UFO:Alien Invasion

Technical support => Windows => Topic started by: sebtob on July 28, 2010, 08:39:09 pm

Title: Research Bug?
Post by: sebtob on July 28, 2010, 08:39:09 pm

Hi

I'm playing v2.3 on Windows. Today i got a message saying something like "new research subject: alien engine" (sorry thats my own translation. In german it would be "Antrag: Außerirdischer Antrieb". I dont know the original english message).
When i click on the email its empty :( and also I cannot start researching it. no new research option available :(

Is this a bug or am i missing some preconditions for reasearching this subject?


Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Research Bug?
Post by: Kildor on July 29, 2010, 06:39:54 am

Can you provide savegame?

Title: Re: Research Bug?
Post by: sebtob on July 29, 2010, 05:37:41 pm

Hi,

here you go.
Luckily I also have a savegame right before the mail comes in. I played it again and again and I noticed that in the beginning the mail has text. But after taking a look in the empty research menu and go back to the mail its empty then. Not even the picture on the left is there. Just an empty frame. This happens every time when i use the savegame right before the mail.

Im afraid i could have a gap in my technology sequence now if i continue to play :(

The savegame in the attachement is short after the research mail came in.

Title: Re: Research Bug?
Post by: geever on July 29, 2010, 06:31:23 pm

Quote from: sebtob on July 29, 2010, 05:37:41 pm

The savegame in the attachement is short after the research mail came in.

Could you please upload the one before it too? It is alway good to be able to reproduce the issue.


Thanks!
-geever

Title: Re: Research Bug?
Post by: geever on July 29, 2010, 07:11:22 pm

Quote from: sebtob on July 29, 2010, 05:37:41 pm

Im afraid i could have a gap in my technology sequence now if i continue to play :(

No problem with the savegame in general, continue playing.
You cannot research the 'alien propulsion' tech because you don't have any at your research bases. If you transfer the one from Solidarity to Wisdom for example, the research will show up and the mail will be readable.

It is obviously a bug around the techmail ofc.
Please upload the first save so I can investigate why does it show up with no description.

-geever

Title: Re: Research Bug?
Post by: sebtob on July 29, 2010, 07:42:06 pm

Ah of course! That makes sense!
Thanks a lot!!!

I guessed it could be something like that...

Here you have the savegame right before the mail. Just fastforward a little bit.