Research Labs Deserted

[rob_tomcat]

With the new patch all my 3 research labs in 3 domes are deserted even though there are 8, 6 and 5 scientists in the respective domes. Before the patch all science labs were fully populated with 3 shifts.

What is going on?

Rob

 

[Gilmund]

Probly the patch messing up old saves for some reason. You're not the only one to have the issue afaik.

 

[PaulMClem]

Aye, my research lab is also empty. However, I thought it was because all my scientists were suddenly either dead or senior.

 

[HappyCerberus]

Same here, but I think it's not just an issue with the research labs, this seems to happen to other buildings as well for me.

 

[rob_tomcat]

Yes, the Spirit patch has really broken the old Save games as I have now found multiple things not working at all.

So old Saves are useless and thus current games cannot be completed. So nice of Paradox/Heimimont to warn us about Save game compatibility. And Steam will not let you go back to a previous version either. I really HATE the way Steam forces you to update games and then everything breaks.

Thankfully I have a partition backup from the weekend and reloading the old Surviving Mars folder into Steam from the backup and forcing Steam into offline mode so it cannot update has enabled me to continue playing my old game with the previous version.

Why can't we be allowed to finish "old" games in Surviving Mars as you can with Steam for many other Paradox Games like EU4 and others?

Rob

 

[Arentak]

I've always been able to use older versions of paradox games through the betas tab. I don't know if that's true for Surviving Mars though.

 

[PaulMClem]

Ah, well. Looks like I'll need to start a fresh game. No big deal.

 

[rob_tomcat]

I've always been able to use older versions of paradox games through the betas tab. I don't know if that's true for Surviving Mars though.

So have I, but not possible with Surviving Mars.

 

[TheUnspeakable]

I really hope they add that option, as I have confirmed everything works well with new games but all the old saves are broken.

 

[Blodo]

I fixed it by destroying my research labs and rebuilding them, same with any other building that got deserted. Try that.