BUG Unable to do most things

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X-Tie
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BUG Unable to do most things

Post by X-Tie »

Unfortunately I cannot share the save game file since this bug resulted in the "save" function being greyed out so... I'll try to explain what happened.

I was in a Colossus beating on a station with my fleet when I decided to undock my corvettes, 3 of which were from a "build fleet" mission. I ordered them all to attack the enemy station but they just wouldn't move and wouldn't accept my commands. So I jumped into a corvette (one of the "build fleet" ones, invisible on the map) and piloted it myself to fire at the station and then let the pilot back in. He veered away and started going back to the Colossus. So I thought "ok, I guess they are bugged... Let's make them land and forget them". Teleported back onto the Colossus and... I can't move :gruebel: I can't click on the pilot station, nothing... But I can use my map. So I teleport out of the sector into one of my stations and... Still can't move or interact, only the map works! Decided to save and reload but... Save function greyed out and quicksave doesn't work!

Basically I could interact in the map, but EVERYTHING ELSE was disabled - all other menu tabs, and any other interaction or movement outside of the map mode wasn't working :?
SPiDER
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Re: BUG Unable to do most things

Post by SPiDER »

I have had a similar stuck on the map bug but mine follows "station transfer fund messages" the video dosent disapear and then everything gets stuck no save no esc no movement happened in the cockpit as well as map screen ..had to shift tab out and then restart game.

1.6hf1 steam
it is not easily repeatable so havent posted before
X-Tie
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Re: BUG Unable to do most things

Post by X-Tie »

Yes seems like you had a similar experience... I tried to reproduce it but was unable to. I also had a video feed freeze from a pilot that had completed an action, which just stayed there. What I found strange was that I could continue doing everything from the map (even teleport) but nothing else.
peteran
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Re: BUG Unable to do most things

Post by peteran »

If you figure out an easy way to reproduce this, the developers probably still want to know about it.

For the future, when you have the save option greyed out and nothing you do helps, the following may be the only remedy.
peteran wrote: Thu, 24. Jan 19, 14:39 A possible workaround:
  1. Bind "Toggle Chat Window" under expert settings in "Settings / Controls / General"
  2. Use your binding to open the chat window
  3. Click on the text entry field and type /reloadui
  4. Use your binding to close chat window
Note: Remember to close the chat window as it seems to steal focus from just about everything else.

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