Solution to Not Printing Bug?

[tzeneth]

Anyone found a solution to clicking the print button on photos, government database, and other computer things where you hit the print button and it does nothing? Because I'd like the function to actually work so I can play the game.

[Isabelle]

Originally posted by tzeneth:

Anyone found a solution to clicking the print button on photos, government database, and other computer things where you hit the print button and it does nothing? Because I'd like the function to actually work so I can play the game.

printed photographs are hardly ever useful as evidence; I understand not being able to print is annoying (and i have no idea why it's bugged) but ultimately it shouldnt really get in the way of the rest of the detective work.

[tzeneth]

Originally posted by Isabelle:

Originally posted by tzeneth:

Anyone found a solution to clicking the print button on photos, government database, and other computer things where you hit the print button and it does nothing? Because I'd like the function to actually work so I can play the game.

printed photographs are hardly ever useful as evidence; I understand not being able to print is annoying (and i have no idea why it's bugged) but ultimately it shouldnt really get in the way of the rest of the detective work.

Except if you can't print from the government database, you can't get their information. Same could be said about having the only thing to actually identify a suspect be a picture in a surveillance camera that refuses to actually print.

[Isabelle]

Originally posted by tzeneth:

Originally posted by Isabelle:

printed photographs are hardly ever useful as evidence; I understand not being able to print is annoying (and i have no idea why it's bugged) but ultimately it shouldnt really get in the way of the rest of the detective work.

Except if you can't print from the government database, you can't get their information. Same could be said about having the only thing to actually identify a suspect be a picture in a surveillance camera that refuses to actually print.

i have not used the government database even one single time in my 60 hours of game time. there are plenty of ways to get information.

surveillance camera photographs are really not useful for very much in general. But, really, if nothing prints and you need a photgraph, you can just write down on a note what the contents of the photograph are. The actual picture itself isn't important, just what it depicts. The pictures aren't even actual pictures, the things in the shot can vanish or appear at random like its a different dimension.

[I-Man.CZ]

Originally posted by tzeneth:

Anyone found a solution to clicking the print button on photos, government database, and other computer things where you hit the print button and it does nothing? Because I'd like the function to actually work so I can play the game.

try it multiple times

[Depaskala]

Originally posted by I-Man.CZ:

Originally posted by tzeneth:

Anyone found a solution to clicking the print button on photos, government database, and other computer things where you hit the print button and it does nothing? Because I'd like the function to actually work so I can play the game.

try it multiple times

Yes, I was about to say that. It tends to work if you insist a bit.

I usually rationalize it as an in-universe lack of ink, or in-universe machine bug (like the car not starting immediately in a slasher movie), but it's probably not an intended behaviour.

[tzeneth]

Originally posted by Isabelle:

Originally posted by tzeneth:

Except if you can't print from the government database, you can't get their information. Same could be said about having the only thing to actually identify a suspect be a picture in a surveillance camera that refuses to actually print.

i have not used the government database even one single time in my 60 hours of game time. there are plenty of ways to get information.

surveillance camera photographs are really not useful for very much in general. But, really, if nothing prints and you need a photgraph, you can just write down on a note what the contents of the photograph are. The actual picture itself isn't important, just what it depicts. The pictures aren't even actual pictures, the things in the shot can vanish or appear at random like its a different dimension.

I'm surprised you play without the Government database because that's how I find the names/fingerprints of most people to tie them to the crime scene. Especially when I've run through the usual suspects for murderers. It's also useful for finding people's addresses.

Also, I have no idea what you're talking about with regards to surveillance photographs not being useful. I literally just solved a case where I had no name, attempted to find the fingerprint by checking the victim's work but it was one of those industrial buildings with multiple levels and no general employment records for the relevant floor. The photo I was able to print, after reloading the game, had a picture of the murderer. I was then able to use that "Unknown person" and ask around about them and get them identified by someone. Then with identification, looked them up in the government database and confirm the fingerprint on the note left behind with that person. And you need the photo to have the connection so you can pin the "Unknown person" to start asking people about it. Notes are worthless for that.

[tzeneth]

Originally posted by Depaskala:

Originally posted by I-Man.CZ:

try it multiple times

Yes, I was about to say that. It tends to work if you insist a bit.

I usually rationalize it as an in-universe lack of ink, or in-universe machine bug (like the car not starting immediately in a slasher movie), but it's probably not an intended behaviour.

problem is it feels entirely random whether it decides to work or not. I literally sat there for long enough a person I knocked out to get back up while I had spent the whole time attempting to print one thing. I think I tried somewhere between a half dozen and a dozen times. That really annoyed me, especially when I knocked the person out such they weren't aware it was me who did it.

[Isabelle]

Originally posted by tzeneth:

Originally posted by Isabelle:

i have not used the government database even one single time in my 60 hours of game time. there are plenty of ways to get information.

surveillance camera photographs are really not useful for very much in general. But, really, if nothing prints and you need a photgraph, you can just write down on a note what the contents of the photograph are. The actual picture itself isn't important, just what it depicts. The pictures aren't even actual pictures, the things in the shot can vanish or appear at random like its a different dimension.

I'm surprised you play without the Government database because that's how I find the names/fingerprints of most people to tie them to the crime scene. Especially when I've run through the usual suspects for murderers. It's also useful for finding people's addresses.

Also, I have no idea what you're talking about with regards to surveillance photographs not being useful. I literally just solved a case where I had no name, attempted to find the fingerprint by checking the victim's work but it was one of those industrial buildings with multiple levels and no general employment records for the relevant floor. The photo I was able to print, after reloading the game, had a picture of the murderer. I was then able to use that "Unknown person" and ask around about them and get them identified by someone. Then with identification, looked them up in the government database and confirm the fingerprint on the note left behind with that person. And you need the photo to have the connection so you can pin the "Unknown person" to start asking people about it. Notes are worthless for that.

I have never once used the database. it's overpowered as hell and there's nothing in the game that it gives you that can't be found elsewhere. It's just shortening the already miniscule amount of total gameplay value I get out of the game.

It's already really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ easy and predictable. The gov. database further trivializes things.

The whole "identify the person in the picture" thing is INCREDIBLY inconsistent. Even then, though, that information is hardly useful.

I don't doubt maybe one or two cases over time have hinged on something being printed but in my relatively long playtime I've needed to use it, like, once. If even.

[tzeneth]

Originally posted by Isabelle:

I have never once used the database. it's overpowered as hell and there's nothing in the game that it gives you that can't be found elsewhere. It's just shortening the already miniscule amount of total gameplay value I get out of the game.

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How do you find the random murderers that aren't really related to the victim but give you their name if not using the government database?

[Depaskala]

Originally posted by tzeneth:

Originally posted by Depaskala:

Yes, I was about to say that. It tends to work if you insist a bit.

I usually rationalize it as an in-universe lack of ink, or in-universe machine bug (like the car not starting immediately in a slasher movie), but it's probably not an intended behaviour.

problem is it feels entirely random whether it decides to work or not. I literally sat there for long enough a person I knocked out to get back up while I had spent the whole time attempting to print one thing. I think I tried somewhere between a half dozen and a dozen times. That really annoyed me, especially when I knocked the person out such they weren't aware it was me who did it.

That's long. I did have some delightful "print, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ printer, they're about to come back" moments (again, very slasher-car-like), but they didn't last that much. Usually, changing the demand, trying to print other things, tend to unstick the printer faster. Or at least such is my impression (and I really intended no pun there).

[Crashtian]

Originally posted by tzeneth:

Originally posted by Isabelle:

I have never once used the database. it's overpowered as hell and there's nothing in the game that it gives you that can't be found elsewhere. It's just shortening the already miniscule amount of total gameplay value I get out of the game.

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How do you find the random murderers that aren't really related to the victim but give you their name if not using the government database?

Address book and time.

[Ponto]

I find the solution is to sigh, wait 5-10 seconds, then repeat until it works.