Started timelines and enjoying the leaderboard aspect, but frustrated that I need to choose between either running modified game and avoid police scan bug (where police gets hostile on ships that don’t have illegal wares, possibly because they move out of range), or play unmodified and risk that bug.
I assume bug is byproduct of new physics engine, something players can’t opt out of, so I’d look up to egosoft to fix or disable code that causes the error.
Modified game no timeline scores & police scan bug
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Re: Modified game no timeline scores & police scan bug
If you're only playing Timelines at the moment, then you're not going to need that mod.
It should be self-explanatory for why you can't use a modded game to get onto the leaderboard. Any mod could be used to cheat and get ridiculously high scores that normal players couldn't possibly do so on vanilla. Not fair competition.
I'm also quite sure that a lot of the complaints about "being scanned" by sector police and get turned hostile is due to the pilots picking up some illegal wares (usually miners) into the personal inventory of your pilots. So you're not going to see the contraband that the police have detected in the ship's cargohold. Things like Spacefly Eggs and Unstable crystals getting picked up without the player's knowledge, so it gives the aura that the police are bugged when they probably are not.
It should be self-explanatory for why you can't use a modded game to get onto the leaderboard. Any mod could be used to cheat and get ridiculously high scores that normal players couldn't possibly do so on vanilla. Not fair competition.
I'm also quite sure that a lot of the complaints about "being scanned" by sector police and get turned hostile is due to the pilots picking up some illegal wares (usually miners) into the personal inventory of your pilots. So you're not going to see the contraband that the police have detected in the ship's cargohold. Things like Spacefly Eggs and Unstable crystals getting picked up without the player's knowledge, so it gives the aura that the police are bugged when they probably are not.
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Re: Modified game no timeline scores & police scan bug
Thank you, but I feel my point is missed here.
This is a known bug, and quite a few of us made sure there were no items on ship to cause this. Happens OOS only so doesn’t include picked up items. See forum and Reddit reports.
Because of this bug, lots of workarounds are needed. Sure for timelines I can turn off mods. But then, when ventures show up again, that might not be the choice.
Chain of thoughts I have here is:
1. Modified game isn’t accepted for 100% of what game offers
2. There’s a bug that doesn’t let few of us keep simulation running because police bug since it can wipe out entire sectors of miners and traders
3. Therefore, I can either mod to avoid the bug, or be unmodded and risk it to fully enjoy what game offers
This is a known bug, and quite a few of us made sure there were no items on ship to cause this. Happens OOS only so doesn’t include picked up items. See forum and Reddit reports.
Because of this bug, lots of workarounds are needed. Sure for timelines I can turn off mods. But then, when ventures show up again, that might not be the choice.
Chain of thoughts I have here is:
1. Modified game isn’t accepted for 100% of what game offers
2. There’s a bug that doesn’t let few of us keep simulation running because police bug since it can wipe out entire sectors of miners and traders
3. Therefore, I can either mod to avoid the bug, or be unmodded and risk it to fully enjoy what game offers