Savegame is behaving odd

Wow, now that was odd

So, let me explain what happened there.

Around turn 41 your game got corrupted due to some bug, that is unknown to us. You then saved the corrupted game state (the turn 41 save). That save became corrupted. The errors you obtain when you load the 41 save are due to an faulty savegame from a corrupted game state. You say that your autosaves were overwritten, do you happen to have a save point that predates turn 41 and the autosaves? That could be helpful to try to replicate what happened around turn 41.

I'm sorry to say that the 7zipped load behavior is not magic That is what happens when you load a non-valid save file (any kind of non-valid file really) from the main menu (loading from the main menu is slightly different from inside the game settings' menu, but don't worry as the result is identical, when the savegame is healthy). That is why you report to sometimes be able to load the faulty save files and sometimes not. When you load a non-valid save game from inside the game's menu it doesn't open, but when you load from the main menu you just get a random game as a result of not being able to load the game properly.

Save from Turn 43 seems fine.

Conclusion

A bug happened around turn 41. We don't have sufficient data to understand what happened at the moment, but the result was a faulty save file. After that point all sorts of faulty behaviors can happen.

It would be great if you have a savefile prior to turn 41 to see if we can replicate the erroneus behavior. What do you remember doing last when you witnessed the "two more uncolonized colonies" appearing in the colonies list. Those colonies should not be there and are the result of a bug. Everthing got corrupted after that point. Do you remember if you did any battles prior to that? Or perhaps after choosing a space culture perk?

Thanks.

 

Ok, so I've runned a few more tests and I could pinpoint the bug and fixed it.

The problem is when we save a game while displaying the planets list in the overview panel to the left (must be the planets list being shown when saving), and there is at least one planet that is colonizable in that list. This particular case would cause an issue where that colonizable planet would need info not yet loaded from the save file at that point.

So, that was the problem. This was now fixed and shall be included in the next version, to be released soon.

Thanks again for your very detailed bug report that has helped fix this issue!

 

No problem, I see what the issue was and fixed it (namely leaving the outliner in the planets showing with a colonizable planet in it and saving). So, thanks for your help but you don't really need to try and reproduce this issue anymore since it is fixed now. I see that you have a good save at turn 43. If you need a working save at the point (turn 41) let me know and I'll send it to you.

That is helpful info to have, thanks for explaining what you did before ending with the faulty save.

As for the sort functions, they don't sort both ways at the moment but only in the perceived "optimal" way. Example: Mineral richness sorts by mineral richness descending, alphabetical by ascending, etc. We could think in adding the reverse sort at some point.

No offense taken, please keep that feedback coming

Could you please clarify what "Jump" button are you referring to? You mean in the panel where you pick your race, or on the game Settings panel in the menu? Could you be a bit more specific?

Good question, and one that I should have answered already in the FAQ.

There are 7 quality levels implemented at the moment. You cannot change the quality in-game, yet, but you can every time you launch the game via the launcher screen.

The 7 quality levels are:

• Very High: 120 FPS max/cap; 8x anti-aliasing; full textures quality; very high shadows quality
• High: 120 FPS cap; 4x anti-aliasing; full textures quality; high shadows quality
• Normal: 60 FPS cap; no anti-aliasing; full textures quality; high shadows quality
• Low: 30 FPS cap; no anti-aliasing; medium textures quality; no shadows
• Very Low: 30 FPS cap; no anti-aliasing; low textures quality; no shadows
• VSynch 1 ON: Same as Normal but with VSync mode "1" on --> for testing purposes, don't worry about this one
• VSynch 2 ON: Same as Normal but with VSync mode "2" on --> for testing purposes, don't worry about this one

You're very perceptive. And yes, the game initialization phase is very far from ideal at this stage. Part of it has to do with the way the Unity launcher works. We'll keep working on it, including figuring out ways to smooth out and quicken the way the initialization goes.

Thanks a lot for your support.

 

Wow, I don't know what to say, so I'll just say thank you!

Ah, that jump button We'll revise the input controls in the next versions, thanks.

Yeah, the forums FAQ is a little buried. You can find it in the "Bug Reports / Tech Support" section. There you have a link to the main FAQ on the game's website, in case you wish to know more details about the game's current status and future. Oh, and you also have the updated Master Plan here.

 

Fixed, thanks.

\Edit: The issues contained in this bug report were addressed, so I'm going to lock this thread.