Unable to access menus since 3.51 update

Dazzard · Post by **Dazzard** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 10:21

I cannot open the menu with enter either on a station or in the skunk... Also, the shift P shortcut doesn't open up my property menu any more =/ I only use a keyboard/mouse combination, I have no game controllers. I play a vanilla game so it's not a mod issue, I also don't have the Teladi Outpost DLC.

As the title states, I wasn't having this issue in 3.5, only after the 3.51 update. Anyone else having this issue, or is it just me? >.<;

edit: Weird, It's only in a save game in a station, not those in space or a new save... It remains in any saves made from playing it too =/

Edit 2: Save game and DxDiag (64 bit) here, should be public.

Edit 3: Removed link in previous edit as it is now dead

Post by **Sparky Sparkycorp** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 10:42

I'm Ok personally but an uploaded save game will help Egosoft to find a fix. Plus the usual dxdiag etc. mentioned in the Tech Support forum stickies.

Dazzard · Post by **Dazzard** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 10:48

I cannot access the main menu from any saves, but shift P worked in one of them? I'll do that now.

Post by **Alan Phipps** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 13:03

Have you verified your Steam X Rebirth gamefiles cache since the update?

Dazzard · Post by **Dazzard** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 13:07

Yes, I did the "VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME CACHE..." check, it was one of the first things i tried after loading all of my game saves. nothing changed from that =/

Post by **Alan Phipps** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 13:33

As a trial, rename your config.xml to config.old (in Drive:\Users\Your Name\Documents\Egosoft\X Rebirth\nnnnnnnn\ ) and see if that helps. You can recover the settings you want to keep from the old config file later if this helps, and can rename the file back to as before if it doesn't.

YorrickVander · Post by **YorrickVander** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 13:36

I had a similar issue with one game save (detailed with a save in the public beta forum) with 3.51 - I had put it down to a file system glitch till seeing this thread.

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 14:37

Dazzard wrote:Edit 2: Save game and DxDiag (64 bit) here, should be public.

Opening menus works just fine for me with your save in version 3.51.

Dazzard · Post by **Dazzard** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 15:06

X2-Illuminatus wrote:
Dazzard wrote:Edit 2: Save game and DxDiag (64 bit) here, should be public.
Opening menus works just fine for me with your save in version 3.51.

I don't understand what is going wrong then

Thank you for checking it for me, at least I know it's most likely on my end now =/

w.evans · Post by **w.evans** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 15:57

It appears that a lot of people who started games in 3.50 (from the free weekend) are affected.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/2870/disc ... 827128036/

Possible cause and fix offered by gaobizi in page 2 of that thread.

Dazzard · Post by **Dazzard** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 16:20

I'll have to try this when I next play Rebirth. I started playing on the free weekend like the other people. Will edit this post with results if nobody else posts =)

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 16:58

w.evans wrote:Possible cause and fix offered by gaobizi in page 2 of that thread.

With an emphasis on possible.

Please back up your savegames before you edit your savegames.

In Dazzard's save for instance, Yisha's id is completely different to what gaobizi posted in said Steam forum topic. Also the error message he mentions refers to the plot. If I had to guess, I would say Yisha's id depends on where in the plot you are or maybe even what gamestart you use.

Edit: I just got some Dev info on this. The problem is known and a fix is being worked on. It happens only in plot games and only if the player saved while docked in 3.50 and reloaded in 3.51. Please avoid re-saving in 3.51 in any game where this has happened, but keep your 3.50 savegames as they are, as the fix should make them work again, once it is released.

SaharovNA · Post by **SaharovNA** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 17:31

Hi
In the current 3.51 version the menu does not work when I click Enter key. I load a savegame made in previous 3.50 version.

I have Steam version of X:R with Teladi Outpost DLC and some other DLCs.

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 17:54

**Merged with relevant topic in Tech Support forum***

Please see what I wrote in the post above.

Dazzard · Post by **Dazzard** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 18:48

X2-Illuminatus wrote:Edit: I just got some Dev info on this. The problem is known and a fix is being worked on. It happens only in plot games and only if the player saved while docked in 3.50 and reloaded in 3.51. Please avoid re-saving in 3.51 in any game where this has happened, but keep your 3.50 savegames as they are, as the fix should make them work again, once it is released.

Any ideas how long this fix could take? I'm only after a very rough estimate if one can be given at all.

Edit: It seems I cannot open the menu at all, I made a back up of my current saves (copied the x rebirth folder to desktop and deleted the saves folder within that afterwards) to try running a station, I started a new game with the empire builder start but I couldn't open the menu at all... I could use shift + p to open the properties window. Also the same in the free play start. it isn't just restricted to the plot it seems =/

Edit 2: Interesting... I tried to start a fresh campaign data, still had the issues =/ I "fixed" it by completly deleting the X Rebirth folder inside the User/[name]/documents/egosoft and I got the menu back..? Gonna play a few minutes and see if putting back the save only reverts back to the no menu issue =/

Edit 3: So, without the non-save files in the X Rebirth folder, I experience the issue with 3.50 in station saves... But when I had them, I experienced it even in new game starts -.- So I may have encountered more than 1 issue? ._.;

SaharovNA · Post by **SaharovNA** » Sat, 21. Mar 15, 20:35

X2-Illuminatus
Thank you for the info, I'll wait the patch.

Zloth · Post by **Zloth** » Sun, 22. Mar 15, 01:33

I really hope they can fix 3.51 saves that have this bug. Many people won't see this notification and they are not going to be happy if they have to lose an entire weekend's play. (Or more if they actually save over all their saves.)

Dazzard · Post by **Dazzard** » Sun, 22. Mar 15, 04:20

From the sounds of it, the only ones with the real issue are the ones that save over all their saves. As it is a known issue, it will get fixed

SaharovNA · Post by **SaharovNA** » Sun, 22. Mar 15, 09:51

If this is a crytical bug maybe it is necessary to restore previous 3.50 X:R version, before it will be fixed.
And when do you plan to release a fix for this bug?

donzi · Post by **donzi** » Sun, 22. Mar 15, 14:10

I too have lost all hot keys in all the saves which are on a station..

Progress in campaign is "The Long Goodbye" - Fly to Resolute

FWIW, the menU and other hot keys work on a save where I'd saved while docked on my freighter and saved instead.

Problem is the last save represents hours of playing the smalltalk which I sure don't want to redo.

Pretty much a buzzkill of a bug. It'd be nice if the steam beta option for the game could always include the previous version.

Seems like the possibility to meet the criteria for this bug is pretty high -- playing campaign and saving in a station.

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Unable to access menus since 3.51 update

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[3.51] In-game menu by Enter does not work