John Ryan Aguilera is an unlucky Man

SuperBiasedMan · 2013-11-08 13:13:03

This is probably a bug, but as I'm new I'm over cautious.
And before I send this to the empty bug forum, I wanna check if it's actually occurring for others and that it's not just an unusual gameplay function I haven't seen yet.

John Ryan Aguilera certainly seems to have taken a financial beating...

Last edited by SuperBiasedMan (2013-11-08 13:13:58)

ukuko · 2013-11-08 14:16:34

That'll learn him.

jasonrohrer · 2013-11-08 14:32:03

Yep, a bug!

The server has been sending me emails about this today.... saying, "There's a dude with a negative balance!"

So, I'm working on fixing it. But for the time being, I need to leave it be, so that I can study how it happened.

Also, I have no idea what would happen if you robbed this house... fair warning!

ukuko · 2013-11-08 14:53:57

I did notice that Aguilera had been buying paintings and then closing the game without completing a self test. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.

jasonrohrer · 2013-11-08 15:41:00

How did you notice that? OH... because new paintings were being added, but his house was still unsolvable without tools. Hmm... yeah, that kinda sucks.

But yeah, I think that has something to do with it.

If you do that, the game is supposed to force-sell whatever tools you have to cover what you owe.

But I think there might be a way to USE the tools before the server can sell them. Still, I don't see how.... because the server does the force-sell when it force-checks your house back in, and you can't rob a house (to use tools) without your edit being force-checked back in.

Axious · 2013-11-09 03:12:28

Ah yes, I must be Mr. Aguilera. So what happened was I got my house to a state where I felt I didn't want to change it, so I kept logging out without completing the self tests. What I am about to explain is something I have read in a previous post pretty much exactly. Since I couldn't spend money on tools or building supplies I tried to buy a painting, I sold all my banked tools before purchasing it (still had a broken house) when I purchased it I got it, and then logged out again without doing the self test. I had read that this was fixed, but to my amazement I came back to a balance with -12k or so. Couldn't build or change anything because my balance was always over budget. So I just left it that way. Slowly the budget seems to be building its way back to positive as people die in the broken house.

jasonrohrer · 2013-11-09 07:38:40

Well.... yeah, it WAS supposed to be fixed!

Essentially, the server is supposed to detect that condition and force-sell all your tools (which aren't actually sold, even when you sell them manually, until you check your house back in properly with a self-test). So, it allows you to have a negative balance for a bit, as long as you have enough tools to cover the cost of the painting. If your balance is still negative later, when it shouldn't be, it force-sells those tools for you.

But some kind of bug made it so that selling those tools wasn't enough to cover the painting? Weird.

jasonrohrer · 2013-11-10 09:05:03

Thanks to Axious' help, this has been fixed server-side.

The Castle Doctrine Forums

#1 2013-11-08 13:13:03

John Ryan Aguilera is an unlucky Man

#2 2013-11-08 14:16:34

Re: John Ryan Aguilera is an unlucky Man

#3 2013-11-08 14:32:03

Re: John Ryan Aguilera is an unlucky Man

#4 2013-11-08 14:53:57

Re: John Ryan Aguilera is an unlucky Man

#5 2013-11-08 15:41:00

Re: John Ryan Aguilera is an unlucky Man

#6 2013-11-09 03:12:28

Re: John Ryan Aguilera is an unlucky Man

#7 2013-11-09 07:38:40

Re: John Ryan Aguilera is an unlucky Man

#8 2013-11-10 09:05:03

Re: John Ryan Aguilera is an unlucky Man

Board footer