Quick Question About "The Taskmaster"

[skyfire1933]

Normally good ol "Captain Brat" As I nicknamed her, The Taskmaster unlocks pretty much right away on the first level of breakdown for me. This time, however, The counter for hours played is frozen at "1/10" despite me having logged well over ten hours both in this breakdown run I'm doing and the main story (which I did first) as well.

I've checked the guides and wikis and well several other players reported the same bug I can't find anyone addressing a fix for it, unless I'm missing some thing thought maybe one of you good folks might know?

I did notice when watching Wayne (zombiekitty) YOSE Breakdown play through that he had the same bug for about two or three levels and then it seemed to fix itself and the escort mission showed up, so it's possible it might work itself out I dunno? Maybe some more tech savy folks can help.

I'd really prefer not to start from scratch again (have almost all the heroes for level one unlocked including the infamous The Killer (which is always a horrible challenge I hate with a passion). Just finishing up the last challenge (all research projects) before moving on to level 2. However I'd rather restart if necessary and have to redo all that then miss out on the good Captain as she is one of my favorite heroes to play as I've been very disappointed she hasn't unlocked so far.

I hate to ask but can someone whom knows how to look at all the game files and other tech stuff take a quick peek and let me know if this bug will go away next level or two or if it's better to re-install SOD (yet again sigh) and start from scratch? I really don't want to do that obviously but I'd rather not spend more time unlocking everything else and then find out she's still going to be bugged and unlockable.

Any help and advice would be very much appreciated hope you all are having a wonderful Mother's Day also. Thank you in advance. :)

[Bohemian Rap City]

Well, I suggest that you hit WillieSea, Mystyk, or QMJS on the Alamo site. I'm pretty sure you can also contact Mystyk on Discord. I'm still trying to learn the modding stuff, but I think Willie is pretty embedded with the devs at Undead Labs.

[skyfire1933]

Ah well thank you BRC. I'm not really familiar with the Alamo site apart from word of mouth. I have a really good camp built up right now soooo... Maybe I'll wait until all the research projects finish (I have two or so after this one) unlock Marshal and see if anyone has any ideas before then.

Seems like right now the safest thing to do is try a new game and if that doesn't work a fresh install to see if that fixes it, just again I'd prefer not to have to go through unlocking everything again after just finishing with the level one stuff.... Buuut I really miss having the Captain around she's such a brat I love her breakdown character.

Now granted I have the gardener with the ginger hair and green jacket whom has the same bratty voice type and is probably the original brat since she's been around since the old version of SOD (I've seen her for example in older videos) but still a fitness guru with full assault weapon and shooting specialization and a funny character personality is hard to give up. I don't mind if she is just going to unlock later I'd just like to be sure or else try a fresh game and if that don't work a reinstall because I'll be really upset if she remains locked forever.

Thanks for the words BRC.

[WillieSea]

When I played last week I collected Diane Montressor again when I started a new Breakdown level after deleting my hero's collected file.

Has she already been unlocked in a previous run of your games?
It only works in Breakdown since the 'sandbox timer' is used, where sandbox is breakdown.

I am pretty sure you can only unlock them once, then they start showing up in random NPC spawns in Enclaves that appear on the map.

    <Feat HeroUnlock="131 HERO Cpt. Diane Montressor">
      <Actions>
        <Action ActionFlags="ActivateOnce, Repeats" ActionId="UnlockMission" ActionType="Action.Passive" ExecuteTimeStandard="5s" OutputDelayTime="0.0" PauseWhenOffline="">
          <RTSActionIcon Name="" Id="" />
          <NameText Flags="" Notes="" Text="" />
          <Actors>
            <Character ActorFlags="Spawn" ActorName="131 HERO Cpt. Diane Montressor" ActorTask="" ActorTraits="" FunctionTags="" HideWarnings="" Optional="" TargetEnclave="" />
            <Enclave ActorFlags="Spawn" ActorName="Enclave.HeroSpawned" EnclaveStat="" HideWarnings="" Optional="" />
          </Actors>
          <Alts />
          <Effects />
          <Inputs>
            <CheckBool InputFlags="" InputId="Sandbox.Scenario.HeroMissions" Invert="" />
          </Inputs>
          <Outputs>
            <ChangeState ActorIndex="1" Silent="false" State="Basic" />
            <Actor_JoinEnclave ActorIndex="0" EnclaveIndex="1" />
          </Outputs>
        </Action>
        <Action ActionFlags="" ActionId="UnlockHero" ActionType="Action.Passive" ExecuteTimeStandard="0.0" OutputDelayTime="0.0" PauseWhenOffline="">
          <RTSActionIcon Name="" Id="" />
          <NameText Flags="" Notes="" Text="" />
          <Actors />
          <Alts />
          <Effects />
          <Inputs />
          <Outputs>
            <Actor_Unlock ActorName="131 HERO Cpt. Diane Montressor" />
          </Outputs>
        </Action>
      </Actions>
      <Challenges>
        <RTSChallenge Number="36000" RTSValue="Sandbox.PlayTime">
          <DescriptionText Flags="" Notes="" Text="Play for 10 Hours." />
          <NameText Flags="" Notes="" Text="The Taskmaster" />
        </RTSChallenge>
        <Challenge Event="OneShot" Number="0" Params="Scenario.Count">
          <DescriptionText Flags="" Notes="" Text="Breakdown Level 1." />
          <NameText Flags="" Notes="" Text="" />
        </Challenge>
      </Challenges>
    </Feat>

Nothing really to it, simply 36000 minutes which is 10 hours.

[skyfire1933]

No I haven't on this re-install unlocked her that is. I've of course unlocked her and all the other heroes on previous runs. Normally when I play breakdown she unlocks almost always on my first bit of playtime since the game throws so much at you at once it's hard not to end up playing quite a while (plus setting up outposts, initial base buildup, neighbors, etc etc). Every time I've done a new game with all the heroes locked again she has unlocked almost right away so I'm a bit worried to be honest. Thank you for all the info Willie it looks like I'm looking at a re-install though I'll try a new game as well and see if that works maybe if I do it on a different profile it will work I'll give it a try wish me luck.

EDIT: Sadly it didn't work looks like I'm just doing a re-install then that's okays I was only on level 1 anyways not that big a deal thanks for the advice anyways you all.

[WillieSea]

A 'reinstall' is probably a bit drastic. Unless you have a virus on your computer or your storage hardware is going bad causing errors in the game files.

What I do is delete the heros file and all the save games.

Reset Breakdown Heros
---------------------
deleting the UserStats and UserStats-dlc config files (along with the saved games)
From your Steam folder:
I delete everything in this folder.
\steamapps\common\State of Decay YOSE\USER\76561198052389780\*.*

[skyfire1933]

I appreciate that you're trying to help.

EDIT: I feel I should explain a bit. I ALWAYS do a re-install when there is problems with the game because it re-locks all the heroes so they are available to be re-unlocked on the next play through. It might not be the best solution but it's the easiest for my poor stupid little mind to handle lol.

Also it does work in this case, I played for ten hours in a row only to have the game crash right as The Taskmaster unlocked. And since it was unlocked as the game crashed Lily now won't ping mission. Sooo I start again lol .... maybe. I'm a bit fed up at the moment.

But thank you all for the words and advice. They brighten my day.