Player sprite bug

[Red Pony]

Dear Community,

I've encountered a visual bug and I dont know how to fix it.

I have this one save file where I leveled an esper to dominate an astral tabby so I could getstranded in it's body. That worked out pretty fine but some time ago my player sprite changed into a box with a white stroke in the middle and it doesn't change back. It still displays light/shadow and damage states.

I have tried: changing zones, talking to merchants (where I suspect it started), using the steam features to check file integrity, deinstalling and reinstalling the game and I also used various wish-commands that didn't do anything. I've tried to use a mod that adds a looklike wish that also didn't work.

I suspect my save file has some sort of sprite allocation error. I think that because in the save file selection screen I get a random player sprite from a different calling or a grey box.

I also turn into some bird when using a recoiler for a short amount of time before turning into a white slit again.

On the cavesofcud subreddit, I've also asked for help. I don't know if I'm allowed to post links here, so I'm just gonna post the title of the reddit thread: "Player sprite bug"

It contains a screenshot.

Has anyone any idea how to edit or restore save files? Or maybe clean up sprite allocations? Or permanently change a player's sprite? I wouldn't know where to start.

[glass zebra]

You can post links here if they are relevant for the topic. The mod to wish for a look should change your sprite. Was it this one?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2087888547

[Red Pony]

Yes, I've tried using this one to change my appearance back. Typing "looklike astral tabby" in the wish menu just spawns an astral tabby. Just typing "looklike" in this menu spawn a wall tile. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

[Red Pony]

Originally posted by glass zebra:

You can post links here if they are relevant for the topic. The mod to wish for a look should change your sprite. Was it this one?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2087888547

https://www.reddit.com/r/cavesofqud/comments/1aglolm/player_sprite_bug/

there's the screenshot

[glass zebra]

Originally posted by Red Pony:

Yes, I've tried using this one to change my appearance back. Typing "looklike astral tabby" in the wish menu just spawns an astral tabby. Just typing "looklike" in this menu spawn a wall tile. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

That sounds like you do not have the mod actually enabled and just downloaded it. You should be able to do that from the main menu.

[Red Pony]

Originally posted by glass zebra:

Originally posted by Red Pony:

Yes, I've tried using this one to change my appearance back. Typing "looklike astral tabby" in the wish menu just spawns an astral tabby. Just typing "looklike" in this menu spawn a wall tile. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

That sounds like you do not have the mod actually enabled and just downloaded it. You should be able to do that from the main menu.

I have sucessfully enabled the mod, you were right, it wasn't enabled.

When I type in looklike, I get another prompt where it tells me to type the name of the entity i wish to change into. I type astral tabby, press enter and then it seems to change for a second, and then it changes back into the white dash as before.

[glass zebra]

Originally posted by Red Pony:

Originally posted by glass zebra:

That sounds like you do not have the mod actually enabled and just downloaded it. You should be able to do that from the main menu.

I have sucessfully enabled the mod, you were right, it wasn't enabled.

When I type in looklike, I get another prompt where it tells me to type the name of the entity i wish to change into. I type astral tabby, press enter and then it seems to change for a second, and then it changes back into the white dash as before.

Have you tried to wish for other sprites? Do those work as expected?

[Red Pony]

Originally posted by glass zebra:

Originally posted by Red Pony:

I have sucessfully enabled the mod, you were right, it wasn't enabled.

When I type in looklike, I get another prompt where it tells me to type the name of the entity i wish to change into. I type astral tabby, press enter and then it seems to change for a second, and then it changes back into the white dash as before.

Have you tried to wish for other sprites? Do those work as expected?

Yes, I've tried it with "snapjaw". The player sprite changes into a white snapjaw for a second, then changes back into the white dash again. Same behaviour.

[Red Pony]

I've got an update. In the save files, the file "primary.sav.json" looks like this:

{
"InfoVersion": 1,
"SaveVersion": 360,
"GameVersion": "2.0.206.63",
"ID": "0a2ff4b3-809a-438c-b156-dbcdf40216ed",
"Name": "Bastet",
"Level": 38,
"GenoSubType": "",
"GameMode": "Roleplay",
"CharIcon": null,
"FColor": "Y",
"DColor": "y",
"Location": "Six Day Stilt",
"InGameTime": "21:51:13",
"Turn": 228608,
"SaveTime": "Sunday, 04 February 2024 at 00:51:30",
"ModsEnabled": [
"2087888547"
]
}

this explains why the Playersprite in the main menu gets randomly selected. I changed the file to look like this:

{
"InfoVersion": 1,
"SaveVersion": 360,
"GameVersion": "2.0.206.63",
"ID": "0a2ff4b3-809a-438c-b156-dbcdf40216ed",
"Name": "Bastet",
"Level": 38,
"GenoSubType": "Astral Tabby",
"GameMode": "Roleplay",
"CharIcon": "creatures/sw_kitty.bmp",
"FColor": "Y",
"DColor": "y",
"Location": "Six Day Stilt",
"InGameTime": "21:51:13",
"Turn": 228608,
"SaveTime": "Sunday, 04 February 2024 at 00:51:30",
"ModsEnabled": [
"2087888547"
]
}

So now I get the astral tabby sprite in the game load menu again. Sucess!

Sadly, this doesn't change the playersprite in the game. Also: Saving and leaving the game resets my manual edits in the savefile, so I'm greeted by a white box in the "select save file"-menu again.

I assume that something is wrong with the save file, and I don't know what or where I need to edit it. :(

Can I send it somewhere?

[glass zebra]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/333640/discussions/1/3005549744945077159/ has the E-Mail adress

Not sure if you can send stuff without alphabeard commenting here, if it is not about a crash