v0.4.8 Ship Designs cannot be created
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 2:31 pm
I am suddenly unable to select the "Update Finished Design" button in the Ship Design window. It says it is an "Incomplete Ship Design" even when I use only valid components. I was able to do this earlier in my game session but not now.
Things I have tried:
1) save and reload: no change in behavior
2) close and reopen application: no change in behavior
3) reboot PC: no change in behavior
4) load an earlier save from the same game session: not able to design a ship
5) Start new game with "Single Player": not able to design a ship
6) Start new game with "Quick Start": not able to design a ship
7) Rename the application and pull a new copy of it from the installer, reload game from attempt 1: not able to design a ship
I have been using v0.4.8 (build 2018-08-23.26f16b0) on a Mac running 10.13.6 (I recently updated to this version of Mac OS but I was able to design ships earlier in this same game.)
Based on the symptoms I am thinking that I somehow managed to corrupt some files the Free Orion Application bundle uses that are outside the application bundle itself (maybe the same place the save games are stored.)
Based on this I tried removing the folder at: /Users/<username>/Library/Saved Application State/org.freeorion.FreeOrion.savedState
Once I did this and started the application again twice (it crashed the first time after loading, designing and going to the production window) I am able to add designs again. (solves the problem.)
I am not sure if I need a bug report on this or whether I just got my system in a weird state.
Things I have tried:
1) save and reload: no change in behavior
2) close and reopen application: no change in behavior
3) reboot PC: no change in behavior
4) load an earlier save from the same game session: not able to design a ship
5) Start new game with "Single Player": not able to design a ship
6) Start new game with "Quick Start": not able to design a ship
7) Rename the application and pull a new copy of it from the installer, reload game from attempt 1: not able to design a ship
I have been using v0.4.8 (build 2018-08-23.26f16b0) on a Mac running 10.13.6 (I recently updated to this version of Mac OS but I was able to design ships earlier in this same game.)
Based on the symptoms I am thinking that I somehow managed to corrupt some files the Free Orion Application bundle uses that are outside the application bundle itself (maybe the same place the save games are stored.)
Based on this I tried removing the folder at: /Users/<username>/Library/Saved Application State/org.freeorion.FreeOrion.savedState
Once I did this and started the application again twice (it crashed the first time after loading, designing and going to the production window) I am able to add designs again. (solves the problem.)
I am not sure if I need a bug report on this or whether I just got my system in a weird state.