Thread:Fanoftinyvillage/@comment-5116140-20120828223157/@comment-5116140-20120829223817

Multiple Bug Fusion-Freeze Theory

OK, I have a new theory. We have all been looking for a single cause of the frozen fusion chambers and that is not accounting for all of the data submitted here. We already know TV claims to have fixed some problem s but there are more apparently. So the new theory is that the Frozen Fusion labs arise from Multiple Errors - a cluster of problems.

All these problems first appear at the end of the fusion when a number of book keeping issues arise. The issues are more sever actually in the case of a failed fusion.

Bug 1: Lost Feeding Data in the Case of a Failed Fusion

Agrees with TVs assessment.

If two feeding dinos fail to fuse, there is some book keeping required. The dinos are returned to their habitats and they begin feeding where they left off. I have seen this happen many times. I have put feeding dinos into the chamber, had it fail and was quite happy to see they returned and continued eating right where they were before they got tossed into the fusion chamber. Suppose in the update this feeding data is lost. That would case a crash if the fusion failed. As a corollary, this bug will produce more frozen chambers involving toddlers and teens and few involving adults, since fusions with small dinos are more likely to fail. It it is a success, there is no need for the feed data. The dinos are lost.

Bug 2: Modifed Fusion Code is failing for Same Biome dinos or Air+tindra dinos. This agrees with many of the reports here,and was our original theory. Bug 3: An unknown bug to explain BMcFierces' report who fused a bronto and dime and did not feed them first. I know, not much of a theory, but this does have all the appearance of a problem caused by multiple bugs, and not a single bug. Can any one produce a bug that would explain the BMcFierce frozen fusion? The key is to look for a case for which the computer cannot produce a needed piece of information, if that case arises.