Hello there folks.

I played ES2 beta a few times, but never to the late game, so I don't know it this bug is new to the release version, but I can't end my game, so here it is.

An AI faction (Vodyani in my game) remains "in interaction" so the turn can't finish. After that, the game is unresponsive, I can't leave using the menu nor load another game, must force quit via Alt+F4.

I tried to nail down the scenario and it apparently has something to do with combat with their last ship after all their systems are gone. Maybe the game failed to recognize they are exctinct, I don't know. Avoiding combat with that ship I managed to postpone the bug, but it happened some turns later when another AI attacked it anyway. It's a game breaking bug, because I can't advance past this.

I managed to produce 3 save games with 2 scenarios where the game locks down. It happens:

1 - If I attack that last ship after they are defeated. In that case, the combat never resolves.
2 - If another AI opponent attacks that ship, even multiple turns later.

I didn't bring a screenshot because the bug isn't really visual - but I have 3 save games in different turns. 2 savegames are locks because AI attacked the Vodyani, other is a game that can be bugged by the player attacking it.

Steps to reproduce (I believe) - attacking a ship from an extinct faction.

It's a 5/5 reproductable bug with my savegames, don't know otherwise because it's a late game bug and I didn't try to play another full game.

Thanks for your time and sorry for my flawed english.

Bugged combat.zip

Combat bug inc.zip - this one bugs if you attack the Voydiani ship

End turn bugged again.zip

I started another game without the Vodyani. It crossed my mind they lack the right trigger when defeated because they can survive without planets if they have surviving arks - maybe the game don't check if they have ships other than arks when the last one is killed?

Steam downloaded an update today, anyone know if this issue is fixed, please?

Akula wrote:

Steam downloaded an update today, anyone know if this issue is fixed, please?

Watch out yourself this link:

https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space-2/forums/65-general/threads/25505-official-release-notes-endless-space-2?page=1

got it today in MP game

I confirm too that the "pending" bug is still there AFTER the latest steam patch. I was playing with Lumeris and got stuck on turn 76 in SP.

First time I got the STUCK-IN-PENDING bug was earlier today, turn 73 on a sophon game.

I've tried reloading earlier autosaves to find out if it was one of my quests failing or something but nothing.

Here's the savefile:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/325v4perh5m2c8s/AutoSave%20658.zip?dl=0

It happens to me when I am impatient and keep pressing next turn and pressing esc to skip stuff. I could not replicate it, but it does happen once in a while. A simple restart of the game and loading the autosave works fine.