Bug in Historical Nicaragua Scenario

[Dr. Dictator]

I don't know if I should put this here or in the Bugs folder, but I encountered a bug in the Nicaragua 1937 scenario that caused a crash.

What happened was that an earthquake in the 70's destroyed the Diplomatic Ministry. Immediately after this, I got a message that the US wanted me to fly the US flag from the ministry (which had been the case before the earthquake). Right away, the game crashed, with a divide by zero error.

I don't know if this resulted from the coincidence of two events, but it seemed like Tropico didn't like the fact that the Diplomatic Ministry wasn't there when it was expected to be present...

[Brf]

I have seen that happen with hurricanes in the regular game.

If you pay for new employees, and a storm destroys the building they were hired for.... When the boat arrives with the new employees, the game crashes.

[Dr. Dictator]

That's interesting, I've never seen that.

BTW, I think that Tropico actually crashed not because the Diplomatic Office was destroyed, but because the US base was destroyed by the earthquake. I think it crashed because it was trying to reduce the $1000 per year from the base down to $60 per year, and the base wasn't there anymore.

[Coconut Kid]

... If you pay for new employees, and a storm destroys the building they were hired for.... When the boat arrives with the new employees, the game crashes.

There is a way to avoid that.

http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~tropico/cafe/index.php?topic=9348.0

... I think that Tropico actually crashed not because the Diplomatic Office was destroyed, but because the US base was destroyed by the earthquake. I think it crashed because it was trying to reduce the $1000 per year from the base down to $60 per year, and the base wasn't there anymore.

Yes, the program doesn't deal well with "unexpected" changes in the "world." There is a warning about that in the commentary on the editor. If I may venture a guess, perhaps since buildings can be destroyed by an event, the script needs to check to see if they exist before it tries to modify anything about them.