Menu wierdness

emoose · Post by **emoose** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:46 am

When docked if i try to save it changes to strict mode and dumps me to the "press space" startup screen (and of course i loose my game so far).

Quick save works, so im stuck manually making save backups...

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:22 am

This is an error that seems to come up occassionally, but the cause is still a mystery...

what OS do you run Oolite ?

what OXPs do you have installed/are you playing?

emoose · Post by **emoose** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:25 am

Running it on XP, gig or RAM, i'll post a list of OXPs (quite a few) when i get home this evening.

TGHC · Post by **TGHC** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:50 pm

perhaps it wasn't a clean install, it might be worth keeping your save game and reinstalling 1.65.

emoose · Post by **emoose** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:55 pm

The install seemed to go ok, infact the menus worked fine for a week or so, i suspect its OXP related, I'll see if removing them has any effect.

Judebert · Post by **Judebert** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:24 pm

Definitely keep the save file. Maybe someone else can take it and see if they get the same effects on their system.

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:25 pm

Think this bug is just part of Oolite (even if you have no OXPs installed). It seems to strike most often when a mission variable changes. I've hit it when playing Thargoid Plans and Deposed. The best safe guard it not to overwrite your Commander, but save as Jameson1, Jameson2, Jameson3 (and repeat). Once the bug strikes, the commander is screwed. But if you hit the bug on Jameson3, load up Jameson2 and you've only lost a bit of progress.