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Bergfels
New Ace
11 hours ago

Logic Failure in Mass Transit: Total Standstill due to Locked Region Requests

I would like to report a systematic logic error in the new Train/Mass Transit system that has  now lead to a total standstill in my game.

The Evidence:

1. Item/Wagon Mismatch: I received orders for Silk (Limestone Cliffs), but the game demanded the Construction Wagon instead of the Industrial Wagon.

2. Reversed Scaling Logic: For days, the game only requested factory items from my smallest region. It completely ignored factory items from my other three larger, unlocked regions.

3. The 'Cactus Canyon' Bug: As soon as the algorithm tried to scale up from factory items  to shop items, it skipped all my unlocked regions and jumped into Cactus Canyon (which I do NOT own).

4. Total Blockade: I have now received my third consecutive order for Oil/Gas Canisters  from Cactus Canyon. All three of my assignment slots are now blocked by items I cannot produce or access.

 Conclusion:

There is a clear inversion in the selection algorithm. Instead of moving 'up' into the player's available regions, it moves 'down' the internal list into locked ones.

I refuse to spend SimCash to skip these orders, as this is a fundamental programming error. EA  should provide SimCash compensation to affected players so we can clear theseimpossible slots and continue our Train Pass progress.

I have attached screenshots of the wagon mismatch and all three blocked Cactus Canyon assignments. Has anyone else reached this total standstill?

 

 

3 Replies

  • I have all regions open. Construction Car has only ever asked for Silk, none of the other regional materials. This just seems to be an incorrect assignment of Silk to Construction Car, regardless of what regions you have. 

    Construction Car also states it includes Car Parts store items as possible cargo, but no other regions are possible. Hence the motor oil - it's just not factoring in whether you have that region or not. Maybe by design, maybe a bug. Same will happen with Rustic Car as that includes both the Sunny Isles and Frosty Fjords regional store items.

  • Seems you a major issue there.mi have had no problems as I have every region open. I hope EA fixes this for you, good luck