Can't advance

[Mysterio28]

I only just got this today and am playing the main campaign and just finished the first map but it gets stuck on the map selection. I click the arrow to the right to select the second island then click the check mark but nothing happens. I try going back to the first island and doing the same thing (clicking the check mark) but still nothing. Only way out is to ALT+F4 to force close the game. And reloading the game just puts me back at the boat and the same thing happens when I try to move to the next island again. Is there any way to advance or am I just screwed?

[Mysterio28]

I've pushed every arrow key as well but they do nothing except the left/right arrow keys to move to a map.

[teleshoes]

(down arrow only works on an island you are not already on)

[Sapador]

This is really weird how this (same?) bug has been haunting around for years. I've never had it. But the amount of players who report this issue is not negligible.

[Kiko]

Same bug that keeps ruining the game for me on all variations. Didn't expect it to follow up on a new game (Norse lands), but yet here we are again, searching for tips how to get over this. Already reported this onward to the developers a LOONG time ago on previous variations of the game. Absolutely gamebreaking. Guess I'll have to ask for a refund, sad cause I enjoyed it this far.

[Kiko]

Just checked, the developers answered me on october on my report. "The developers are aware of this issue and are looking into it. Hopefully it can resolved soon, so please hold on a bit longer!"

Guessing the money keeps coming in, so no need to fix this bug as it seems to concern only some people. What a shame.

[teleshoes]

i wouldnt be quite so cynical. the devs definitely care, theyre a small team and they take feedback seriously, often fixing things faster than large teams.

that being said, this game definitely has more bugs than your average game, and theyre usually WEIRD. weird bugs, especially ones that are hard to reproduce, can be very difficult to fix.

i feel your pain, tho, i would light my computer on fire if this happened to me

[Mysterio28]

It did eventually fix itself after a few restarts of the game. What happened was I finished the first island, then it took me to the map to select the next island, which it let me do the first time. But then I messed up and lost my crown and it sent me back to the first island. After I fixed the boat again and tried going back to the second island, that's when this bug kicked in and wouldn't let me do anything other than ALT+F4 to force close the game.

[Deceptikahn]

Originally posted by teleshoes:

i wouldnt be quite so cynical. the devs definitely care, theyre a small team and they take feedback seriously, often fixing things faster than large teams.

that being said, this game definitely has more bugs than your average game, and theyre usually WEIRD. weird bugs, especially ones that are hard to reproduce, can be very difficult to fix.

i feel your pain, tho, i would light my computer on fire if this happened to me

I don't see this as cynical and it's not just a small dev group. It's three dev groups and there are so many bugs in the game after Norse Lands and the Conquest update, that the game is *almost* unplayable.

Read the other discussions. As much as I hate whining gamers, the people in these discussions have a point; the game is borked right now.

[ALDC]

Originally posted by Mysterio28:

It did eventually fix itself after a few restarts of the game. What happened was I finished the first island, then it took me to the map to select the next island, which it let me do the first time. But then I messed up and lost my crown and it sent me back to the first island. After I fixed the boat again and tried going back to the second island, that's when this bug kicked in and wouldn't let me do anything other than ALT+F4 to force close the game.

This is definitely a bug and should NOT be happening.
Pls report it in the Support section so the Devs will take a look at it.

My guess is everytime we build the boat, it will change the flag status of the next Island from disabled to enabled. When you lost the crown and restarted on 1st Island and built the boat, it somehow changed the next Island status from enabled to disabled and you can't land on it. Let's hope this isn't the case otherwise many other players will be affected.

[teleshoes]

Originally posted by Deceptikahn:

As much as I hate whining gamers, the people in these discussions have a point; the game is borked right now.

there were 4 issues with the conquest update that made the game so buggy it was fair to call it 'unplayable', and the dev team fixed them all in a few weeks. it would be better if they had fixed them FIRST, but at least we know they listen and can act.

the remaining bugs are either relatively minor, or (like this one) AWFUL, but affecting a very small number of players.
this is easily the worst remaining bug, but it DOES seem to affect only a handful of people.


what i specifically called cynical, though, was this: 'Guessing the money keeps coming in, so no need to fix this bug as it seems to concern only some people.'
bugs that affect only a few people are hard to fix because theyre hard to reproduce. also, bugs that affect many people simply are more important to fix than bugs that affect only a few, but they do seem to get to even the small issues eventually.

[krugos]

I'm having the same problem. It gets stuck on the map; I can switch between islands, but I can't select any. After restarting the game a bunch of times, I was able to go to island 2 and then 3, but I've wasted enough time trying to make it reach island 4 and it's just not working.

[Kiko]

Got a temporary fix for this bug from support. I'm guessing there will be a fixing patch but until then, this simple solution gets it done.

Lower your monitor refresh rate temporarily. You can get to the right location If you search for “advanced display settings” in your Windows search bar.

I set mine down to 60 Hz and the game works fine.

[Sapador]

Originally posted by teleshoes:

there were 4 issues with the conquest update that made the game so buggy it was fair to call it 'unplayable', and the dev team fixed them all in a few weeks. it would be better if they had fixed them FIRST, but at least we know they listen and can act. the remaining bugs are either relatively minor, or (like this one) AWFUL, but affecting a very small number of players. this is easily the worst remaining bug, but it DOES seem to affect only a handful of people.

I definitely agree with that! I’ve played several campaigns on ALL settings since the last patch, and I had no game breaking bugs, at all.

Originally posted by Kiko:

Got a temporary fix for this bug from support.

Thanks for sharing! Hopefully the fix will indeed come out soon!

[BraveKat]

I am having the same issue, cant advance to different maps, down arrow doesn't work, I have 60 hHz monitor.

[BraveKat]

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