"Could not determine map format"

[darksilence]

This is a bug I run into often. 

When reading a book with multiple pages, sometimes the pages become blank, and the book cannot be closed anymore. It looks like this: https://imgur.com/a/kAahZZe.

 

[stgatilov]

Can you reproduce it reliably? Or at reproduce once in a few runs?

Maybe you have a savegame which is already "stuck"?

[darksilence]

9 hours ago, stgatilov said:

Can you reproduce it reliably? Or at reproduce once in a few runs?

Maybe you have a savegame which is already "stuck"?

I cannot reproduce it reliably, I just tried and was unable to do so.

I will save the next time I run into the bug though, with the book "stuck", and update this thread.

[darksilence]

I ran into this issue again, while playing Quinn Co., and saved the game. You can download the .save file here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v2rxcuzh0wk3hl/Quicksave_0.save?dl=0.

Just load it and you'll notice the blank pages and the fact that you cannot close the readable.

Edited October 30, 2020 by darksilence

[VanishedOne]

It sounds like https://bugs.thedarkmod.com/view.php?id=5256 apart from the problems reproducing it.

[stgatilov]

I'm afraid I need a savegame before the problem happens.

The attached savegame demonstrates that the problem can happen, but does not show how the game can get into such bad state.

[darksilence]

On 11/23/2020 at 8:16 PM, stgatilov said:

I'm afraid I need a savegame before the problem happens.

The attached savegame demonstrates that the problem can happen, but does not show how the game can get into such bad state.

Just giving you what you asked for, 'a savegame which is already "stuck"':

 

If I have additional information in the future I'll post it here.

[stgatilov]

Yes, you are right.
I guess I thought I would catch something suspicious by looking at it.

Well, I will inspect it --- maybe I'll have some clues about how it happens. Thank you!

Speaking of savegame before getting stuck, I won't be surprised if the issue is not reproducible

[darksilence]

 

1 hour ago, stgatilov said:

Yes, you are right.
I guess I thought I would catch something suspicious by looking at it.

Well, I will inspect it --- maybe I'll have some clues about how it happens. Thank you!

Speaking of savegame before getting stuck, I won't be surprised if the issue is not reproducible

Yeah, hope it helps!

And regarding a savegame before getting stuck, as you mentioned, it's likely that it's not reproducible: somehow I think that the bug occurs while reading, and might not be related to the global state of the game, but I could be wrong.

It also seems to happen after scrolling the mouse wheel to read a next or previous page, sometimes half-way through a book. I wonder if sometimes the next/previous page action can make a readable go to a non-existent page that then breaks the frob ability due to invalid xdata?

But anyways, if I run into this again, hopefully I have a savegame before the problem or more information about this.

Thanks!

[stgatilov]

I think I have just got into the same problem on Volta 1.

The readable_percys_note 1) cannot be picked up, and 2) has some empty pages if I hit "next page" key while reading. And I think once I got the empty page which was stuck like reported here. But I cannot reproduce it from quickload

Perhaps @kingsal can confirm whether the two points are intended.

[kingsal]

1 hour ago, stgatilov said:

Perhaps @kingsal can confirm whether the two points are intended.

Hmm the extra page on that readable is just a bug, but I am able to pick it up and read it.

No reports of not being able to be pick readables in this mission, so that's weird. 

[stgatilov]

9 hours ago, kingsal said:

Hmm the extra page on that readable is just a bug, but I am able to pick it up and read it.

I could not pick it, and saw a console warning about it. But I could read it just like a typical non-pickable paper.
What's the difference between pickable and non-pickable readables?...

[Uncertain Title]

I was hoping to work some on my map today, but it refuses to open and displays an error.

 

 

Does anyone know how to fix this?

[AluminumHaste]

Try opening the .bak backup file DR creates every 5 minutes.

 

[Uncertain Title]

Unfortunately I still get the same error.

[AluminumHaste]

Can you upload the map file and we can take a look?

[Uncertain Title]

talents.7z

[AluminumHaste]

Thanks, I'm in bed now but if no one has looked at it by tomorrow morning I'll poke at it

[Uncertain Title]

Alright, thank you kind sir ^ ^

[AluminumHaste]

Well when I go to extract the file, it's empty, 0 bytes.

[Uncertain Title]

I...I don't understand what happened but you're right. The whole map is just...gone now.

I have a previous version saved on a different hard drive, so I don't have to start completely over. But...man, now I'm spooked. I really, REALLY hope this doesn't happen again.

[AluminumHaste]

Could be failing SSD? You should run a chkdsk /f if you're in windows.

[Uncertain Title]

Ugh I hope not. I'll try checking tonight.