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Tem

6 Sep, 2024 @ 10:53pm

Solo Challenge Games History broken?

Not sure when it happened, but at some point, my Solo Challenge Games History stopped working. Instead of a list of games I've played, it lists only a single game, with a non-functional "scoreboard" and "X" button. I'm not sure if it's even a game I played. There's also a "No active game" message, even though Games History is not where you would go to see your active games. Playing more games does not change this.

Is it possible this got broken by a recent patch? I know it worked a few weeks ago, at the least.

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AronFJenks 6 Sep, 2024 @ 11:41pm

Originally posted by Tem:

Is it possible this got broken by a recent patch?

Yes. Possible and likely. Every patch fixes some things (occasionally) and breaks existing things that weren't broken (pretty much every time).

Tem

7 Sep, 2024 @ 5:40pm

I could imagine it having to do with the history needing to distinguish between games played with the Promo cards and games played without them. I have to wonder if the patch didn't introduce an error there, causing the history to display some default state instead. That's just speculation, of course.

AronFJenks 7 Sep, 2024 @ 7:02pm

Originally posted by Tem:
I could imagine it having to do with the history needing to distinguish between games played with the Promo cards and games played without them. I have to wonder if the patch didn't introduce an error there, causing the history to display some default state instead. That's just speculation, of course.

Makes sense to me (And I do have some level of programing knowledge.)

I just checked my own solo games history - zilch.

Although, I cannot remember my last solo game. I prefer to play a local game against a single AI opponent and run up the score and reach the "infinite game" state.

GuDaDdY

12 Sep, 2024 @ 2:55pm

Originally posted by Tem:
Not sure when it happened, but at some point, my Solo Challenge Games History stopped working. Instead of a list of games I've played, it lists only a single game, with a non-functional "scoreboard" and "X" button. I'm not sure if it's even a game I played. There's also a "No active game" message, even though Games History is not where you would go to see your active games. Playing more games does not change this.

Is it possible this got broken by a recent patch? I know it worked a few weeks ago, at the least.

I'm encountering this same bug. The previous game saves are still there but the game is throwing an exception when it tries to parse the struct of the previous game save data. I've submitted a bug report and hopefully they fix this soon.

chaney

12 Sep, 2024 @ 3:07pm

Originally posted by GuDaDdY:
I've submitted a bug report and hopefully they fix this soon.

That is completely adorable, thanks for the laugh.

AronFJenks 12 Sep, 2024 @ 7:07pm

^^ indeed :)

Historically the developers have not been adept at exception-handling or parsing. Well, perhaps their adeptness is not the issue, but rather, the amount of time allotted for playtesting and debugging. Regardless, the result has been an ongoing rough draft instead of a finished product.

Immaculate Image has Terraforming Mars

6 Jan @ 3:52am

While the Games History looks like it is working again, the corporation symbols in the "summary" page/display don't match the corporations listed in the individual details. Also, it some games do not have a map icon listed. Based on the presence of both Hellas and Elysium icons, I'm presuming that these games were played using the Tharsis map (?)

hyperion

9 Aug @ 5:52am

Originally posted by Tem:
Not sure when it happened, but at some point, my Solo Challenge Games History stopped working. Instead of a list of games I've played, it lists only a single game, with a non-functional "scoreboard" and "X" button. I'm not sure if it's even a game I played. There's also a "No active game" message, even though Games History is not where you would go to see your active games. Playing more games does not change this.

Is it possible this got broken by a recent patch? I know it worked a few weeks ago, at the least.

Indeed the corporation icon is also gone from the game history, showing a white square instead. This whole history menu is a nightmare.