Multiplayer event force-killing characters at tournament due to how tournaments are handled in multiplayer

[TheNazzarow]

Information​

I have verifed my game files (Steam only)​

Yes

I have disabled all mods​

Yes

I am running the latest game update​

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Summary​

Multiplayer event force-killing characters at tournament due to how tournaments are handled in multiplayer

Description​

My character got killed by a rival character while partaking in a melee tournament without the rival character ever deciding to do so. Both me and the other character were player-controlled characters. I however did not recieve any events stating I might/will die in the contest (just the death screen) and the other player had the event pop up about the duel a day before I died, making it almost impossible to stop the game or select an event option before I was forced to die due to the game sending the death message a day later.

We believe the event for this should be in "events/activities/tournaments/contest_events.txt" event #1130 (Mortal Combat - Attack Rival). This event first fires the setup event "contest_events.1130" which apperantly did fire for my friend who killed me. The game now gives him the option to either fight me which would lead to one of us being injured with a 33% chance of death or the option to flee from the battle giving him a small chance to die or a large chance to run away. In my opinion the event should now wait for his choice to select one of the two options and then decide what happens and if a character dies.

This however did not happen. A day after this event popped up I died. We believe that:

trigger_event = {
id = contest_events.1132
days = 1
}

is responsible for that. This event fires the outcome event a day after the first event fired. While this would generally not be a problem in singleplayer due to the game pausing on events in MP this is a serious bug. The game decided to kill me before the other player had a chance to click an option.

I might have the savegame a couple days after this event happened. If needed I can attach it to this post.

Steps to reproduce​

1. Have 2 players both be at a melee contest while being rivals
2. Have the event 1130 fire
3. Let the game run for a couple of days before selecting an option
4. The game will select an option for you and execute that option before you clicked one

Game Version​

Lance (1.9.2.1)

Platform​

Windows

Additional Information​

Affected Feature​

• Events
• Multiplayer

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