Generals not matching their Bios

[Diggypiggy]

Im playing a new coming fury game with the latest patch as the Union and when I press the bio button for any general I get another generals bio, has anyone else noticed this? The bios for the LUs however seem to work just fine.

[Erik Rutins]

Which version of Coming Fury? Could you post a save file?

[blueduck]

I have noticed it still happening in Coming Fury with random stats for generals and random start dates turned on. I have upgraded to version "d". Sorry I thru out my save games when I started Southern Steel.

[Diggypiggy]

I would but Im a moron and don't know how to post a save game file here

[Gil R.]

Zip together the appropriate .sve and .rep save file(s) or autosave file(s) and when posting a response on this thread click on the "Click here to upload!" link.

[Gil R.]

Diggypiggy, are you definitely using the 'd' version of this patch, or an earlier one? That's key info.

[Diggypiggy]

I think so, my .exe file is dated 5/5/2007 and is 4,463kb, is that the right one?

[Diggypiggy]

Her is the savegame, if Im doing this correctly that is.

[Klahn]

Just to note, I'm getting the same thing. I'm definitely playing "d" version of the beta patch installed over a clean game install. I'm playing the historical version of "coming fury." (By historical, I mean the one that is marked "balanced.") I've modified the states file to place the unowned rivers into states with the exception of the potomic.

I am playing union with the standard number of generals, hidden stats, random stats, random start dates. Other non-standard options from the "advanced" set include no time limit, and total victory.

edit: added my save files

[Gil R.]

I ran Diggypiggy's save files, and did indeed see generals with the wrong bios. But I've been unable to duplicate this myself, despite several attempts. Is there anything that you guys did that might have caused this? Ryvan's modding the states files doesn't strike me as relevant (of course, I'm not the programmer), but perhaps some other modding might have done it.

Is anyone else seeing this?

[Klahn]

I haven't done any other modding to my knowledge. I've changed some unit flags. I've used the new general promotion system once. I've renamed a few containers. I can't think of anything else I've done though.

edit: I've turned off music.... I'm trying to think of anything I've touched that isn't standard. I know I'm listing stuff that is very unlikely to be related, but who knows?

[Diggypiggy]

I haven't done any modding at all. I'm wondering though, will I have to uninstall and reinstall to get rid of this?

[Gil R.]

No need to reinstall the game. If there's a bug, we'll find it. It would be nice to get more reports, which might help narrow down which options would be causing this.

Is anyone else out there using any randomized generals options, and seeing this?

[cesteman]

so a general that has "BIO" next to his name means one has been added? I guess I'm just slow<g>

[Gil R.]

Well, it could mean that he's bionic.

[Klahn]

Or maybe he's biological as opposed to the robots that the Union developed toward the end of the war?

Seriously though, yes. It means he has a biography added. If you click on such a general's name it should display a short biography.

[Gil R.]

Key question. When this problem occurs, is it evident in the very first turn? Also, does it hit all generals?

[Klahn]

I can't be certain whether it was happening from the beginning, but I don't believe it was. All of my generals that have BIOs are displaying the wrong ones.

[Diggypiggy]

Ok I experimented a little and found the following: I started a new game as the South (coming fury the one that says balanced but isn't, more generals) found that all bios at the start were correct. I then started another game as the Union all options and scenario the same and found that all the bios were incorrect. Hope this helps.

[Gil R.]

We're still trying to figure out what's happening. One question comes to mind: when you started the new game, had you just loaded FOF, or did you simply go from one game you were playing back to the menu and start a new game? If the latter, maybe some data didn't get expunged, and messed things up.

Eric and I can think of no reason why this would be happening only with one of the July scenarios. Would you mind starting a game in November and playing a bunch of turns to see if it happens there to? (I don't mean play for real -- just hit "End Turn" a bunch of times, or just use one of those perpetual-motion birds like Homer Simpson once did to peck at the keyboard.)