I’ve been working toward achieving the X-treme fight rank, and since boarding ships is supposed to award 100 points each time, I started focusing on that method. I successfully boarded and captured several TEL Heron E capital ships, but noticed my rank wasn't increasing as expected.
Out of curiosity, I opened my save file with Notepad++ and looked for the line:
<stat id="fight_score" value="..."/>
Surprisingly, the value didn’t change after boarding.
I also checked these lines in the save file:
<stat id="boarding_attempts" value="0"/>
<stat id="ships_boarded" value="0"/>
Even after several successful boardings, both values remained at zero, as if I had never attempted or completed any boarding.
Destroying ships does correctly increase my fight rank and is reflected in the stats.
Game version is 7.60.
I'm not using any mod nor modification whatsoever. I started this game in 7.50.
To replicate the bug:
- I get on my Chimera fighter;
I destroy the engines and turrets of the enemy ship;
I scan the enemy ship to check how many crew members are there;
I teleport to the nearby Cobra with 25 skilled marines;
I pilot the Cobra to the L ship;
I save the first time
I right-click on the enemy ship and click on "board";
I select the max risk options and launch an attack with all my marines;
I get the ship;
I save the second time
- first save line: <stat id="fight_score" value="4149"/>
second save line: <stat id="fight_score" value="4149"/>
Before boarding (piloting the Cobra next to the Heron E):
https://gofile.io/d/UQCJqI
After successfully boarding:
https://gofile.io/d/QQrsmM
Additional info:
It seems that the bug extends to other statistics. From what I've been able to test the lines that don't work are:
<stat id="ships_claimed" value="18"/> (it used to work but now it won't count the ships I claim)
<stat id="boarding_attempts" value="0"/>
<stat id="ships_boarded" value="0"/>
<stat id="staff_hired" value="0"/> (I've personally hired a lot of personell on AI stations, especially marines but also pilots)
