I get a weird bug that makes resupply missions including Light Utility Vehicles useless.
The problem is as follows:
Every time I send a new LUV with a resupply mission, it shows up in the Vehicles list, but doesn't behave like the "original" LUV. It can't be used for mining/construction missions etc. (doesn't show up in the dialogue)
It can be used like an ordinary rover, and sent out on regolith gathering/ice prospecting/trading missions solo, but since it still has the LUV stats (no live support, no range....), this results in the instant death by asphyxiation of the crew member and a stuck vehicle "0 km" from the base... so basically, resupplied can't be used at all...
I also noticed that in the vehicle info screen "original" LUVs have names like "LUV 1" etc. and their icon is a small excavator style device. the "ressupplied" get named like any other vehicle (eg. "Opportunity II" or "Nergal") and have the same icon as the exploration rover, but still get described as "Light Utility Vehicle"...
Is this a known problem, and is there a fix?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jerry
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Unfortunately this is a known bug in version 3.03 and doesn't have a work around. The bug is in the code that determines the type of vehicle from the resupply mission, and it incorrectly treats a light utility vehicle as an unknown type of rover.
I've fixed this in the 3.04 development, which I'm hoping to release this weekend (pending final testing). If you don't mind waiting a few days for the new version, the resupply LUVs are working fine in this one.
Hello
I get a weird bug that makes resupply missions including Light Utility Vehicles useless.
The problem is as follows:
Every time I send a new LUV with a resupply mission, it shows up in the Vehicles list, but doesn't behave like the "original" LUV. It can't be used for mining/construction missions etc. (doesn't show up in the dialogue)
It can be used like an ordinary rover, and sent out on regolith gathering/ice prospecting/trading missions solo, but since it still has the LUV stats (no live support, no range....), this results in the instant death by asphyxiation of the crew member and a stuck vehicle "0 km" from the base... so basically, resupplied can't be used at all...
I also noticed that in the vehicle info screen "original" LUVs have names like "LUV 1" etc. and their icon is a small excavator style device. the "ressupplied" get named like any other vehicle (eg. "Opportunity II" or "Nergal") and have the same icon as the exploration rover, but still get described as "Light Utility Vehicle"...
Is this a known problem, and is there a fix?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jerry
Hi Jerry,
Unfortunately this is a known bug in version 3.03 and doesn't have a work around. The bug is in the code that determines the type of vehicle from the resupply mission, and it incorrectly treats a light utility vehicle as an unknown type of rover.
I've fixed this in the 3.04 development, which I'm hoping to release this weekend (pending final testing). If you don't mind waiting a few days for the new version, the resupply LUVs are working fine in this one.
Thanks for the bug report.
Scott Davis
Mars Simulation Project
http://mars-sim.sf.net
Hi Scott
Thanks for the quick reply (and the fix/update)