PSA: Do not wipe save! Crash on new CMDR that renders the game totally inaccesable.

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DO NOT WIPE SAVE UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES.

Apologies for the big text but I cannot stress that enough right now. I will be saying it multiple times throughout this post.

I had intended to have my forum account deleted by now. Support hasn't got back to me yet, and thank goodness.

I wiped save again today because, well, you know I'm weird.

That is beside the point.

After wiping save today, the game now crashes as soon as I attempt to load into the game. I am not the only one, and due to the nature of what I think is happening, I think any new players that might just happen to be starting in recent days won't know where or how to report issues. This leaves it to long-time players like myself to bite the bullet and see what is going on, so others don't have to wipe their saves. I don't mind doing this because again, I'm weird.

Anyway... I have tried wiping again after these crashes, thinking that maybe today's server patch just made for unfortunate timing. Nope. It seems to be a bug that occurs without fail.

SERIOUSLY, DO NOT WIPE YOUR SAVE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE AT THE CURRENT TIME.

A few links to the Issue Tracker:

The second link is what set off alarm bells to me. That other reply, (I made one of the two replies there) describes this happening with the same trigger as I have suffered.

Now, does this happen to brand new accounts? I can't tell you that. I do not have the finances to buy a second account because I think buying multiple accounts on a game is simply not worth it, to be perfectly honest.

But if this occurs to any new CMDR being made, then this means that I suspect brand new players are currently unable to play at all. This is not about FPS, or content. It is a total crash of the game that, as far as I can tell, has no workaround.

Wiping save renders the game totally inaccessible, it seems. You have been warned.

I am well aware that this is on the face of it, an edge-case bug as it involves in my case and that other fellow's, a save wipe which is not something many players do. No I am not encouraging you to try, in fact I really am warning against it.

With that said, if it in fact affects any new CDMR, then someone buying the game today won't be able to play at all.

Naturally, this is on the Odyssey client. I will try the Horizons Client to see if that changes anything. Regardless, the information is worth getting out there.

@sallymorganmoore @Zac Cocken @Arthur Tolmie @Paul_Crowther
 

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UPDATE: After launching in Horizons, and recovering the ship to orbit, I am now able to load into the game in Odyssey. I am going to land at the base I was at and try to load in again after that.

I will then wipe save once more, and see if the crash occurs on a new save. If it does... I think I have some idea what is happening.
 

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UPDATE 2: Alright, I have a theory.

The newest save wipe resulted in another crash, but was worked around by logging in via Horizons.

For those who don't know, the new player experience in Odyssey is... Not the same. You don't start in the starter systems from Horizons. In fact if you start a new CMDR in Odyssey you never get access to those systems, and the new starting system is over 100LY from those systems such as Dromi.

The really noteworthy thing is that until you do the basic flight tutorial, you will not have an active ship. And that is what I think is causing the current issue. It wasn't a problem before, but right now I think not having an active ship messes up the whole game when trying to load. I am saying this because when I loaded into Horizons, I was prompted to recover to Orbit. (The base you start at in Odyssey is a ground base on an atmosphere world) As a result, my CMDR now had an active ship. Thanks to this, I was then able to log into Odyssey because, I theorize, I now have an active ship as opposed to no active ship. Once you have an active ship, loading in Odyssey is no longer a problem.

I think the game was looking for information that simply was not there, and thus crashed.
 

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Bigmaec said:
Actually "don't wipe your save" was enough.
Anything else was unneccesary...
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Dude, with respect, that is a dumb reply, and you should feel bad.

It's a bug, and it might not affect you, but that doesn't mean it should not be made known.

The elitism on this forum is rife and is why when I don't need to post this kind of thread, I will be going back to seeking my account terminated.

At least I am here trying to investigate what I can rather than aimlessly complaining that FD "fix it now"...

Ignored.
 

Bigmaec

Bigmaec
Un1k0rn said:
Dude, with respect, that is a dumb reply, and you should feel bad.

It's a bug, and it might not affect you, but that doesn't mean it should not be made known.

The elitism on this forum is rife and is why when I don't need to post this kind of thread, I will be going back to seeking my account terminated.

At least I am here trying to investigate what I can rather than aimlessly complaining that FD "fix it now"...

Ignored.
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Next time I add three smileys for you.

This has nothing to do with elitism, I simply don't like wiping saves, and all you posted was enough. It doesn't matter anyways, regardless what you or I post...
 

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Bigmaec said:
Next time I add three smileys for you.

This has nothing to do with elitism, I simply don't like wiping saves, and all you posted was enough. It doesn't matter anyways, regardless what you or I post...
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Nice backtrack. Still ignored.

I won't be opening your future posts.
 

FutronBob

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