Hi - done a search and discovered some detail on a bug that affects 1.70 - to be fixed in 1.71 to do with buying a laser.
I am ready to buy a mil for the front but note that even though I have 10K credits I choose one on the front and I end up with 0credits - ie not correct change and no refund for the beamer...
Sorry if this is addressed elsewhere I did a rudimentary search...
What's the temporary work around - other than "milk run"
The bug seems to happen if your amount of credits is less than twice the price of the laser. This is because - if I remember correctly, it's been a good while since this was fixed - the laser price is subtracted twice from your credits, resuting in a negative value for a variable that is defined to never be negative. The result is that you actually end up with some billions of credits if you buy the laser.
I think the easiest workaround until the next version of Oolite goes public is to buy the laser, then edit the credits in the savefile to the correct price.
I think the easiest workaround until the next version of Oolite goes public is to buy the laser, then edit the credits in the savefile to the correct price.
I thought it was a version 1.70 only bug. In that case you could launch an older version of oolite, buy the laser in there, save and than play further in 1.70.
