This is a strange one, and probably a tough one to reproduce, but it happened so I'm mentioning it...
Earlier today I started a new Explore game, local SP. I did all the normal things, exploring, gathering resources, and so on. The game did crash once, but I didn't think anything of it at that time since it was lagging some then as well. I just restarted and continued on from where it last saved.
At one point I decided I was going to move my base to the opposite side of the island. So I grabbed all my items of value into my inventory, and sailed my small boat around to the other side. When I got there, I took this snapshot:
I left my Ylander exactly there, standing on that rock.
At that point, I decided to switch over to the editor. (Yes, I sometimes do slightly cheat-ish things when I play on my own.) I was only opening it to look at how deep the water is at that part of the shore. Basically, can I park a ship there?
BUT... There was a problem when I opened it in the editor. First, it dropped the camera at the original spawn point (it usually drops near the Ylander). When I tried using the "Go To" menu, it would not let me select my Ylander. So I flew the camera to that part of the island, and he was nowhere to be found. No body. No grave. No pile of belongings. Not a single sign that he had ever existed at all. There was no character present anywhere on the map.
That got me curious, so I switched back over the Explore mode. It put me right back at the spawn point (my initial base) with nothing but my undies and a broken protective barrier. I ran to the spot where the first Ylander was last seen, and again there was absolutely no sign of him ever existing, other than the abandoned boat.
I honestly don't know if the error would have happened normally, if I'd closed it and just reopened in Explore mode, or if the Editor played a part in his disappearance. It could have been the rock, and his position on top of it.
Attaching the log files. I also made a copy of the "ylandsgame" file itself, so I have a copy that doesn't change as I continue to play, and I can attach that as well if it is needed.
(In this case, I will use the Editor to restore my inventory.)
This is a strange one, and probably a tough one to reproduce, but it happened so I'm mentioning it...
Earlier today I started a new Explore game, local SP. I did all the normal things, exploring, gathering resources, and so on. The game did crash once, but I didn't think anything of it at that time since it was lagging some then as well. I just restarted and continued on from where it last saved.
At one point I decided I was going to move my base to the opposite side of the island. So I grabbed all my items of value into my inventory, and sailed my small boat around to the other side. When I got there, I took this snapshot:
I left my Ylander exactly there, standing on that rock.
At that point, I decided to switch over to the editor. (Yes, I sometimes do slightly cheat-ish things when I play on my own.) I was only opening it to look at how deep the water is at that part of the shore. Basically, can I park a ship there?
BUT... There was a problem when I opened it in the editor. First, it dropped the camera at the original spawn point (it usually drops near the Ylander). When I tried using the "Go To" menu, it would not let me select my Ylander. So I flew the camera to that part of the island, and he was nowhere to be found. No body. No grave. No pile of belongings. Not a single sign that he had ever existed at all. There was no character present anywhere on the map.
That got me curious, so I switched back over the Explore mode. It put me right back at the spawn point (my initial base) with nothing but my undies and a broken protective barrier. I ran to the spot where the first Ylander was last seen, and again there was absolutely no sign of him ever existing, other than the abandoned boat.
I honestly don't know if the error would have happened normally, if I'd closed it and just reopened in Explore mode, or if the Editor played a part in his disappearance. It could have been the rock, and his position on top of it.
Attaching the log files. I also made a copy of the "ylandsgame" file itself, so I have a copy that doesn't change as I continue to play, and I can attach that as well if it is needed.
(In this case, I will use the Editor to restore my inventory.)
output_log.txt
output_log_clean.txt
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