Not Saving Custom Ships Correctly.
curlymoe opened this issue · comments
When I export a custom built ship, and then restore it, I don't get the same ship back, just a random ship of the same group ie hauler.
I have tried using the json editor to copy the custom ship and paste it into another slot, and I still get another random ship. I have tried comparing json from a custom ship, and a standard one, and they look the same to my untrained eye. But obviously there is something different about the custom ships in the save that the Editor is not picking up.
Many thanks for all your work on this Editor, and for updating so quickly.
Having the exact same problem; whenever I export and later import a custom ship it gives me a random one and resets to being an "authenticated" ship.
I think there's something new in the ship data that isn't present in the backups. Not sure what it is yet, but working on it.
I changed the seed of a created ship and it was the same when I reloaded into the game.
I think the custom-built ships no longer use a seed to determine how they look.
I’m betting there is something on the save file that saves their appearance.
When I import any sentinel ship it looks like the same plain orange ship. If I edit a constructed ship it changes to authenticated, but looks different. I'm guessing it either the seed thing Nobere mentioned or the authentication bit needs to be left off.
When I import any sentinel ship it looks like the same plain orange ship. If I edit a constructed ship it changes to authenticated, but looks different. I'm guessing it either the seed thing Nobere mentioned or the authentication bit needs to be left off.
Yes, I think this may be the key. We need to find out how a ship gets authenticated or not.
Can I add here that once you have exported and reimported a custom built ship it can then make a muddle of your other ships, they change to something they weren't. I have had shuttles change shape and color, exotics become a completely different type and solar ships change color and type too. I've imported the same saved non custom ship twice on one save and with the same seed get two different models of shuttle, so whatever is happening when you export and re-import a custom ship it affects more than the custom ship and messes up the entire save.
I've scrapped all imported custom ships, reimported normal saves and seem to have my save back.
So beware of export and import on custom ships!!!