Greetings,

Bug is pretty straight forward. If I play with that quest turned on about turn 140 or so I get a turn that never transitions to the next. Attached are a save with a custom faction and then Riftborn before I accept the quest. Have played games without that quest turned on to completion. I have all DLC but am currently playing with Pnembra turned off. It is 100% repeatable on my end. 

BugReport1.sav

Bug Report2.sav

Can you upload a diagnostic? Documents/Endless Space 2/Temporary Files

It'll be the one created when you first launched the game for that session, and last modified when you quit.

Hello,

Here is the link via Google Drive. Didn't check the save with custom file but the horatio file (Bug Report 2) With the Horatio I have current Diagnostic with bug replicated. Hope this helps all concerned. Thanks again.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eVkGJ8pWFPB5SOZGQTuzQS-9rIyrzfUS/view?usp=sharing

Argument cannot be null. Parameter name: empireWithWhichTheStatusChange
at SetDiplomaticRelationState in :line 0 
at MinigamesManagementService_MinigamesUpdated in :line 0 
at IMinigamesManagementService.BuildMinigameTeam in :line 0

I think we had discovered that in Discord. Steps to reproduce are Academy Expansion: None and Metaplot Quest enabled. And the only workaround was just completely breaking the quest so they could finish their game.

knofbath wrote:

I think we had discovered that in Discord. Steps to reproduce are Academy Expansion: None and Metaplot Quest enabled. And the only workaround was just completely breaking the quest so they could finish their game.

Nice. Does that mean if I increase the academy expansion metric, I can indeed play the meta quest plot? Not particularly desperate to save the games broken, was just achievement hunting anyways.

Tenacity wrote:

knofbath wrote:

I think we had discovered that in Discord. Steps to reproduce are Academy Expansion: None and Metaplot Quest enabled. And the only workaround was just completely breaking the quest so they could finish their game.

Nice. Does that mean if I increase the academy expansion metric, I can indeed play the meta quest plot? Not particularly desperate to save the games broken, was just achievement hunting anyways.

Yes, I believe that should work. I've completed the Academy metaplot quest with the Academy on Low expansion, which should make them passive/small and inoffensive unless the Nakalim gift them systems.

What's the metaplot quest? The academy questline? So I need to play my games with the academy quest turned off?

AntiSmarkEquation wrote:

What's the metaplot quest? The academy questline? So I need to play my games with the academy quest turned off?

Is Isander's gambit quest: find the lodestone systems and occupy them, then a king of the hill minigame.These systems are destroyed or rejuvenated depending on what side you pick.

Ninakoru wrote:

AntiSmarkEquation wrote:

What's the metaplot quest? The academy questline? So I need to play my games with the academy quest turned off?

Is Isander's gambit quest: find the lodestone systems and occupy them, then a king of the hill minigame.These systems are destroyed or rejuvenated depending on what side you pick.

Okay, that's not what's causing my end turn bug then. My game keeps bugging out at either turn 69 or 70, long before that quest starts.

I fixed one instance of pending turn bug (is also reported here), if you're willing to replace a file check "Enfer Reloaded" mod on Steam.

For the "Academy Expansion: None" thing, in order to break the quest (Just to finish an in-progress game with the bug.):

The file you need to replace is: "\Endless Space 2\Public\Quests\QuestDefinitions[Metaplot].xml"
QuestDefinitions[Metaplot].7z

This breaks the metaplot quest even on other Academy Expansion settings, and is NOT multiplayer compatible unless all parties make the modification
To remove/revert this change, Verify Files, or use the .bak of the original

Turning "Academy Quest: Off" in Game Settings before starting a new game is the far more user friendly solution long term.