A huge amount of prisoner corpses stuck in corner of map

[Adxm]

At a random point, a mass amount (about 40) prisoners died at the exact same time, I couldn't find their bodies anywhere in the prison, I also did not receive their gravestones. A few hours later I found them in the top left corner of the map. I tried sending guards there to see if they would collect the corpses, but they just stood there, completely ignoring them. When I tried to expand the map, the bodies still remained in the corner. Periodically, a hearse shows up as if it is trying to pick up the dead prisoners, but nobody brings them to it.

I do not have any DLC's or mods installed.

 

[GDJACKS]

At a random point, a mass amount (about 40) prisoners died at the exact same time, I couldn't find their bodies anywhere in the prison, I also did not receive their gravestones. A few hours later I found them in the top left corner of the map. I tried sending guards there to see if they would collect the corpses, but they just stood there, completely ignoring them. When I tried to expand the map, the bodies still remained in the corner. Periodically, a hearse shows up as if it is trying to pick up the dead prisoners, but nobody brings them to it.

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I do not have any DLC's or mods installed.

Just had this happen to me, I think these guys were part of the random event where I had to take on prisoners from another facility. Did not see them stuck up there till they started dying. Had noticed just before they started to die, guards queuing up to get them but getting stuck and pissed off. Tried to buy the land to get them no go they just move out to the new corner. No mods have all the DLC but Islands. Me thinks this last hot fix screwed up the game.

 

[GDJACKS]

Still unable to collect the prisoners stuck in the corner with the July 2nd patch. Map is unplayable.

 

[Ishisu]

I have the same problem, over 30 prisoner stuck in the upper left corner.

 

[AndrewT]

Looks to me like there may be two issues here - multiple prisoners dying at once, and their bodies getting allocated a location of 0,0 instead of wherever they actually died.

Have these two issues always happened at once? That is, has anyone seen the second issue without getting the first issue?

And are these in prisons started since The Rock patch, or earlier than that?

 

[GDJACKS]

It was after the Rock Patch, for me I got the random event where I took in a lot of prisoners in from another. I thought I had absorbed them all in to my prison, played for a bit then noticed my guards starting not to do anything. I took a look, and they are trying to escort prisoners to cells. After trying to reset them I fired everyone and rehired. Play for a bit more and noticed the same issue happened again. It was getting late so I called it a night and saved the game. I started up the game the next day and guards where still trying to escort. While I was trying to figure out what was happening, that is when prisoners starting dying off in mass (Starvation). That is when I finally notice them stuck up there in the corner. So they were up there for some time before they started to die off.

I do not have the Rock DLC so I was playing on a normal map, with Cleared For Transfer and Psych Ward enabled. No mods installed.

Added prison so you have have a look.

 

[Ishisu]

What GDJACKS describes is exactly the same thing that happened to me.#
I added my prison too so you have have a look.

 

[Hayha06]

I got the same problem and finally just found a workaround.
Open for editing your prison save file ( yourprisonname.prison ) and make a backup of it before editing (just in case)
Find all block line refering to those prisonners stuck at the top left corner and delete them
You can find them easilly because there are the only prisonnes that don't have posX and posY attributes and also in my case has DeathType with Starvation
After deleting all of them, save the file and load it in game
Below an example of one of this prisonner

BEGIN "[i 1836]"  
        Id.i                 1836
        Id.u                 29651033
        Type                 Prisoner
        SubType              0
        Damage               1.000000
        Shackled             true
        DeathType            Starvation
        Category             MaxSec
        BoilingPoint         100.0000
        TimeOfLastMisconduct 27373.79
        HourTimer            33.53906
        TimeOfLastMisconductStaffAssault 27373.79
        TimeOfLastMisconductMurders 27373.79
        TimeOfLastMisconductEscapeAttempt 27373.79
        TimeOfLastMisconductContraband 27373.79
        TransferEffort       11
        BEGIN Bio      
            Forname              Alex
            Surname              Denning
            Age                  58.00000
            BodyScale            1.142722
            HeadType             Head36
            Traits               Violent
            Traits               RisksLife
            Traits               Lethal
            Traits               Controlling
            Reputation           Strong
            Reputation           Volatile
            ReputationRevealed   true
            Sentence             16
            Served               4.822361
            NextParole           Half
            OriginalCategory     MaxSec
            SkinColour           0x563014ff
            BEGIN Convictions
                Size                 3
                BEGIN "[i 0]"      Crime GreviousBodilyHarm  Sentence 12  Plea true  Guilty true  END
                BEGIN "[i 1]"      Crime ViolentDisorder  Sentence 4  Plea true  Guilty true  END
                BEGIN "[i 2]"      Crime Murder  Sentence 25  Plea true  Guilty true  Served true  END
            END
            BEGIN Family    
                Size                 1
                BEGIN "[i 0]"      Type Mother  Age 78.00000  BodyType FemaleBody3  HeadType FaceOldWoman2  BodyScale 1.023539  SkinColour 0x564335ff  ClothingColour 0x690449ff  END
            END
        END
        BEGIN StatusEffects END
        BEGIN Needs    
            Timer                15.56335
            StarveTimer          7200.000
            BEGIN Needs    
                Size                 32
                BEGIN "[i 1]"      id.i 1  id.u 29651034  Type Bladder  ActionPoint 60.00000  TimeToAction 600.0000  TimeToFailure 720.0000  Charge 61.63889  END
                BEGIN "[i 2]"      id.i 2  id.u 29651035  Type Bowels  ActionPoint 37.00000  TimeToAction 600.0000  TimeToFailure 1440.000  Charge 88.40630  END
                BEGIN "[i 3]"      id.i 3  id.u 29651036  Type Sleep  ActionPoint 42.00000  TimeToAction 1440.000  TimeToFailure 1440.000  Charge 100.0000  END
                BEGIN "[i 4]"      id.i 4  id.u 29651037  Type Food  ActionPoint 53.00000  TimeToAction 960.0000  TimeToFailure 1440.000  Charge 100.0000  END
                BEGIN "[i 5]"      id.i 5  id.u 29651039  Type Safety  ActionPoint 53.00000  TimeToAction -360.0000  TimeToFailure -360.0000  Charge 5.062279  END
                BEGIN "[i 6]"      id.i 6  id.u 29651040  Type Hygiene  ActionPoint 54.00000  TimeToAction 1440.000  TimeToFailure 1440.000  Charge 100.0000  END
                BEGIN "[i 7]"      id.i 7  id.u 29651041  Type Exercise  ActionPoint 61.00000  TimeToAction 1440.000  TimeToFailure 1440.000  Charge 100.0000  END
                BEGIN "[i 8]"      id.i 8  id.u 29651042  Type Family  ActionPoint 55.00000  TimeToAction 1440.000  TimeToFailure 1440.000  Charge 100.0000  END
                BEGIN "[i 9]"      id.i 9  id.u 29651043  Type Recreation  ActionPoint 61.00000  TimeToAction 1440.000  TimeToFailure 1440.000  Charge 100.0000  END
                BEGIN "[i 10]"     id.i 10  id.u 29651045  Type Comfort  ActionPoint 43.00000  TimeToAction 720.0000  TimeToFailure 1440.000  Charge 100.0000  END
                BEGIN "[i 11]"     id.i 11  id.u 29651046  Type Environment  ActionPoint 37.00000  TimeToAction 720.0000  TimeToFailure 720.0000  END
                BEGIN "[i 12]"     id.i 12  id.u 29651047  Type Warmth  ActionPoint 45.00000  TimeToAction 1800.000  TimeToFailure 3600.000  END
                BEGIN "[i 15]"     id.i 15  id.u 29651038  Type Clothing  ActionPoint 59.00000  TimeToAction 4320.000  TimeToFailure 4320.000  Charge 100.0000  END
                BEGIN "[i 22]"     id.i 22  id.u 29651044  Type Luxuries  ActionPoint 33.00000  TimeToAction 2880.000  TimeToFailure 2880.000  Charge 100.0000  END
            END
        END
        BEGIN Experience
            TickTimer            14.68600
            StartingReoffendingChance 10
            BEGIN Experience TotalTime 9975.000  LockedDown 19950.00  MoodBad 11848.00  MoodNormal 8102.000  NoCondition 19560.00  KOd 240.0000  Hurt 150.0000  END
            BEGIN Results    END
        END
    END

PS: if you want to keep them instead of deleting (if there are still alive probably), I'm pretty sure you can just add to these prisonner the missing attributes
PosX and PosY (but I didn't tried it)

 

[GDJACKS]

Yep that worked, tedious but worked. There is another problem maybe related to this bug? I have a prisoners ready to transfer but says I have no available cells even though I do. I seem to be minus cells? As you can see the numbers are not adding up.

 

[AndrewT]

Thanks very much all! Great work.

I've now logged a new bug report on this, linked to this thread, and escalated it to Paradox management. Quite how that will be handled in the current shutdown I can't say, I'll try to check on it later this week.

Sorry for that problem!

 

[onkelsami]

I can confirm the workaround:
Edit the savegame and find the prisoners without PosX and PosY, add them manually. Save and load the file and it will work. Then you have to move the stucked guards manually and they can escort them.

I think the issue came with the random event, that i have to pick prisoners from another prison.

 

[Chris P. Bacon205]

How do you edit the save file? What program do you use?

 

[AndrewT]

Notepad can do it but Notepad++ is better.

 

[Chris P. Bacon205]

Thanks. I tried to do the workaround and delete all of the bugged prisoners but when I load the save the game crashes. I'm just going into the file and deleting the prisoners. Am I doing it wrong?

 

[onkelsami]

Dont delete it, that can make another issues cause of the open tasks that cant be done. But anyways it seems you did something wrong.
Better add PosX and PosY to the prisoners without.

After doing that i recommend to deactive the random events until there is a patch for it.

@AndrewT:
When we can expect a patch for that?

 

[DarkValefor]

Does anyone know if this is going to be fixed soon? Currently having this issue and now my save is unplayable

 

[AndrewT]

I cannot give ETAs for patches, I am sorry. I doubt it will come out in its own dedicated patch, most likely it will be rolled into the next one that was scheduled anyway.

 

[onkelsami]

Does anyone know if this is going to be fixed soon? Currently having this issue and now my save is unplayable

You didnt make a backup before editing?

 

[DarkValefor]

You didnt make a backup before editing?

Yes but I have had to edit the stuck prisoners out of my save file twice now and don't wish to continue having to do that. Just going to wait for the patch that fixes the issue