Path finding failure and holding cell bug (Update 3apcsteam)
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 8:23 pm
Hello all,
Welp where to start ? I launched the game to try out the new sniper towers on my old save (old..like 2-3 updates old) and disaster strikes...
After passing through punishment inside a solitary all my prisonnier were redirected inside the holding cell (some players already started talking about this on other topics).
This did not happened before the update and i did nothing but to start researching for the sniper tower during that game session.
That bug will not trigger if the holding cell was put in staff only mode or if the holding cell was erased (well obviously).
After destroying the holding cell, i noticed some (not all) of my prisoners were falling to find their cell back, this was more noticeable during sleeping time as there was multiple "Conga lines" of prisoners here and there with no apparent reason (apparently they lost their last move order and started spasming out). When the shower time came they managed to find their cell back... well at least a shower while other where not showering at all and these guys had managed to regain their cell during night time.
So i tried to manage back each one of the "Conga liners" back to an unassigned cell and hope they could work again... turns out it was worse since the working personnel started to fail also.
It is worth noting that... again nothing else was made but reworking security post around my prison into guard tower post and nothing that could have changed their behavior.
So i started trying to short things out by changing assignment to the cells from shared area to medium/high/low security just to see if people were moving to reach their new home and....some didn't and those who where already out doing "Conga lines" where... still doing it.
So yeah i stopped and went looking in the forums if there was anyone with the same prob (turns out some have spotted the holding cell behavior but nothing more).
If possible, it could be worth trying to see if building a new prison from this update changes anything maybe it's only for old save file who know ?
Welp where to start ? I launched the game to try out the new sniper towers on my old save (old..like 2-3 updates old) and disaster strikes...
After passing through punishment inside a solitary all my prisonnier were redirected inside the holding cell (some players already started talking about this on other topics).
This did not happened before the update and i did nothing but to start researching for the sniper tower during that game session.
That bug will not trigger if the holding cell was put in staff only mode or if the holding cell was erased (well obviously).
After destroying the holding cell, i noticed some (not all) of my prisoners were falling to find their cell back, this was more noticeable during sleeping time as there was multiple "Conga lines" of prisoners here and there with no apparent reason (apparently they lost their last move order and started spasming out). When the shower time came they managed to find their cell back... well at least a shower while other where not showering at all and these guys had managed to regain their cell during night time.
So i tried to manage back each one of the "Conga liners" back to an unassigned cell and hope they could work again... turns out it was worse since the working personnel started to fail also.
It is worth noting that... again nothing else was made but reworking security post around my prison into guard tower post and nothing that could have changed their behavior.
So i started trying to short things out by changing assignment to the cells from shared area to medium/high/low security just to see if people were moving to reach their new home and....some didn't and those who where already out doing "Conga lines" where... still doing it.
So yeah i stopped and went looking in the forums if there was anyone with the same prob (turns out some have spotted the holding cell behavior but nothing more).
If possible, it could be worth trying to see if building a new prison from this update changes anything maybe it's only for old save file who know ?