EDIT: Just FYI to update your copy of the All Parts mod.

[gandhi_the_peacemaker]

EDIT: Issue resolved. Remember to keep your mods up to date, too, kiddos. (To wit, the 25th Anniversary update broke the "All Parts in Singleplayer" mod. People reported various issues; in my case, it consisted of the below issue. The modder released a "Version 1.2" not long after the 25th anniversary update.)

I've been messing around with Cheat Engine (only in single player, calm down), and in tweaking one of the ammo values mid-mission I unintentionally messed with some variable or address space or... something... affecting the interaction between the ADFX-01 Morgan and acceleration parts. The effect is that when I combine that specific plane with those specific parts (Light Blisk 1 and 2, Variable Cycle Engine 1 and 2, Queen's Custom), they actually slow its acceleration to a crawl; in fact, if it's at rest, it can't accelerate at all.

The Morgan without parts is fine. The Morgan with any other parts, including deceleration parts, is fine. The acceleration parts on other planes is fine. The problem is specifically that plane plus acceleration parts.

I started a new game save file, and the issue went away completely. Finished the first mission with the ADFX, got Light Blisk 1, equipped it, beat the second mission without issue.

So I suppose my only question is if anyone is doing similar things or has experienced similar things, and if they might be able to point me in a direction to fix the mistake. I'd hate to start anew and re-unlock everything, I've already done that twice now.

Thanks, one and all.

[dohh]

I wish I could do a "cheat" to skip mission 5. Gave up even on easy mode long ago, neevr could get past it and accomplish mission 5.

[JtDarth]

Originally posted by dohh:

I wish I could do a "cheat" to skip mission 5. Gave up even on easy mode long ago, neevr could get past it and accomplish mission 5.

Still a PEBKAC problem, as pointed out in the thread you made about it.

Originally posted by gandhi_the_peacemaker:

I've been messing around with Cheat Engine (only in single player, calm down), and in tweaking one of the ammo values mid-mission I unintentionally messed with some variable or address space or... something... affecting the interaction between the ADFX-01 Morgan and acceleration parts. The effect is that when I combine that specific plane with those specific parts (Light Blisk 1 and 2, Variable Cycle Engine 1 and 2, Queen's Custom), they actually slow its acceleration to a crawl; in fact, if it's at rest, it can't accelerate at all.

The Morgan without parts is fine. The Morgan with any other parts, including deceleration parts, is fine. The acceleration parts on other planes is fine. The problem is specifically that plane plus acceleration parts.

I started a new game save file, and the issue went away completely. Finished the first mission with the ADFX, got Light Blisk 1, equipped it, beat the second mission without issue.

So I suppose my only question is if anyone is doing similar things or has experienced similar things, and if they might be able to point me in a direction to fix the mistake. I'd hate to start anew and re-unlock everything, I've already done that twice now.

Thanks, one and all.

I mean, easy solution is to delete your save file and start over, assuming simply restarting the game doesn't fix it. Then, from that point forward, any time you plan to muck about with cheats (or console commands in games that have those!), ensure you have a copy of your save from BEFORE you started cheating saved somewhere else. That way if you bork something, it's as simple as copy-pasting the backup in.

Pretty sure that's standard procedure.


Alternatively, you could try backing up your borked save, then starting a new save, and comparing values near the ones you know you changed, and try to trace discrepancies there to figure out what you changed and change it back. There isn't an easy fix here, aside from 'don't cheat without a save backed up prior'.

[gandhi_the_peacemaker]

Originally posted by JtDarth:

I mean, easy solution is to delete your save file and start over, assuming simply restarting the game doesn't fix it. Then, from that point forward, any time you plan to muck about with cheats (or console commands in games that have those!), ensure you have a copy of your save from BEFORE you started cheating saved somewhere else. That way if you bork something, it's as simple as copy-pasting the backup in.

Pretty sure that's standard procedure.


Alternatively, you could try backing up your borked save, then starting a new save, and comparing values near the ones you know you changed, and try to trace discrepancies there to figure out what you changed and change it back. There isn't an easy fix here, aside from 'don't cheat without a save backed up prior'.

Lol, yes, all that is well advised and well understood. Everyone needs that reminder every now and again. :D

I've since come to understand that the 25th anniversary update messed with the "all parts available for single player" mod. Reported issues included a similar acceleration problem. So perhaps I was mis-attributing it to the Cheat Engine-ing. The modder updated the mod, so I'll give that a go, see if it really was just that. If that's a dead end, then yeah, new save file it is, I guess. :D

[gandhi_the_peacemaker]

So it was exactly that. Lol. :D Issue resolved, then, I guess. Thanks for the help!