Station Build stuck in loop, Save / Reload to fix

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Station Build stuck in loop, Save / Reload to fix

Post by Scoob »

Hey all,

I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this odd station building bug.

Basically, you'll queue up a load of modules as normal, resources will be delivered and building will start as soon as the Builder ship arrives. Perfectly normal.

However, every so often things go wrong. In my game just now - fixed by a save /reload as mentioned - the build was about to progress on to an Argon Bridge Defence Platform module. However, rather than it showing green and the usual time / percent count-down starting the game ADDED another module exactly the same, but said it was DISMANTLING it. It'd count down to zero, vanish, but NEVER start building the actual module. Exiting the Build UI and going back in, would show this "phantom" module being dismantled again...and again... and again. Until I did that reload.

To explain it better, imagine a Station already had several modules built, and the "Planned and Changed Modules" looked something like this:

+ Argon Cross Connection Structure 01 (0:01:00) 80% (counting down on the time, up on the percent as you'd expect)
+ Argon Bridge Defence Platform - %
+ Argon Base Connection Structure 01 - %

So, that first Argon Cross Connection Structure is building, counting down as normal. However, when it finishes, the Planned and Changed Modules sections looks like:

+ Argon Bridge Defence Platform (0:05:00) 99% - but in RED counting DOWN, being dismantled.
+ Argon Bridge Defence Platform - %
+ Argon Base Connection Structure 01 - %

I should have gotten a screen shot, but then the Save / Reload fixed it. I made up the timings, but you get what I mean I'm sure.

Rather than moving on to start building that Bridge Defence, it shows it as dismantling a non-existent Bridge Defence. After a Save / Reload, it looks like this:

+ Argon Bridge Defence Platform - (0:00:48) 73%
+ Argon Base Connection Structure 01 - %

It looks like while the UI was showing that weirdness, the module was actually building in reality, as reloading that save shows obvious build progress.

I did report this before, but have added a bit more detail. As mentioned a save / reload fixed whatever the issue was, so there is no recreation case. Anyone else noticed this?

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