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| Are there any more mercs in M.E.R.C. after Stoggie?[message #301524]
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Sun, 11 March 2012 15:49 
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Subject. Spec says there will be, however none appear despite 6 weeks of proper payments to M.E.R.C. (balance never at or higher 5k, never longer than 5 days delay) since Stoggie appeared in their roster. I'll try to wait for more, but it's day 112 as it is and i am starting to suspect some bug.
Additional info if anybody would want it: in my 1st playthrough of 1.13, i remember hiring someone from M.E.R.C. who was "squadleader", and i remember that the guy was appearing in M.E.R.C. roster about the same time as Stoggie. Now i am through my 2nd playthrough, and can't see that squadleader being available for hire. Stoggie appeared. Other "non-vanilla" guys, like Tex and Biggins, are also available. I tried to let the time go up to day 112, still no luck. Amount of cash spent to M.E.R.C. till day 112 is more than 150000$ (for several weeks, it was more than 3k per day, and for nearly all the time 1k+ per day). Game progress is 96% by day 60 and remains at that all the way till day 112, if it matters at all. Non-default "Slay stays" option is on, in case it matters. For both playthroughs, same version (4870) and same JA2 installation is used, however for 2nd several settings differ from 1st.
Any hints, advice, and suggestions are very welcome!
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| Re: Are there any more mercs in M.E.R.C. after Stoggie?[message #301547]
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Sun, 11 March 2012 21:32 
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I know about "Deputy" trait of Biggins; and no, he's not the one i was looking for, as i remember someone having "squadleader" specifically, and specifically in M.E.R.C., because i remember comparing the A.I.M.'s squadleader "Raider" (Ron Higgens) with someone from M.E.R.C. on the grounds to find out who would be more desirable "squadleader" to hire.
Thanks for replies though. Motivated me to look here and there, then thouroughly check MercProfiles.xml in my game's TableData folder. Result is, indeed there's no "squadleader" in M.E.R.C. Which means my memory play tricks with me. Which is, to say the least, unusual. That, or i had really strange glitch. Speculation: i heard merc profiles gets copied into savegames, perhaps then it glitched and someone became squadleader? Perhaps Biggins glitched, as it would take only two wrong bits in one single byte to change him into squadleader, and two wrong bits would pass through RAM's parity check. I mean, his traits are "7" (deputy), 17 and 13; in binary, that's "00000111", "00010001" and "00001101" correspondedly. So, if the latter somehow gets 5th and 7th bits inverted, it'll become exactly "00000111", i.e. "7", thus giving 2nd "deputy" trait to Biggins, thus making him "squadleader".
No matter what's the case, i am sorry for wasting your time, people. ><
Request to moderator: if possible, please lock this topic or delete it (whichever is more appropriate to do in such cases on this board). Thanks.
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