The "Quit/Start/Load/Reload" Issue (FOTRSU)

Front Runner · 01-16-19, 01:12 PM

For those interested, and, for those unfamiliar with this "issue," the "issue" is a failure to (serially) "re-load" a save game with Waypoints, Celestial Sphere, Navigation marks etc, accurate, correct and intact. I call it the "Quit/Start/Load/Re-load" test. The save games either "Pass" the test by Quitting the game, Starting the game, loading correctly and then re-loading correctly (Q/S/L/R) , or, "Fail" the test by Quitting the game, Starting the game, loading correctly once, but then failing to re-load correctly a second time (Q/S/L but NOT /R.) For example, waypoints missing, navigation marks missing, daylight when the Base time clock accurately indicates night time hours, etc.

My latest testing results reveal that it appears to only affect some versions of FOTRSUv* and only Campaign Careers starting Jan. 1, 1944 or later out of Pearl Harbor.

It is not a failure of the save game data. It is a failure to re-load the exact same data (a serial re-load) that was just previously correctly loaded.

I discovered this issue because I have a penchant for listening to Fred's Radio Stations while I am playing the game. While loading up a save game to start playing my session, the Radio came up already playing upon loading the game as it sometimes does. In times past, I could simply "re-load" that very same save game or a save game made just before (or after) with no problems. The "Radio already playing" bug is similar to the "Passing thermal layer" bug and sometimes requires a re-load of the save game file. When I re-loaded the save game, the Radio came up correctly, meaning that it was in the "Off" state, but, I had lost all of my navigation waypoints, and although I had saved at Sunset, the skies outside were now bright daylight with the Sun high in the sky, even though my Base time clock indicated it was "time" for sunset.

To discover this issue I had to be loading up a (FOTRSU) savegame from a Campaign Career, starting out of Pearl Harbor on Jan. 1, 1944 or later, and found it necessary to serially re-load an already successful (except for the Radio bug) save game. It helped that the savegame was made at Sunset, so after I had serially re-loaded the savegame, I went to the external view, and low and behold my beautiful sunset scenery was missing and it was broad daylight.

Many, many, many tests later and I believe that I have narrowed it down to "something" in the FOTRSU Campaign layer which affects only those Campaigns starting out of Pearl Harbor after Jan. 1, 1944. propbeanie is hard at work helping me find the culprit!

Anyone else who has experienced similar behavior and/or is simply interested in helping us track down this "bug" is more than welcome to chime in.

Thanks.

01-16-19, 01:12 PM	#1
Front Runner Sonar Guy Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The FREE State of FLORIDA Posts: 399 Downloads: 215 Uploads: 0	The "Quit/Start/Load/Reload" Issue (FOTRSU) For those interested, and, for those unfamiliar with this "issue," the "issue" is a failure to (serially) "re-load" a save game with Waypoints, Celestial Sphere, Navigation marks etc, accurate, correct and intact. I call it the "Quit/Start/Load/Re-load" test. The save games either "Pass" the test by Quitting the game, Starting the game, loading correctly and then re-loading correctly (Q/S/L/R) , or, "Fail" the test by Quitting the game, Starting the game, loading correctly once, but then failing to re-load correctly a second time (Q/S/L but NOT /R.) For example, waypoints missing, navigation marks missing, daylight when the Base time clock accurately indicates night time hours, etc. My latest testing results reveal that it appears to only affect some versions of FOTRSUv* and only Campaign Careers starting Jan. 1, 1944 or later out of Pearl Harbor. It is not a failure of the save game data. It is a failure to re-load the exact same data (a serial re-load) that was just previously correctly loaded. I discovered this issue because I have a penchant for listening to Fred's Radio Stations while I am playing the game. While loading up a save game to start playing my session, the Radio came up already playing upon loading the game as it sometimes does. In times past, I could simply "re-load" that very same save game or a save game made just before (or after) with no problems. The "Radio already playing" bug is similar to the "Passing thermal layer" bug and sometimes requires a re-load of the save game file. When I re-loaded the save game, the Radio came up correctly, meaning that it was in the "Off" state, but, I had lost all of my navigation waypoints, and although I had saved at Sunset, the skies outside were now bright daylight with the Sun high in the sky, even though my Base time clock indicated it was "time" for sunset. To discover this issue I had to be loading up a (FOTRSU) savegame from a Campaign Career, starting out of Pearl Harbor on Jan. 1, 1944 or later, and found it necessary to serially re-load an already successful (except for the Radio bug) save game. It helped that the savegame was made at Sunset, so after I had serially re-loaded the savegame, I went to the external view, and low and behold my beautiful sunset scenery was missing and it was broad daylight. Many, many, many tests later and I believe that I have narrowed it down to "something" in the FOTRSU Campaign layer which affects only those Campaigns starting out of Pearl Harbor after Jan. 1, 1944. propbeanie is hard at work helping me find the culprit! Anyone else who has experienced similar behavior and/or is simply interested in helping us track down this "bug" is more than welcome to chime in. Thanks. __________________ "It is well war is so terrible, lest we should grow too fond of it" - C.S.A. General Robert E. Lee "Only the dead have seen the end of war" - Plato Gone but not forgotten, RIP Dave "LeoVampire".