Game breaking bug

[JoyfulRogue]

I'm not sure what caused it, but I think it started when I queued up a scavenging raid on some random place and right at the time it was about to happen, I got a demon encounter on the road. Or maybe the bug started earlier.

Anyway, none of those combats happened. I came back home, got a demon attack incoming warning, but no demons came. Then a rescue mission - I couldnt start it. Basically, there are no demons anymore. The game doesn't start any fights.

I fixed the bug by restarting the game and reloading the save... but it's a weird one - if I knew how to replicate it, I could play endlessly without ever getting attacked, max out on tech with the current tech supplies, and then just go win.

It happened day 38 btw

[IKS]

Same here!

[Suncrash]

I can use our debug tools to get those two to happen at the same time and see if the game breaks.

Thanks for reporting this.

[celestion1384]

I had a somewhat similar bug happened, but a little different. I have 18 survivors (I think) at the moment. I had an incoming creature attack and triggered the defense plan. The attack happened before all my people could get in position (not sure if that affects it or not). When combat started, no creatures came, but I also could not move my people, and time wouldn't progress. It was just sort of frozen there.

Also, while on the same subject, base attacks starting cancels the defense plan. The plan should remain in place even after combat has started.

[Suncrash]

Originally posted by celestion1384:

I had a somewhat similar bug happened, but a little different. I have 18 survivors (I think) at the moment. I had an incoming creature attack and triggered the defense plan. The attack happened before all my people could get in position (not sure if that affects it or not). When combat started, no creatures came, but I also could not move my people, and time wouldn't progress. It was just sort of frozen there.

Also, while on the same subject, base attacks starting cancels the defense plan. The plan should remain in place even after combat has started.

In a case like this a log file collected right after the failed attack would be very helpful. Or maybe a saved game before the attack?

[celestion1384]

The autosave for the attack seems to replicate the problem. I only tried it once, but it did the same thing again. How do I send it to you?

[Suncrash]

You can find the instructions here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/455980/discussions/0/385428943466576256/

[Suncrash]

Originally posted by JoyfulRogue:

I'm not sure what caused it, but I think it started when I queued up a scavenging raid on some random place and right at the time it was about to happen, I got a demon encounter on the road. Or maybe the bug started earlier.

Anyway, none of those combats happened. I came back home, got a demon attack incoming warning, but no demons came. Then a rescue mission - I couldnt start it. Basically, there are no demons anymore. The game doesn't start any fights.

I fixed the bug by restarting the game and reloading the save... but it's a weird one - if I knew how to replicate it, I could play endlessly without ever getting attacked, max out on tech with the current tech supplies, and then just go win.

It happened day 38 btw

Hey @JoyfulRogue, just to update you that I recreated the scenario where the encounter happens at the exact same time as the scavenge mission, but the bug you describe doesn't happen.

If it ever happens again, please grab the log file right after one of those battles that never happens and send it to us.

Thanks.

[Franky]

Just to report that i also got this bug.

[Suncrash]

Originally posted by Franky:

Just to report that i also got this bug.

Hey Franky,

Did you happen to grab that log file right after it happened? If you did, please send it to us. If not, please do so if it ever happens again.

Thanks

[Franky]

I was going to do you one better and send you my save right as it happened, went ahead in my game to reenact the error to make sure it is reported in log...

...And the bug somehow fixed itself o0 Game working fine now, the base attack happened, and my scavenge team was then able to scavenge ahead as normal.

So euh yeah, i don't know what happened here. Yesterday no amount of restarting the game could fix this, and i accepted my run was screwed, and now its like i hallucinated it.

Sorry about that :S Will send error log if it happens again (knocking on wood it doesn't though), otherwise all i can do is confirm op's theory of how bug happened: scavenging whilst getting incoming base attack, get message base is attacked but none happen and then scavenging team cant scavenge anymore, at max game speed in case that matters.

[Suncrash]

Originally posted by Franky:

I was going to do you one better and send you my save right as it happened, went ahead in my game to reenact the error to make sure it is reported in log...

...And the bug somehow fixed itself o0 Game working fine now, the base attack happened, and my scavenge team was then able to scavenge ahead as normal.

So euh yeah, i don't know what happened here. Yesterday no amount of restarting the game could fix this, and i accepted my run was screwed, and now its like i hallucinated it.

Sorry about that :S Will send error log if it happens again (knocking on wood it doesn't though), otherwise all i can do is confirm op's theory of how bug happened: scavenging whilst getting incoming base attack, get message base is attacked but none happen and then scavenging team cant scavenge anymore, at max game speed in case that matters.

It's one of those things that's really really hard to reproduce, that's why we ask for the log right after it happens, before even restarting, hopefully something there will help us figure out what is happening. We've tried activating several encounters at the exact same time, encounters + scavenge mission, several scavenge missions, etc. None of these cause any issues other than the fights not happening, worst case.

Thanks for your help anyway, and do let us know if it happens again.