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1 st problem is in the picture second is that when I quit the game at the moment when I am dieing all of my things are gone
I have no clue but you need to fix thing where if you leave a game when your dying it resets ur base like removes ur progress
Gotcha. I'll look into it. By exit you mean just force close the game? or exiting through the ESC end game menu?
By super speedy I meant the game was happening faster. The time was ticking faster (and all things time related), the character was moving so fast I had trouble controlling it. Things like that. I'm not even sure now if that was what the 'FASTER' download was supposed to do, let alone the normal download like I'm talking about. It's interesting too because I watched a friend download the same version and theirs played at the proper pace so I'm really not certain what the problem was. Anyway, I redownloaded it after seeing you responded to check if you somehow fixed whatever the problem was and it seems like you did! So thank you for the quick fix!
The issue had to do with your monitor having a higher Hz monitor (96 Hz or 144 Hz) then the standard 60 Hz most people have. For some reason the settings I had to control frame rate didn't account correctly for the refresh rate of higher monitors. The only why I could test it was to actually lower the refresh rate of my monitor to 40 Hz. I noticed it was slower then normal game play. I switched some sync settings in Game Maker and found one that didn't slow the game down. Glad this worked!
The FASTER download is suppose to run faster if you are noticing some slow game play (only useful for older computers). The reason it isn't the standard game play is because it is more buggy and takes much longer to compile.
Please try this fix: https://itch.io/t/442958/fatal-error-in-vertex-shader-compilation-solved
Latest version as shown (0.3.8) often (usually) has the mission tracking shown as bugged upon game load ("Mission 1 of 0") preventing completion of acquired missions. Resetting/deleting may help temporarily but the bug returns upon next save/load and forces one to redo all the prior missions.
Also, slightly less important, there seems to be no way to clean up the corpse of the person by the E.D.I.E beside waiting till they disappear on their own. Maybe being able to search them like corpses of enemy dead sentients could be provided?
FOUND THE PROBLEM. My goodness thank you for finding that bug. I can't believe I didn't see this one. I guess I've been focused on art and level building and not playing the game. Extra credit for you! :) Patch later today with a dev log explaining the issue. I think your mission data is safe though so that is good.
Thank you kindly for your swift response. I just checked the page again ready to look for the ini file but if it's already not needed, all the more thanks to you.
I'm having an unwanted decorative living fossil in my house. What should I do now?
Beds allow infinite cloning when used before nighttime.
** Some bugs related to animals: **
- Llamas can completely prevent you from building when ridden on.
- Their incredibly thin body and high speed makes them extremely good at playing hide and seek.
- Woolies are obsessed with livestock guards sometimes.
- Also, I think that signs should appear in front of walls
Some time passed since my last bug report so I think it's good to put it in the new post (I do hope though that the previous one was checked since I added to it before through edits and I worry slightly whatever was added then may have passed under the radar).
I notice the assets are a lot bigger - the dev mentioned that themselves - making the game bigger. However, for some reasons it's also very noticeably slower for me, as if the game would keep processing bigger assets all the time instead of any preloading. Upon entering map I have over 100 FPS according to the counter, but soon it all goes down to circa 30-15, with the only exception being the home town for some reason, where the FPS is relatively consistent or at least decent enough to not notice strong slowdowns. The general increased game slowness also led to exploration map taking a time to drop loading screen for the first time and that in turn led to this issue:
Happened upon loading random exploration map. The loading was left there and wasn't disappearing at all, the items carried were not shown either. Even leaving the map left it on the screen (while increasing its size) till another loading screen was triggered by entering elsewhere. Edit: Seems it's always happening at 94.34%
Other bugs:
So the wood burner produces electricity. I does not need to be hooked up to anything. You need to build a transformer and connect that up to a relay. The relay gives power to switches (in a radius around the relay) and switches give power to machines. I need t write a tutorial about that. I hope this helps. Relays can also be hooked together to distribute power different places.
So, should I just built the transformer near the woodburner? I did that and hooked it to the relay, then i tried to hook the relay up to the switch (transformer>relay>switch>electric well), but the relay doesn't connect to the switch. I can't conect it to the electrical well and connecting it switch>releay also doesn't do anything.
ok. Heh, i thought that the circle shows the radious in which the cable can be connected.
Also, i have another question. I what intervals new NPCs arrive? I have 5 beds and only 2 NPCs are in my town. And what is that 3rd stat, the one under ammount of beds in your setelment? Is it related to how much food the town has?
The stat with the house is your base score the higher the score the more people will join. Base score is based on the amount and quality of things in your base. I havent balanced it yet though. Stone and metal buildings are worrh more then wood. Most of everything else is worth 1 (but will change later). Now the max npc population is 8 I probably need to adjust the rate on which people arrive. If you build it they will come.
I sure did! Was fun creating one. I couldn't continue the series though, my PC crashed and 2 months later got a new laptop (a gaming one at that) which is far more better then my old pc. I plan to make another episode soon... on another map though xd
Maybe it could be I just need to check for the time of the day somewhere I forgot to (fingers crossed)
yes i am working on completing missions. I think that task is the last one in that mission line. It is an error because it should clear itself.
I agree with all of these. What is your base score or could you send me your CAMP.ini? I should probably limit the amount of things people make. It isn't intended to have 1000 trees and 100 cows. You are meant to build more bases. I could fix this by capping the base score OR capping the things themselves. I think my new version has better frame rates so I'll push a build out today.
I make the campmates wait by you so you can change their jobs. I suppose the priority should be given to the current UI you are using. I'll see if I can fix that. I agree it is annoying.
Those darn chicken eggs... I swear I've 'fixed' that 10 times.
My base score is 3309. It could be all the cows that are in my pen. That was back when the cows would breed all willy nilly. I could try killing a bunch of 'em and see if that brings my frame rates back up. I also have a TON of bonfires that I used to light up my entire home base so that I could see in the dark when the raids come (because the little drone guy only lights up the path behind you when you're moving, so you can't see anything in front of you). However, the frame rates were low before I did that. I did that because I was bored and wanted something productive to do. But I'm sure it didn't help. The animations of the flames on the bonfire might be a bit taxing, I don't know. I think it would be interesting to have a cap on things themselves. Where a base can only consist of a certain amount of walls, and that gives incentive to actually build the wagon and go somewhere else when the base you're at now is too small for what you want. Maybe you can only have a certain number of cows on a base, chickens, things like that. I think that would be a good idea. Good thinking!
I don't know what you want from my CAMPSTARTER.ini but it's hundreds of lines long, and I'm sure you don't want it slapped into this reply. I'd make a spoiler or attach the file but I don't know how/or if you can.
The problem with the power is simply that you need much more than for solar panels to power five wells. Each solar panel only generates about 1 or so power and each well takes up like 2 or 3 power. Maybe even more but i'd have to test it. I've never had a problem with the power since I made like 20 solar panels. Alsofor the raids and stuff you can simply sleep at night while its happening or before it happens and it doesn't affect the timer at all. That is also another weird thing to me is that basically the night time doesn't seem to be that big of a deal. I'll create a post on that.
When I played the newest version, I noticed that automated gates when placed vertically have very unexpected behaviors.
As you can see in the top row of pics, the gate made entities looked like they clipped to the wall. I think removing the extra wall parts in the gates' sprite will fix the problem.
The second row of pics was taken after I let the game run on its own. While I'm gone, The *powered* gate had used its leftover energy and advanced intelligence to create an invisible wall which stopped two opposing sides from murdering each other and starting a war for over 5 hours in real time! Peace is often overlooked by many developers. Therefore, I hope that you'll implement this into other automations.
Also, counters, bear traps and turrets currently don't cost anything.
Minor suggestion: Volume Control
I'm getting what I think is a problem. Whenever I go to an area, like the orphanage, steven's farm, or a mission location, I can't see anything except the supply zone thing. The whole area is just...sand. I looked at some videos and that is not what is supposed to happen. Everything else seemed great. I really love the game, I'm just really curios to know what is supposed to be here. Thanks!
It is working fine for me. Try clicking the reset missions map data in the other option menu. Check to see if there is .ini files located in %localappdata% with the name of the places. Resetting the mission maps data should fix it though. Also inside the rooms folder you should see starter files and they should have text inside it.
I reset the missions map data, and the locations were still blank, I reset the missions, and the locations were still blank, I reset all data, and the locations were still blank. I looked in the game files and I did see .ini files. Inside the starter files in the rooms folder I see text like:
[large_water_tower1]
image_index="0.000000"
cost_array="[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]"
image_xscale="1.000000"
y="1082.000000"
x="332.000000"
Right which should load. Try re-downloading? Delete all the files that start with "rm_" in the %localappdata%sand_alpha folder. If that doesn't work delete the whole folder (CAMP.ini and resources.ini you can save)
https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-access-the-application-data-folder
I deleted the whole folder, re-downloaded the zip file, but there is still no pre-made buildings in the locations. Is there supposed to be any buildings already existing at the starting camp? Because there is nothing except E.D.I.E., the player and the body. If you would like any more info, feel free to ask. I'd love to help.
Very odd... I know it is fixed but today I'll look at the loading and saving of bases.
As I remember, in some of the games you respawn where you finished the game.
But as I recover more and more games, the practice of respawning in the centre of the map / home place is quite common. So don't bother. Your solution is fine. I just got confused for a while. But after playing a little I got the point :) .
okay so i love the game so much already but i might have found 2 bugs but at least 1 for sure.
so the first one i am not sure if its just that the questline stops there or if its a bug. For the quest i had to get the spy drones from the south and deliver them to edie. I picked up the drones and the area is not showing on the map anymore. So i am sure i have the item but edie doesnt show the question mark for wanting to talk and the quest is specifically saying for me to talk to edie.
the second bug i am experiencing is with the bow. The shooting works fine but in order to get arrows back you have to pick them back up. but whenever i walk over them the animation and sound happen forever and i get all my arrows instantly back. the arrow will stay on the ground and the area will get covered in arrows most of the time. I like it since its pretty handy but not balanced and how it was meant to work i think...
The link for a gif of the arrow problem
https://gyazo.com/9d9990514e1d063c62baccf8fdd41628
Screenshot of the quest problem
I just haven't unlocked the rest of the quests yet. I have more made but I am still working on it.
So I've capped the amount of NPC per base. I'll increase the number as we go. I'll also probably make it a number you can set in the menu.
I went to the electricity tutorial and when I got to the last part, the "graduation" stage, an enemy appeared but went right into the far right corner of the building. Then Duke "The Sniper" went into the far left corner of the building and started shooting randomly. Because the enemy was stuck in the wall, I couldn't shoot them. I had to use my machete to get to them. I guess I was able to knock the enemy out from the wall because it ran out of the building and only then did Duke follow. Not too big of a deal but I didn't think it was intentional either.
I ran into a bug where the game was stuck in a perpetual state of RAID where a raid was coming from the North, but even though we already killed the raid, the message didn't go away and for some reason ALL of my campmates went by the bell and just stood in one place. I thought maybe I had the bell on and forgot to turn it off, but it was off. But I turned it on, and they all spread out from that one area, then I turned the bell off and they all went back into ONE space. ALL of them in one space. I had to quit the game and come back. An easy fix, but again, I'm sure it wasn't intentional.
btw i also found abother bug when u hit enemies with a car their life bar empties completely but they don't die and sometimes they fall asleep its a bit weird
Try maybe some of the reset options in the main menu. Except the delete everything option.
Transformers attach to relays. Relays attach ONLY to other relays (must be hooked up from powered to un-powered). The relays turn green when powered. Relays provide energy to switches (you do not have to attach them to relays). Switches attach to other things like doors.
I've already tried all of the reset options in the main menu and have reset multiple saves at this point, but nothing has changed. Also, I understand that only certain objects can attach to other certain objects, but the transformers won't attach to relays and switches won't attach to anything that needs them such as the wall gate and electric well.
I love this game though, so for now I've just been stuck at the mission that requires me to move down and I've automated my base with 3 npc workers.
Food supply works good now as far as I can tell. Good job!
I also really like the new top tile half walls, though I discovered a minor issue with doors. When you place more than one half tile next to them, their door-texture fades while you can still use them as doors – they just don´t look like doors anymore.
And there´s a bug about raids not showing up sometimes.
Game Maker 1.4 is what I am using for this. I'll convert it over to 2.0 near release (it should improve performance).
it worked thanks!! P.s i love your game and the only suggestion i have is to try and optimize the game ^^
no problem! If I can make another suggestion you should add a way to see how many energy you can on your network but apart from that I'm loving it! Good job!!!
Soooo, (Veeeery) minor bug.
When you close the gate while you are standing in the middle of it, you get stuck in the fence.
Encountered this a while back & didn't want to mention it coz its easily fixed by restarting the game & re-spawning. [I guess I was on the fence with this one! (stupid pun intended :-D)].
Anyways, here you go.
Not sure why this is happening to you. It doesn't happen to me so I can't really figure it out.
First try going to options and clicking reset map data.
If that doesn't work can you check your rooms folder and see if steven farms starter file is blank? It should not be.
If that doesn't work go to %localappdata%/Sand_Alpha (type this in the address bar in windows explorer).
if you have a rm_stevens_farm delete it and restart the game.
FINALLY if that doesn't work go to the stevenfarm map. Press the ~ button (to enabled dev mode) and build something. Leave the room, and go back in. Does it have the object?
Please get back to me. I really am interested why this is happening to you. It might be an anti-virus program deleting files? I don't know, but please get back to me about this. Without physically being at your computer it is very hard because I can't replicate the bug.
Press the ~ (or really the ` key; top left) key and the words devmode should pop-up under the clock. It will allow you to open the build menu in other places then your base. Press B like normal. This is a very strange issue. So the starter files are there and aren't blank. You deleted the stevens farm file in the %localappdata%. Can you maybe send me both the files (steven farm and steven farm starter)? adam@truncale.net
I am using Game Maker. I've been making this game off and on for 2 years. It really shouldn't have taken me that long though. Work gets in the way :)
I actually bought the sound tracks and found all the sounds from free sound websites. I do plan on making my own, but I need $ to buy the software. I just really enjoy the whole process of creating it all from scratch.
So the raid system is based off of your base score (which is the house icon at the left) so this shouldn't affect the system. Their are several 'types' of missions for building. One is HAVE X number of things built and BUILD X number of new things. It is definitely cheesing the system; I use it when I retest all the missions :)
I'll look into the resetting data buttons. Maybe I messed them up some how.
I remember now I disabled rotation for the work stations because of the way the items spawned or maybe the UI display? I was probably just being lazy while doing other things and not wanting to recalculate the positions of everything lol
Got this error (and similar errors for punches) during a raid -- happened multiple times in a row but eventually stopped. I was standing at the center of my base not involved in the raid at the time, so maybe something to do with the guards? This is in alpha 0.3.19.
Edit: meant to mention I was in the same base in similar situations in alpha 0.3.18 and did not get this error.
I could press ignore but it kept happening. I'd have a split second in game before another error would pop up, and what finally stopped it was switching from a blank inventory slot to an item. Not sure why. I did not have a shotgun in inventory when the first one happened, I thought to try that once it switched over to something about punches.
Sorry i was really dumb and put the stuff i wanted to sell in buy and the stuff i wanted to buy in sell
I got an error with your current version right now the 0.5.6. I just plop the llama nest and it did this error code
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FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object obj_baby_llama:
REAL argument is unset
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called from - gml_Script_state_random_walk (line 17)
called from - gml_Object_obj_baby_llama_Step_0 (line 12)
Error occurred when you placed a baby llama and then then a nest. The baby llamas define home as the nearest nest (if there is one). For some reason a variable was not created correctly. The error is now fixed and added into the next patch
ahh I'll check that from the hot bar slot. It could be messed up. I modified that code slightly.
There are backups created in the %localappdata% folder you can try replacing files from there (Check the dates on the files and pick a newer one).
I'll check on these errors.
I believed I fixed both of these errors. The memory error might be a memory leak on my part (but I am pretty good at not creating those; I'll run a test, it has been awhile). Update inbound.
Good to know and thanks for the quick response. I have just needed to replace the CAMP.ini with a backup and it worked! :)
They shouldn't disappear while in your base. They get reloaded when you leave the base and come back. Sometimes They appear in walls lol. That is a bug I think I fix and then it comes back. :)
I removed the player upgrades from the game completely. You now 'level' up as you play instead of paying for levels... and I love that you think the game is great :)
I'll have to remove them from the saved files in the next update. Thanks for the bug find!
I've forgot to mention that this report comes after the deliverer are active, I think that somewhere in the time when they are activated and when they move to the selling booth something is not quite right, but the game was fine itself. It was functioning, but I had to turn the deliverer off if I don't want to get this report. But thats a minor issue I think, maybe it can be some issue with my system itself, I dunno^^
i unzipped everything and i started a normal spawn, i just reinstalled the game and started fresh. things happen with alphas.
humm... I wonder if itch launcher stores files in different places...
But glad it works for you!
ops I'm sorry for not responding about the bug, I was completely consented to a game that I ended up forgetting about the rest! but basically road, dirt, dark sand and rock floors, the bug doesn’t happen with 100% but normally when it happens in a certain place it’s always repeated, and I also wanted to take the opportunity to ask a question the npc’s option to sweep the floor was temporarily disabled ? sorry if this subject has already been said elsewhere and that i came back to this game a short time ago
Make sure you have unzipped all the files before you run the exe. Also in the options menu you can reset everything. See if that helps :)
Was there any change regarding the winds or power generation? as though it might be something involved in some change in the direction of the wind, probably something that has not been applied completely yet, believing that if the energy generation is based on the speed of the wind, probably what is occurring would be winds with negative force making the blades of the windmill rotate in reverse and generate negative energy values.
I didn't directly change anything. Also yes you are correct that windmills are based on windspeed (or technically the windmills rotation speed which accelerates/decelerates when the wind speed changes). Wind direction only goes one way for now. I put a temporary fix that will stop the energy from ever going negative, but I need to see what is causing it
1. yeah i think there error there is the missions get reloaded on that menu. I'll fix that.
2. lol funny :) I can fix that pretty easily
3. Odd. I'll look into that!
Thanks! I am excited people like it :)
I haven't really built it to be online multiplayer. I could (and am strongly thinking about it) add a couch-co-op multiplayer. I could still add the net code maybe to make it playable online. I just don't want to say I will and then bite off more then I can chew and disappoint someone.
Another one today : )
when attaching relay to another which is connected to a switch ( I think? ) connected to gates
Yap, with the hotfix.
well sorry I'm ruining your game lol but I had another crush while exiting the underground with the stone in Raider Camp Beta.
I decided to reset everything except for my camp so I'm redoing the quests cause I haven't done then since v3.5 or something.
So probably I'll find more bugs I will update here lol
yes i'am using the newest, this can happen when i interact with the bed, close game, save, the day ends or i go in another part of the map.
it's random.
i think it is the bed and fireplace that i destroy on the beggining of the game, i'm going to try playing without drestroying them and tell you if the error stil happends or not.
well, i got another error, i was travelling and clicked explore, i travelled 3 times before and no error happend.
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ERROR in
action number 1
of Other Event: User Defined 3
for object obj_camp_fire:
Trying to read from undefined INI file
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called from - gml_Object_obj_camp_fire_Other_13 (line 47)
called from - gml_Object_obj_prefab_loader_Create_0 (line 35)
called from - gml_Object_obj_resource_generator_0_Alarm_1 (line 3)
Hey just finished the updated story mission - LOVED IT!!!!
Small issue tho, my followers, the shotgun woman and sharpshooter both fires too much bullets. I mean so much bullets. Its like they have an infinite rate of fire!!!
is there a fix for this???
Brand new, after dying on the new map and trying to return to exploration, the map doesn't load and neither does its city points, etc.
very strange indeed. I have a default file for key definitions. It must be because you had a much older version I didn't account for. I am glad you found the solution. Happy gaming!
Thank you for your fast replay. I will try the newest version ASAP.
This weekend I had some time to play the version just before slots for saved worlds. It was even better gameplay than I expected. Pretty intensive and sometimes challenging (especially green gremlin attacking when you explore "distant" place).
Unfrotunately I have spot 3 bugs (or features? - please tell me which are the features for now):
1. This little green guy attacking me was also attacking nomads on that explored land. They didn't cooperate but fight with each other (or rather that was only green attacking).
2. I have spot a scrap vehicle on that land (spacecraft?) with lots of metal. Great source of metal. And lots of clicking ;) . But when you scrap the vehicle (~1000 clicks?) you... gain another vehicle to scrap! It will not disappear! :)
3. Volt-o-meters. I remember that they had a need of power supply from pylons and transformer. Now I was able to use them to power up one of my robots without other support. I am not sure if it has changed, is a bug or I remember incorrectly. Or maybe I made another bug somehow. Maybe try to reproduce the sequence: put a transformer, pylon, vlotometer switch (2x) and farmer robot, then connect everything in a standard way, set up switches options and see that the robot is working. Then remove the transformer and the pylon and your robot should still work.
1. Yes they have different factions. The skeletons should attack the green one though. That might be a bug.
2. That is something I will have to look into! I am proud of you for clicking that many times :)
3. Yeah I noticed that bug awhile back. It think switches are the only thing that is working correctly right now. I'll put that higher on my list to fix.
1. I can confirm that skeletons don't attack green ones. It was hard to check (since skeletons very like my guy), but I could see situation when two of them were standing still and green ball was killing them.
2. Clicking is not the issue. I had some time while watching a TV series at the same time :P. So I thought "why not?". :D
3. So it is not a bug but an exploit! ;)
Anyway, I have to say big "thank you" for your work. It is great! And I can see that the game is still under development, which is not a very common situation here, on this platform. Hope you will find a way to develop it even longer :).
Update about 2.:
The ship has disappeared. After two cycles of clicking. I guess that there are two ships in the same spot and when one disappeared, another was available on the same place.
And don't be proud of me for clicking ;). I have written very simple program to click for myself :P.
Hello 'He who programs'
On starting a new game and opening the build menu the game crashes shortly after when I click or scroll the mouse wheel.
I get the error:
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FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Mouse Event for Mouse Wheel Down
for object obj_build_tool:
trying to index variable that is not an array
############################################################################################
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called from - gml_Object_obj_build_tool_Mouse_61 (line 17)
Found the issue. There was a missing file on my side. I am building now and will upload soon.
probably this exploid hasn't been found before because you can't find it, you basically trip over it, turning it into something pretty hidden, keep up the good work like you always do.
sorry for the delay, in Anchor Rage resource packs such as food and stone are under the shelves, in raider camp alpha there are some gates that are below the floor and are invisible if they are open.
It doesn't appear anything in buildmode to build.
So basically I press b (buildmode) then i press 'e' or 'q', the program stops. (Sand_Alpha.exe is not responding)
The good thing that the song(Audio of the game) is still plays somehow when the program is stop
(Btw I used to play your game before 2 years, it was my fav game, thanks for the game that got me through lockdown:)
This happened during a raid, I have no idea what it means
(in case the picture isn't loading in, here's a imgur link: https://imgur.com/A3MdV2S"
Also my buddies weren't sleeping in the straw beds :( they were just walking inside of it without actually sleeping
It works now.
However, there is an issue.
I have chosen not to take the quest to sell the children to the slaver, doing so resulting in them staying in my settlement.
I have launched the game, and they all walked outside of the borders.
Some of them stuck around near the visible border for a bit, but they all eventually left.
I did unzip it…. But when i tried to load the game again some of my resources are not 0 anymore Example : Metal : 12, when quit and open it back it still 12 but if i get some metal and now the number are 50 then i quit and open it back it reset to 12.. Only EXP, the base number, and the “slave” not reseted to 0 Example : EXP : 1.4K, then if i get EXP and now are 3.2K i try to quit and open it back again it will stay on 3.2K.
I don’t know what causes that i hope you know.
why cant i have more campmates anymore? i have more than 50 beds but it still hasnt increased once its been almost a day since playing ;-;
i didnt know how to make a screenshot so i used the snipping tool
I don't know if it's supposed to be like this, but this is the area with the question mark below base and the entire place is empty. This is the same for all areas other than base camp that I try to enter. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
So, there it says I have 3 members, one of them doesn't have a health thingy on top, and I can't change the job of Duke, the guy with the black hat
I have mentioned this problem before but would really appreciate an update, this the only thing at Steven farm or any other special area on the map and I have reinstalled about 4 times which fixed it once and then broke it again. 
