BETA 53A BETA 53A: THE LARCH.

Ohhhhhh! here is a fun one!
No crash but a very nice script error.

 

Well, it seems I won't be giving it a try.

 

Have a bit of an issue with the redcoats. They seem to be less useful now. During a bandit raid, half a dozen bandits attacked from one side of the colony and the redcoats were strolling along the woods on the other side. The colonist went postal on the bandits even those near the soldiers but the soldiers themselves just ignored the fight. They seem to fight only if they are directly threatened.
Kinda reminds me of a protection racket.

 

I'm still having issues with colonists abandoning (?) raw materials at the workstation. For example, at my kiln, there are pieces of coal which appear to be floating. They will not be used by the colonist (even after forbidding and reclaiming). I have seen this in my smith, chemistry shop, kitchen (on a workbench), and ceramics shop. The items stay on the commodities menu but are unusable. Once in a while, I will notice they have been automatically forbidden, but I don't know which circumstances cause that and reclaiming them still does not fix the issue. Although, they are able to marked as a trade good and traded.

I can upload a save game later, but it should be fairly easy to recreate, as it happens in every game. My thoughts are that is has to do with job interruption, either by external event, colonist dying, or my switching their workteam.

 

Started a game to play over the upkeep trunk changes etc and see what I think and it crashed a little way in. Hopefully one of those three files is the right one!

 

I've noticed the same thing occasionally, i'll try to capture a save for the devs.... but its almost like the soldiers radar range has been shortened drastically.... previously they would go to assist a colonist under attack anywhere, but now i've noticed a few occasions they would rather stay in bed or have a chat

 

You mean these graphical bugs..

 

Another thing is that colonists tend to carry things then leave them at some random place then pick it up again. Weird.

 

I've not been able to get 53A yet however this behavior I've seen in the last couple of builds. I've watched a colonist drag a repair chest out to fields per se and then bring it back. My estimation is they are deciding to take a break midway through a hauling effort.

 

They were doing this with me a build or two back. They go and get the repair chest, take it to some weird out-of-the-way location, drop it, pick it up again, and then go off to the job. It doesn't feel like they're interrupted on their way anywhere; they don't go from A to B, they describe a kind of triangular route from A to C to B instead.

 

Routing and rest bug? Hey @Nicholas!

 

Any update on the Mac 53A?

 

Ventilators needing W-trunks and therefore steel for upkeep is a bit much I think. A common scenario is going to be is that you build one in the hopes of getting steel (and then hope you can smelt and process it fast enough), and if you don't you need to dismantle it before it makes your whole mine come down on your head in flames.

Or so I've heard.

 

Script error

 

Crash

 

Had three script errors, and I think some case of the drop item somewhere and pick up to put in stockpile.

 

Continued to play and had a crash.

 

Crash after Quaggy showed up. 100+ colonists.