Ship cargo bug Android 4.0.4

[drekx]

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S2 4g Epic Touch
Android: 4.0.4
Game Ver.: 4.7.15

I haven't completely tested everything that could cause the bug but at the very least it happens whenever there are trade alliances. If you go to an exchange hall and sell/buy items; exit back to the urban screen and then click home button; wait for like 1+ hours (not sure on exact time) and then open the game backup it will reset your ship cargo. I'm not sure if it resets the amount of money you have but I know it doesn't reset your faction ratings. Using this someone could raise 'faction' rep infinitely if they're patient enough .

edit: If you exit to the map screen the items will not 'come' back though if you just let it sit on the 'urban' screen it will keep happening.

[senior trader]

Turn off "don't keep activity" under developer options

Issue is only on phones with invalid options turned on.

If you are using it for doing dev testing, just turn it off when done.

[fallen]

@senior trader - thanks for the prompt response!
drekx - hope that helps resolve the issue. This is the weirdest option that came out in the 4.x release, and it often gets turned on by accident by people not doing testing / development. It will make all of our games go crazy and not work if you have it on.

[drekx]

Sorry it seems that I am blind, but I cannot find that option where might I find to make sure I do not have that checked? Thanks.

[Cory Trese]

I am afraid this is just how Android works, after a while (regardless of what options you have turned on) the OS will discard the state of the application.

I will log the issue as a problem with the Android version of the game (since Google won't take it as a bug in the OS) but I really don't know what priority I would assign it.

You're basically reporting that Android OS reclaims application memory after a period of time, and based on the device, does not inform the application that it is being reclaimed.

By doing this you're also resetting all Crew skill bonuses, Crew morale boosts, Faction power ratings and several other secret things in the game engine.

Triggering it to gain a few points of Faction rep might be worth it, I guess, but I wouldn't do it just knowing how much you're loosing in terms of Crew and Ship value.