BATTLETECH - The contract "Take the Bait" refers multiple times to an "enemy 'Mech", but the actual enemy was a Demolisher.

[Slow Burn]

One line summary of your issue
The contract "Take the Bait" refers multiple times to an "enemy 'Mech", but the actual enemy was a Demolisher.

What platform are you running the game on?
Steam

What operating system do you use?
Arch Linux

Which version of the game are you running?
1.9.1-686R

What DLC do you have installed?
Flashpoint, Urban Warfare, Shadowhawk Pack, Heavy Metal

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
The contract description for "Take the Bait" refers to an "extremely heavy enemy 'Mech", and Darius has an in-mission line calling the main enemy lance a 'Mech, when in fact it was a Demolisher. Presumably the issue is that SimpleBattle_TakeTheBait.json is missing the lance_type_mech tag for the relevant lance; SimpleBattle_TakeTheBait_Hard.json does have that take. Regrettably, I didn't think to take an in-mission screenshot, but the uploaded shot shows no heavy mech salvage and the AC/20s from the Demolisher. Note that the game is Ironman, so the uploaded save is after the relevant mission.

Have you tried verifying your files?
No

Steps to reproduce the issue
Presumably, one repeatedly start a 5-difficulty "Taking the Bait" contract until it generates a vehicle as the bait lance. Possibly relevant: Enemy Force Strength was set to Hard.

Attach DxDiag (PC), System Info log (Mac), or run sudo lshw -html > specs.html and uploaded specs.html (Linux)
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Attach Output Log
Windows: \Users\YourUserName\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BATTLETECH\output_log.txt
Mac OS: Users >{name} > Library > Logs > Unity > Player.log
Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Harebrained Schemes/BATTLETECH/Player.log
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If the game crashed, please attach the crash file with the time stamp closest to the crash.
Windows: [Steam library folder]\steamapps\common\BATTLETECH\DumpBox
For v.17 and beyond try here: C:\Users\[YourUserName]\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BATTLETECH
OSX: Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > Steam > steamapps > common > BattleTech > DumpBox
Linux: [Steam library folder]/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH/DumpBox
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If a save game was loaded at the start of the game session, upload it. Please make sure to upload the save game with the timestamp closest to when you loaded it.
Windows:
Steam: [Steam installation folder]\userdata[SteamID]\637090\remote\C0\SGS1
GOG: 'C:\Users\USER_ID\AppData\Local\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\50593543263669699\Storage\Shared\Files\C#\SGS#'
Vanilla:'C:\Users\USER_ID\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BattleTech\C#\SGS#'
OSX:
Steam: Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > Steam > userdata > [SteamID] > 637090 > remote > C#> SGS#
GOG: Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > GOG.com > Galaxy > Applications > 50593543263669699 > Storage > Shared > Files > C# > SGS#
Vanilla: Macintosh HD > Users > [username]> Library > Application Support > unity.Harebrained Schemes.BattleTech > C# > SGG#
Linux:
Steam: /home/.steam/steam/userdata/[steamID]/637090/remote/C#/SGS#
GOG: /home/[username]/.config/unity3d/Harebrained Schemes/BATTLETECH/remote/C#/SGS#/
Vanilla: /home/[username]/.config/unity3d/Harebrained Schemes/BATTLETECH/remote/C#/SGS#/
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Attach screenshot / video
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[Slow Burn]

I was unable to fix a typo in the bug report (start->starts) because on submitting the edit, I was told that the post was likely "spam-like" or containing inappropriate content. Maybe the recommended bug report format shouldn't trigger the spam filter?

 

[AndrewT]

Users with low post counts cannot include any links in their posts. This is an anti-spam measure. Anything else would be fine.

To your problem, yes that's a clear error, but as I suspect there will be no more patches for this game it cannot be fixed. Sorry about that!

 

[Slow Burn]

Users with low post counts cannot include any links in their posts. This is an anti-spam measure. Anything else would be fine.

That's unfortunate when I can't be the first person to create an account to report a bug and the bug report format asks us to include links, but I can understand if new users wanting to edit their bug reports is a rare enough circumstance that it isn't worth configuring the filter another way. It's a bit more disappointing to learn that a fix for the contract might not make it into the game, but at least I and anyone else who cares to can tweak their files to probably prevent the issue. For anyone reading this who cares to do so, you can open BATTLETECH/BattleTech_Data/StreamingAssets/data/contracts/simplebattle/SimpleBattle_TakeTheBait.json, and add a comma after "lance_type_battle" on line 485 and then a new line consisting of (with quote marks included): "lance_type_mech". That will very likely force the relevant lance to be a mech rather than a vehicle with no other side effects, although as always, you tweak game files at your own risk.