Component Duplication Bug/Exploit

Wydraz · #1 September 30th, 2003, 03:56 AM

This bug appears when you sell an item at a spaceport, then load a game that was saved before your sale (and you are still in the same area). If you go to the spaceport, your sold items are still there, even if in your save game you still have them. This can be exploited to dup items!

Hotfoot · #2 September 30th, 2003, 04:55 AM

Yes, and it's also annoying when you die, reload a saved game, and go to outfit your ship like you did before, having found a hard to find item in your previous save only to discover that the item you purchased is now gone due to the same quirk.

Phoenix-D · #3 September 30th, 2003, 06:16 AM

Note that this only works sometimes, and only then if you enter the exact same port.

Wydraz · #4 September 30th, 2003, 08:28 PM

That doesn't stop anyone from exploiting the bug! Tho I can't complain too much. I had lost the opportunity to buy some nice equipment due to this bug (as Hotfoot did), so I felt justified in exploiting it to get me some nice engines (I only found two of the speed I wanted, so I duplicated the third)!

[ September 30, 2003, 19:29: Message edited by: Wydraz ]

Mehrunes · #5 September 30th, 2003, 09:05 PM

Buy... equipment? Surely you jest! I've gotten enough equipment off of ships I've destroyed to outfit an entire fleet.

Wydraz · #6 September 30th, 2003, 09:26 PM

You must spend a lot of time blowing up ships! They never drop the stuff I want.