Hadanelith
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Recent builds (since at least r18026, but it could go back further) have been resetting the var files for my characters in a really weird fashion.
I've got 2 characters. One of them has a 2 word name (eldron balkhan), which meant that the var file for that char was named vars_eldron balkhan.txt. A couple days ago, Harvest failed to run, citing 'no consumption script selected' - which was odd, as I haven't changed anything other than downloading new Mafia builds. Examining the options for Harvest, they'd reset - and despite hitting 'save' they wouldn't stick. Hunting down the vars file (in Data), I noticed that the character had 2 vars files: vars_eldron balkhan.txt, and vars_eldron_balkhan.txt. The latter, with the additional underscore, had been created that day, and had far fewer vars listed. I figured this was some weird new Mafia config change, copied the old over the new, saved it, and everything worked.
Today, however, things got worse. Not only did the same thing happen to that character (the vars file resetting to contain very little), but now my other character, with a one word name (Hadanelith) ALSO had his vars file reset. Without creating a new one, so the old version was flat gone. Thankfully I was still able to duplicate the vars from the old version of eldron balkhan, and things ran, but seriously, what in the world is going on here?
TLDR: vars files are randomly resetting themselves to a fairly empty state, can't figure out why.
Actions taken: I'm duplicating the files tonight, and setting to read only. Hoping that will at least prevent further data loss? Please advise.
I've got 2 characters. One of them has a 2 word name (eldron balkhan), which meant that the var file for that char was named vars_eldron balkhan.txt. A couple days ago, Harvest failed to run, citing 'no consumption script selected' - which was odd, as I haven't changed anything other than downloading new Mafia builds. Examining the options for Harvest, they'd reset - and despite hitting 'save' they wouldn't stick. Hunting down the vars file (in Data), I noticed that the character had 2 vars files: vars_eldron balkhan.txt, and vars_eldron_balkhan.txt. The latter, with the additional underscore, had been created that day, and had far fewer vars listed. I figured this was some weird new Mafia config change, copied the old over the new, saved it, and everything worked.
Today, however, things got worse. Not only did the same thing happen to that character (the vars file resetting to contain very little), but now my other character, with a one word name (Hadanelith) ALSO had his vars file reset. Without creating a new one, so the old version was flat gone. Thankfully I was still able to duplicate the vars from the old version of eldron balkhan, and things ran, but seriously, what in the world is going on here?
TLDR: vars files are randomly resetting themselves to a fairly empty state, can't figure out why.
Actions taken: I'm duplicating the files tonight, and setting to read only. Hoping that will at least prevent further data loss? Please advise.