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Free sentries

Post by Arachnidnexus » 07 Nov 2015, 07:59

Bug Description:
You can get free sentries delivered from the supply shuttle without any points being spent. The drawback is that you can no longer order anything new from cargo ever again. But hey, free sentries amirite?

Steps to reproduce:
1. Make sure the shuttle is going back to central or is waiting there.
2. (Optional) Accumulate a lot of points, 800-1000 will do. Order and approve a number of sentry crates, explosives, etc. making sure to keep 30 points left.
3. Order a single collector crate and approve it. Note that this has to be in the same shipment.
4. Call the shuttle back. You'll receive the ordered things without the collector crate.
5. Ping-pong the shuttle back and forth. Every time it will bring the shipment except the collector. In fact, since the 'crates' are free you'll actually start gaining points back rather quickly.
6. Cargonia triumphant!
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I'm not sure what happens if you order a new shipment with another collector crate at the end. It might be possible to 'reset' the free shipment but I haven't tested that yet.
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Re: Free sentries

Post by Sargeantmuffinman » 07 Nov 2015, 08:05

Thay is a lot of sentries.
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Re: Free sentries

Post by Adjective » 07 Nov 2015, 11:43

If I see this bug being abused I'm going to use that handy "Delete-All" verb.

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Re: Free sentries

Post by SASoperative » 07 Nov 2015, 20:47

Same here. I will also ban the Cargo staff

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Re: Free sentries

Post by WyattH » 08 Nov 2015, 00:31

cmon admins, how about fixing the root cause instead of just ignoring it?

engineering here wants their collectors back

apop fucked up the code when he removed emitters from cargo

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Re: Free sentries

Post by coolsurf6 » 08 Nov 2015, 03:56

WyattH wrote:cmon admins, how about fixing the root cause instead of just ignoring it?

engineering here wants their collectors back

apop fucked up the code when he removed emitters from cargo
I think that they might be fixing it at the moment so just be patient.
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Re: Free sentries

Post by Complete Garbage » 08 Nov 2015, 08:27

coolsurf6 wrote: I think that they might be fixing it at the moment so just be patient.
Yeah, the dev staff is always busy, so it'll be fixed soon(tm), but in the mean-time, staff need a way to damage-control people who do abuse this.
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Re: Free sentries

Post by Rahlzel » 15 Feb 2016, 14:55

Fixed!

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