Map issue after restarting and loading a saved game online

[kpeamon]

It is so great that saving without logging in is now possible in Quest 5.9. Unfortunately, in the otherwise excellent game "A Stranger, Unregarded", saving the game and restarting and selecting that save ruins the map layout. It apparently erases some rooms on the map and visiting the old locations does not help.

This would mean a huge difference for this game (and others?) where the map and room colors have been so well integrated, and would serve as a great example of how well such maps could be done, assuming it works well.

Is it possible to solve this problem?
Thanks :)

PS: The game is here: https://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/vh_rnrkiqeshmt4zzmbmzg/a-stranger-unregarded

[KVonGit]

Hello.

This also happens with this game when you load a saved game in the Windows app.

To test things, I created a small game with a map and a few rooms. When using the normal Quest map setup, everything loads correctly when loading a saved game for that test game, whether online or using the Windows app.

A Stranger Unregarded is (obviously) doing a little extra with the map. It seems the game was created (or last updated) using Quest 5.6.2. I tested with that version of Quest, and the same issue exists when loading a saved game.

The game has a lot of code like this:

      <firstenter type="script">
        this.mapX = Grid_GetGridCoordinateForPlayer(game.pov, this, "x")
        this.mapY = Grid_GetGridCoordinateForPlayer(game.pov, this, "y")
        this.mapZ = Grid_GetGridCoordinateForPlayer(game.pov, this, "z")
      </firstenter>
      <beforeenter type="script"><![CDATA[
        if (this.mapZ < 1000) {
          Grid_SetGridCoordinateForPlayer (game.pov, this, "x", this.mapX)
          Grid_SetGridCoordinateForPlayer (game.pov, this, "y", this.mapY)
          Grid_SetGridCoordinateForPlayer (game.pov, this, "z", this.mapZ)
        }
      ]]></beforeenter>

It has a lot of added code that is directly manipulating the map during play from various rooms' "enter" scripts.

...and I just found the author asking about the map in the old forum:

https://archive.textadventures.co.uk/forum/quest/topic/5229.html

https://archive.textadventures.co.uk/forum/quest/topic/5449.html

https://archive.textadventures.co.uk/forum/quest/topic/5781.html

It seems there are exits which are not UP or DOWN that will, in fact, move the player up and down. Code was added to the game to make the map handle that during play, but I don't see any code in the game to fix the map when loading a saved game. (It's possible that I'm overlooking it, as I am not the best when it comes to the map functions.)

Not sure if this will be considered a game issue or a Quest issue. When using normal exits (including up and down) in a test game, there are no map issues when loading a saved game. Either way, Alex will have plenty of data regarding this when he looks into this issue.