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Sparky leaves, with a "renew contract" menu[message #362666] Tue, 16 March 2021 02:04 Go to next message
grothmag is currently offline grothmag

 
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Something just happened that I haven't seen before - is it a bug, or normal mod (but odd) behaviour?

In a very slow-paced game, Sparky was hanging out with Spider in Grumm mine. Sparky, being MERC, doesn't have a contract to renew; I've been paying up the MERC account fairly regularly, only occasionally getting a snippy message when doing so a little late.

Now, a standard "contract renewal" box popped up for Sparky; of course there's no option to renew for a day/week/two weeks, only Dismiss and Cancel are valid ... and either of those causes Sparky to complain that "she just got started", and leaves. In game_log.log, there is an error (it's trying to play a "my contract is almost up" message for Sparky, but she doesn't have a voice file for that:

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This is 1.13 v8930, and whatever the folder version is that goes with that.

Do MERCs sometimes leave (using the AIM/contract dialogue), should I be seeing if she's annoyed by anything? (There is nothing obvious, she hasn't been complaining about anything.) Or is something just broken that's causing her to try to renew a nonexistent contract?

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Re: Sparky leaves, with a "renew contract" menu[message #362719 is a reply to message #362666] Sun, 21 March 2021 22:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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AIM mercs leave only when their contract is complete. Wether they will be rehired again, it depends on you. Depending on your actions such as if too many mercs died while under your command, if you have killed civilians, back in vanilla, the rebel mercs would complain if you didn't treat injured militia and let them bleed to death instead, stuff like that. MERC mercs however....they might just up and leave if they get annoyed or remain unpaid (past due) 2-3 times. Be careful to keep them paid at a regular rate. Don't wait until they reach only a few hours before contract completion. Avoid hiring mercs that dislike each other, there are a couple of tricks to balance this out. You'll have to experiment and see who's who and how to keep them away from each other. If you want detailed info on this, let me know.

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Re: Sparky leaves, with a "renew contract" menu[message #362731 is a reply to message #362719] Mon, 22 March 2021 20:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thank you, Gopas. This is a MERC merc, and I've never had one leave - I guess I'm just that great as an employer.

But I was surprised at how clunky the departure was - I would have expected something like "Yeah, you stink, I'm leaving", but instead it used the AIM contract renewal dialogue (for MERC!), with no contracts selectable, and then Sparky complained when I couldn't renew her (and tried to trigger a voice file that doesn't exist for her). That's why I suspected it might be a bug. But just knowing that MERC mercs do leave sometimes is helpful, so thanks again!

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Re: Sparky leaves, with a "renew contract" menu[message #362740 is a reply to message #362731] Wed, 24 March 2021 02:22 Go to previous message
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Yeah, MERC mercs are touchy, they can leave if they don't get paid on time or if you hire someone they dislike. The latter takes an hour or 2 to take effect. Depending on which mod you are playing you may have different results. In one of my games (unfortunately, i don't remember which mod it was) even Buns accepted me hiring her, despite the fact that i've had Reaper in my team already. She's even commented on it but in a positive way : *You've got Reaper in your team. However, i will accept and work for you*. Something along those lines. Still, i didn't put them in the same squad. That took me by surprise, great attitude !


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