Fixed Boarding: Stuck, but No Crash

[Sean.Flann]

Did a complete fresh install outside of program files, re-installed modpack, installed fix, started a new game and couldn't advance when I had killed all of the defenders on the ship I boarded

There was this error file in the directory

 

[Sean.Flann]

Tried with a different combination of factors, different ship attacking, ship defending, character ect. but I cannot seem to get it to work

 

[Sean.Flann]

Each time it creates a similar looking error log as attached

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I'll make another EXE tomorrow or Thursday to ensure everyone does get the latest fixes correctly installed.
Hopefully Levis sees the chance to get some more done before that time though.

 

[Sean.Flann]

Just to clarify, to install the fix at (Mod Release - Levis' Stuff [Nov 17] | PiratesAhoy! , the first file) all that is required is to drop the files into the install folder of POTC merge all folders and replace all files?

 

[Levis]

Just to clarify, to install the fix at (Mod Release - Levis' Stuff [Nov 17] | PiratesAhoy! , the first file) all that is required is to drop the files into the install folder of POTC merge all folders and replace all files?

Yes
@Pieter Boelen if you'll wait till thurseday afternoon I will have time to look at stuff a bit more and hopefully fix more stuff.

@ everyone else. Please try to give me as much information as possible.
Like are you playing with auto skill enabled or disabled.
Which storyline are you playing
Where does the boarding take place (did you go there by open sea mod or trough the worldmap or did you encounter it in the harbor)

And everything else you can think off, if I can't replicate the problem I can't fix it...

 

[ANSEL]

And everything else you can think off, if I can't replicate the problem I can't fix it...

This savegame is just before bording a ship who hoist the white flag. You cant leave deck no matter
what you do.

 

[cpt. Toni]

Playing Nataniel Hawk, tray both, manually and auto skill leveling, (just now is manually skill), boarding from world map.
If you need more information ......

 

[Sean.Flann]

Beta 4 with nov 15th installer with levis fixes
new game,
auto skill on,
Nathan hawk storyline,
got there by open sea,
boarded a xebec ship,
killed all defender,
cant move on,
logs attached

 

[Pieter Boelen]

got there by open sea,

To be sure, could you try boarding a coastal ship instead?
That is what I tested yesterday and it worked for me at the time.

 

[Talisman]

Playing Nov 15 Build + Levis' fixes

Free Play Story

World Map encounter

Enemy ship boarded me

Killed all enemies on deck & looted them all

Can't move to boarding enemy ship ( next deck )

 

[Pieter Boelen]

It appears that we have three individual issues related to boarding and it is MASSIVELY confusing to discuss all of them interchangeably in three threads.
So I have now renamed the threads we've got and I would kindly request everyone to use the appropriate ones as much as possible:
Confirmed Bug - Boarding: Inconsistent Crashes Related to Looting | PiratesAhoy!
Cannot Confirm - Boarding: Crash Due to Not Correctly Initialized Enemy Captain | PiratesAhoy!
Fix in Progress - Boarding: Stuck, but No Crash | PiratesAhoy!

THIS thread relates to getting stuck during boarding, WITHOUT the game crashing. Basically you just cannot continue.
It seems to be a very new issue, most likely related to the recent updates to the Levelling system that were included in the 15 Nov 2015 release.

A fix was made by @Levis not too long ago and I myself have been unable to replicate the problem.
If it is still a real issue, it seems to be inconsistent. So if you do get it, let us know if it is only sometimes or ALWAYS.
And provide as many details about the circumstances as possible.

 

[Sean.Flann]

Well after extensively testing it it seems like any ship boarded past a loading screen at sea (such as after map mode or sail ho loading screen in direct sail) cannot be finished.

For example on my testing initially I was doing the nathan hawk storyline, skipping intro, getting dropped into a random island, going into map mode and finding it and not being able to finish.

Then I tried doing the full tutorial and then boarding the first ship sighted after leaving the first island and it was successful

Then I tried doing a boarding action after doing the full tutorial and then map mode and then boarding, which I could not finish.

Then I tried doing a direct sail away after doing the full tutorial, then a quick loading screen of "SAIL HO" in which a pirtate ship came at me, I boarded them and then couldn't finish.

Very odd indeed :/

PS. for some reason god mode isnt working for me either, i have enabled it in internalsettings then pressed 0 on numpad in battle but im still able to be killed.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Well after extensively testing it it seems like any ship boarded past a loading screen at sea (such as after map mode or sail ho loading screen in direct sail) cannot be finished.

Thanks; that sounds like useful information!

Some additional questions, just to be sure:
- In your examples, you get STUCK, but the game does NOT crash, right?
- Do you have any error.log files to go with these problems?

 

[Sean.Flann]

No crashes at all just cant move on to next part of the boarding action

here are the logs, please say if there is anything more i need to upload

 

[Talisman]

Just tried boarding a coastal ship - same game as before

Boarding completed without any problems - all the way through


Only differences from before - this was a ship sailing round an island - Not a world map encounter.

I boarded this ship - it did not board me.

No error log generated

 

[Sean.Flann]

Cool then sounds like we've atleast found that it is something to do with non-coastal encounters

 

[Pieter Boelen]

No crashes at all just cant move on to next part of the boarding action

Thanks; that certainly helps. It seems these ones are still real problems:

RUNTIME ERROR - file: Loc_ai\LAi_boarding.c; line: 1781
missed attribute: morale
RUNTIME ERROR - file: Loc_ai\LAi_boarding.c; line: 1781
no rAP data
RUNTIME ERROR - file: Loc_ai\LAi_boarding.c; line: 1365
missed attribute: morale
RUNTIME ERROR - file: Loc_ai\LAi_boarding.c; line: 1365
no rAP data
RUNTIME ERROR - file: Loc_ai\LAi_boarding.c; line: 1013
invalid index -1 [size:1000]
RUNTIME ERROR - file: Loc_ai\LAi_boarding.c; line: 1013
invalid array index
RUNTIME ERROR - file: Loc_ai\LAi_boarding.c; line: 1013
function 'LAi_ReloadBoarding' stack error

Maybe worldmap encounters aren't initialized in the same way as coastal ones?

This is one I've been seeing once in a while for a long, long time:

RUNTIME ERROR - file: sea_ai\AIShip.c; line: 90
invalid index 6 [size:5]
RUNTIME ERROR - file: sea_ai\AIShip.c; line: 90
function 'CreateFlagEnvironment' stack error

Could you try some more and see if this one always accompanies the problem? I strongly suspect that it doesn't.

 

[Sean.Flann]

map mode encounter with pirate ship, unable to continue

 

[Sean.Flann]

Another map mode encounter but with French merchant with light escort, unable to continue.