Expedition 18 help !!

[Cles_fr]

I have been doing the expedition 18 like everyone, it unlocked every milestone The Dig: I to V. Problem is, it's like it made me progress too much in the expedition and when I open the galaxy map, I don't have the route to reach each dig site anymore.

I'm not sure what I can do to finish the expedition now that I realize that this lag happened, I'm wondering if anyone might have a solution? Since then, I can't get the milestone where they ask for a complete fossil.

[Musashi]

Originally posted by Cles_fr:

I have been doing the expedition 18 like everyone, it unlocked every milestone The Dig: I to V. Problem is, it's like it made me progress too much in the expedition and when I open the galaxy map, I don't have the route to reach each dig site anymore.

I'm not sure what I can do to finish the expedition now that I realize that this lag happened, I'm wondering if anyone might have a solution? Since then, I can't get the milestone where they ask for a complete fossil.

Check the teleporter in a Spacestation... in some expedition the sytems has been added without to visit one...

[Cles_fr]

Thank you for your reply. I did it but found nothing

[Musashi]

Originally posted by Cles_fr:

Thank you for your reply. I did it but found nothing

thats bad .. because you did not visit the Spacestations... maybe you see a player base in the list which indicates the dig site ?

[Cles_fr]

I'm trying to look but..... Especially since it validated the other points all by itself, it's annoying. I hope they'll fix the bug, I'm not the only one I think

[Musashi]

Originally posted by Cles_fr:

I'm trying to look but..... Especially since it validated the other points all by itself, it's annoying. I hope they'll fix the bug, I'm not the only one I think

ah thats the reason .. now I got it .. you are not alone with that issue ...
I always play in experimental and MP disabled .. never did run into such an issue ...
I would start a new run...

maybe there will be a patch for it soon or later ...

And report it
https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[smurfy]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/0/601900047372716165/

Originally posted by smurfy:

As I highlight above, I had my doubts that it would just work so simply.
This player also reports that just getting the full set (assuming they have a full set) doesn't mark a delivery point for them.
This is a similar scenario to Exp 17 when these autocompleted milestones also happened. HG applied a patch back then to supposedly help out in those situations but as far as I know, nobody reported that it successfully fixed the issue for them.
There is a brute force workaround that involves manually setting those milestones to Optional so the Expedition Phase can be completed without them, but I'd rather explore all options before recommending it this time.

That other post seems to validate my multiplayer theory that may be able to replicate the issue, so I'm going to try that later today and see if I can get a save file with the problem so I can do some troubleshooting myself.

[Cles_fr]

Thank you, I will try right away

[Cles_fr]

It's good, it works. Thank you, I hadn't seen this message. Thank you very much

[smurfy]

Originally posted by Cles_fr:

It's good, it works. Thank you, I hadn't seen this message. Thank you very much

What worked?

[Cles_fr]

Actually it doesn't work, I deleted all my bones it restarts the quest but there is no way once I have recreated all the bones there is no way to go any further. I can no longer select the quest.

[FanStatic]

When completing the quest to make Bone Broth, I start looking at the recipe in the nutrient processor and the game crashes to the desktop with error 141040_0x5EE46E_ST76561199051459393. Has anyone had a similar problem and is there a solution to this bug? I play on PC.

[smurfy]

Originally posted by Cles_fr:

Actually it doesn't work, I deleted all my bones it restarts the quest but there is no way once I have recreated all the bones there is no way to go any further. I can no longer select the quest.

Unfortunately, in the other few ongoing topics with this auto-complete issue, manually getting to a dig site has no positive result, the bone collection task(s) are unable to be completed. Example.

There is now something in Experimental which may or may not relate to this issue (it is pretty vague and it didn't help the player in the above example.)

Experimental Branch 28/03

• Fixed an issue that could block interaction with Galactic Palaeology Society representatives at dig sites during the Relics expedition.

You could try that.

Otherwise...
Can I assume you are using no mods?
Have you tried with MP disabled?
I do have a possible workaround if you are in a hurry to complete this run of the expedition and don't want to wait for a potential HG patch which may help this.

Originally posted by smurfy:

There is a way to modify your expedition configuration file (season_data_cache.JSON) to set those milestones to optional to allow you to claim each end of phase reward without completing them. You will need to set Steam to offline mode to prevent the game overwriting the configuration file every time it starts up. See this previous expedition bugfix topic for more info.
Here's the relevant section for Phase 5, Milestone 2:

Originally posted by C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\HelloGames\NMS\st_{idnumber}\cache\SEASON_DATA_CACHE.JSON:

{snip}
{"Mission":"^BONE_HUNT","Title":"^UI_EXPED18_BONE_HUNT5_NAME","TitleUpper":"^UI_EXPED18_BONE_HUNT5_NAME_U","Description":"^UI_EXPED18_BONE_HUNT_DESC","DescriptionDone":"^UI_EXPED18_BONE_HUNT_DESC_D","CantRewardMessage":"^INTRCT_NOROOM_L","IdToUseInMissionData":"^","Amount":1,"StageIndex":0,"MilestoneIndex":0,"RendezvousIndex":-1,"Icon":{"Filename":"TEXTURES\/UI\/FRONTEND\/ICONS\/EXPEDITION\/PATCH.BONES5.DDS"},"IconGrey":{"Filename":""},"MissionIcon":{"Filename":"TEXTURES\/UI\/FRONTEND\/ICONS\/MISSIONS\/MISSION.FOSSIL.ON.DDS"},"MissionIconSelected":{"Filename":"TEXTURES\/UI\/FRONTEND\/ICONS\/MISSIONS\/MISSION.FOSSIL.ON.DDS"},"MissionIconNotSelected":{"Filename":"TEXTURES\/UI\/FRONTEND\/ICONS\/MISSIONS\/MISSION.FOSSIL.OFF.DDS"},"Reward":"^RS_S18_S5M2","RewardSwitchAlt":"^","RewardDescription":"","CantClaimRewardDescription":"","IsOptional":false,"GreyIfCantStart":false,"IsRendezvous":false,"IsStageControl":false,"BlockRendezvousMilestoneSeed":-1,"DontAttemptFallbackTextSubs":false,"Encryption":{"IsEncrypted":false,"TitleUpper":"^","Subtitle":"^","Description":"^","Patch":{"Filename":""},"HoverPopupIcon":{"Filename":""},"DecryptMissionId":"^","DecryptMissionSeed":0}},

Change that IsOptional":false to IsOptional":true, save the JSON, set Steam Offline, claim Phase 5 and move on. You will forfeit the minor loot from the milestone (a valuable fossil and small amount of polished stone).
If you've done it right it will look sort of like this (this is from Exp17):
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3433254820

[Cles_fr]

Originally posted by smurfy:

Originally posted by Cles_fr:

Actually it doesn't work, I deleted all my bones it restarts the quest but there is no way once I have recreated all the bones there is no way to go any further. I can no longer select the quest.

Unfortunately, in the other few ongoing topics with this auto-complete issue, manually getting to a dig site has no positive result, the bone collection task(s) are unable to be completed. Example.

There is now something in Experimental which may or may not relate to this issue (it is pretty vague and it didn't help the player in the above example.)

Experimental Branch 28/03

• Fixed an issue that could block interaction with Galactic Palaeology Society representatives at dig sites during the Relics expedition.

You could try that.

Otherwise...
Can I assume you are using no mods?
Have you tried with MP disabled?
I do have a possible workaround if you are in a hurry to complete this run of the expedition and don't want to wait for a potential HG patch which may help this.

Originally posted by smurfy:

There is a way to modify your expedition configuration file (season_data_cache.JSON) to set those milestones to optional to allow you to claim each end of phase reward without completing them. You will need to set Steam to offline mode to prevent the game overwriting the configuration file every time it starts up. See this previous expedition bugfix topic for more info.
Here's the relevant section for Phase 5, Milestone 2:
Change that IsOptional":false to IsOptional":true, save the JSON, set Steam Offline, claim Phase 5 and move on. You will forfeit the minor loot from the milestone (a valuable fossil and small amount of polished stone).
If you've done it right it will look sort of like this (this is from Exp17):
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3433254820

I found it, but I can't save the file. I'll wait and see. Thanks anyway.

[Dragonmango]

I'm having the same issue as well. I started it weeks ago but didn't do much at all. Think all i did was find my ship and scan some animals. Then i stopped playing, I then get back on few days ago, and dig site 1-5 were unlocked. I tried deleting bones in my inventory, and still nothing. Only things i have left to do is go to dig sites and catch a bone fish, other than that, managed to do all other quest. This issue is really annoying.

[smurfy]

Originally posted by Dragonmango:

I'm having the same issue as well. I started it weeks ago but didn't do much at all. Think all i did was find my ship and scan some animals. Then i stopped playing, I then get back on few days ago, and dig site 1-5 were unlocked. I tried deleting bones in my inventory, and still nothing. Only things i have left to do is go to dig sites and catch a bone fish, other than that, managed to do all other quest. This issue is really annoying.

The most up to date discussion on this bug can be found here.

You will have a few options:
1. Leave the Expedition open and hope HG come up with a working patch.
2. If the Expedition is being run as a brand new save, just delete it and start again (turn MP off to hopefully avoid this bug). If it is an existing save, return to the main save and refer to option #1.
3. Implement a manual workaround to make the bugged milestone(s) optional and complete the Expedition. See reply 13 on page 1 here.
4. Use a save editor to mark the hand-in milestones as completed (see reply #22 above)