even if I had to edit something to get the thing finished.

[Jaggid Edje]

You could edit the JSON file to make it optional to collect it, allowing you to finish the expedition. I mentioned that earlier. That's what they did for the problem in older expeditions to avoid the bug. It's mentioned at the offline expedition site for the Leviathan expedition: https://cwmonkey.github.io/nms-expeditions/

Another option is to edit your save file to just mark that phase as complete. You basically will bypass the crash by not doing the step, but telling your save file you have done it.

[smurfy]

Originally posted by patupi:

Is there perhaps a hack way to trigger that? That I'd accept even if I had to edit something to get the thing finished.

This is the relevant section of C:\Users\[WindowsUsername]\AppData\Roaming\HelloGames\NMS\st_[profleID]\cache\SEASON_DATA_CACHE.JSON

{
"Mission":"^STAGE4",
"Title":"^UI_EXPED_STAGE4_NAME",
"TitleUpper":"^UI_EXPED_STAGE4_NAME_U",
"Description":"^UI_EXPED_STAGE4_DESC",
"DescriptionDone":"^UI_EXPED_STAGE4_DESC_D",
"CantRewardMessage":"^UI_FRIGATE_RECRUIT_ERR",
"IdToUseInMissionData":"^",
"Amount":1,
"StageIndex":0,
"MilestoneIndex":0,
"RendezvousIndex":-1,
"Icon":{"Filename":"TEXTURES\/UI\/FRONTEND\/ICONS\/EXPEDITION\/PATCH.NEONMILESTONE.4.DDS"},
"IconGrey":{"Filename":"TEXTURES\/UI\/FRONTEND\/ICONS\/EXPEDITION\/PATCH.NEONMILESTONE.4.GREY.DDS"},
"MissionIcon":{"Filename":"textures\/ui\/hud\/icons\/missions\/mission.seasonal.dds"},
"MissionIconSelected":{"Filename":"textures\/ui\/frontend\/icons\/missions\/mission.seasonal.on.dds"},
"MissionIconNotSelected":{"Filename":"textures\/ui\/frontend\/icons\/missions\/mission.seasonal.off.dds"},
"Reward":"^RS_S13_PHASE4",
"RewardSwitchAlt":"^",
"RewardDescription":"",
"CantClaimRewardDescription":"",
"IsOptional":false,
"GreyIfCantStart":false,
"IsRendezvous":false,
"IsStageControl":true,
"BlockRendezvousMilestoneSeed":-1,
"DontAttemptFallbackTextSubs":false,
"Encryption":{"IsEncrypted":false,"TitleUpper":"^","Subtitle":"^","Description":"^","Patch":{"Filename":""},"HoverPopupIcon":{"Filename":""},"DecryptMissionId":"^","DecryptMissionSeed":0}}],
"Title":"^UI_EXPED_STAGE_TITLE_4",
"Description":"^UI_EXPED_STAGE_DESC_4"
}

Setting the milestone's IsOptional:true should fix it and allow you to complete the Expedition and claim the Iron Eagle, but won't award the Ship of the Damned frigate to your account.
If you hadn't completed all other milestones, I would have suggested trying switching the rewards around with another one. AFAIK, you'll need a Save Editor to award the frigate.

--Edit, Ninja'd by JE again.--

Originally posted by Leodium github original offline version:

The Phase 4 become optional because the reward (the Ship of the Damned freighter) is broken. Claiming this reward will crash your game. Unlocking this reward will still unlock the Ship of the Damned freighter in the Quicksilver vendor, you just can't claim it on the expedition.

This indicates that setting to optional does unlock the frigate at the QS vendor in your main save, if so, problem solved.