Sample Analyzer Co-Op Bug - SOLVED & Reproduceable (Mild Spoilers)

[Eeve]

*SPOILERS!* (But I won't spoil which item is the correct one.)

My husband and I encountered a bug where the Sample Analyzer gets stuck and can't process more samples. For us, it was in it's finished processing state and we were unable to put new samples in to keep analyzing. Stopping us from progressing the task.

Cause:
- I (the host) was the one who loaded the blood sample (from the fridge) into the analyzer in the first place. So when you look at it, the lid for the blood sample is now closed. When I mouse over it, I no longer get an 'Insert' prompt. However... my husband (the guest player) does still get an Insert prompt to press E even though there is already a blood sample in it. If he accidentally presses E on that prompt, that's what glitches the sample analyzer. Happens for us every time.

How to Avoid:
- Once a blood sample has been placed in the analyzer, player 2 must be careful not to hit E on the Insert prompt on the circular blood sample reservoir on the left side. Easy to do on accident when resetting the screen to try a new sample.
- If you analyzed a sample and it failed, you must reset the analyzer by clicking on its screen to bring it back to the blue "Insert Test Sample" state. Before dragging another sample into the chamber on the right.

How to Fix:
- We solved this by creating a shelter to enable game saves in the camp near the analyzer. We saved our game, then my husband (the guest player) exited the game. I (the host) then exited without saving. I then loaded up a hosted multiplayer game into our save file but did NOT invite him in yet. I went back into the tent to look at the sample analyzer and it was now reset to the Insert Test Sample state (and the blood sample was still already in it). I then invited him back in. And we could continue testing.

- We did find that the 2nd player was not able to reset the analyzer after a failed sample test. I had to come in there to reset the analyzer by clicking on it's screen. Thus why he was accidentally clicking E on the blood sample chamber... he thought that was how to reset the analyzer.

-Other possibility is to leave the region far enough so the camp and analyzer despawn from memory. Then, player one (the host) only come back to that camp (without inviting a guest player) and the analyzer will respawn based on player one only.

Photo of cause of glitched state of analyzer:

https://imgur.com/a/AmSXZK8

[Barrier]

Hey thanks!
Used your method to fix our broken game.

[Eeve]

Originally posted by Barrier:

Hey thanks!
Used your method to fix our broken game.

Glad it helped!

[dogbrain]

Thanks for the help

[Cerro]

Heya thanks so much for the solution. Really helped my mates and I who were having a headache analyzing that damn sample lol. Cheers to you.

[Mikekius]

Big Thanks! This worked all these years later!