Reset to strict mode problem

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:59 pm

I've just encountered this, I'm using a commander in G3 doing the Orzaedve-Zarevees trade route (extremely profitable and good for the Eilte rating) and putting Selezen's Mk.II Imperial Courier through it's paces (yum, yum!). I get through to Zarevees station, sell my cargo and just prior to buying for the return run, I go to the F2 screen to save. I select Save Commander then....

It freezes for a mo, then the start up screen (spinning Coriolis) comes up, telling me that Strict Mode is active and Press Space Commander. I Press Space Commander and find not my 730kCr, 1018 kill Dangerous Courier-flying Commander Raven, but a 100Cr, 0 kill Harmless Cobra Mk. III-flying Commander Jameson!!!

WTF?

It's happened a couple of times now, and each time I reload Commander Raven, he's still docked at Orzaedve with his (lovely, lovely) Courier and fat bank balance.

I haven't dared loading up other Commanders until I know this won't corrupt poor old Captain Hesperus' savefile.

Anyone have a clue?
I'm running Oolite V.1.68 on WinXP sp2 with a shedload of OXP's the most recent of which installed is Selezen's IC update.

Captain Hesperus

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Sun May 06, 2007 6:52 pm

Think that ones been around for a while (attempt to save and Oolite won't have it, crashes to Strick play). I've had that happen on 1.65 and before.

Happened to me over a year ago playing the Thargoid Plans Mission:-

https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.ph ... goid+plans

Only workaround I found was to save as Jameson1, Jameson2, Jameson3 etc rather than overwriting Jameson every time. And save at every docking. If the bug struck Jameson3, load up Jameson2 re-run the trade route and save as Jameson4. Ok you lose the money /kills made since the last docking but not the end of the world.

Once it strikes though I think that Commander has had it and Oolite will always refuse to save with that Commader.[/url]

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Sun May 06, 2007 9:14 pm

Success!
I've resurrected the infamous Commander Raven!
Simply, I opened the savefile, deleted the v from the name in the <string>player-name</string>, making him Raen. I saved it as Raen.oolite-save, opened Oolite, opened Raen then saved as Raven.

Rock and roll!

Captain Hesperus

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sun May 06, 2007 10:15 pm

Do you happen to have a copy of the broken version?

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Tue May 08, 2007 7:33 am

Ahruman wrote:
Do you happen to have a copy of the broken version?

Unfortunately not, but should it happen again, I'll send you one.

Captain Hesperus