Actions removed from interactions after update

n8lgrand

After updating to version 1.6 I noticed one of my Interactions I had built had all but 1 of the actions removed. Is it better to just us action list assets or is there a way to avoid this?

ChrisIceBox

Sorry for the trouble.  ActionList assets and scene-based ActionLists share the same code, so that won't make a difference.

It shouldn't be that updating affects your Actions, however.

• What previous AC version were you upgrading from?
• What Unity version are you using, and on what platform?
• Are you making use of any custom Actions?
• What Actions were removed and what remained?
• Did you revert back to your own game's Managers after updating, or were the Demo game's loaded at the time?
• Were any other ActionLists (scene and asset based) affected?

n8lgrand

Hi,

No trouble really compared to the huge amount of trouble AC has saved me.

• What previous AC version were you upgrading from?  1.59a
• What Unity version are you using, and on what platform? Unity 5.6.0f3 on 64-bit Windows 10
• Are you making use of any custom Actions? No
• What Actions were removed and what remained? Dialogue Play Speech remained while the following were removed: Variable Check, Variable Set, 2 Action List Run and a Inventory Add/Remove. 
• Did you revert back to your own game's Managers after updating, or were the Demo game's loaded at the time? Demo game's were loaded initially after upgrade, then I changed back to my custom managers.
• Were any other ActionLists (scene and asset based) affected? That is what I am unsure of, from what I can tell no but I have not retested all interactions yet. This is the second time I noticed the actions being removed after an upgrade though. I was thinking if I use Action List assets instead, at least I could overwrite the broken one with a backup version.

Thanks for any advise you can offer. 

ChrisIceBox

Demo game's were loaded initially after upgrade, then I changed back to my custom managers.

To be really clear: this was before you then loaded up / viewed the affected Interaction?

This behaviour should never happen, but so far as restoring broken lists go - yes, assets would be a safer choice.  Cutscenes and Interactions can be converted to ActionList assets automatically from the cog menu at the top of their Inspectors.

Do you have a backup of the pre-update project that can be tested with?  It's not an issue I can recreate, but does need addressing.

ChrisIceBox

As others haven't reported this issue - and you say this has happened to you before - I wonder if this is down to something unique to your project.  Are you using version control?  What is your "Asset Serialization" setting set to?

n8lgrand

I changed back to my customer managers before checking and noticing the affected interaction. Nothing worked and I got a bunch of errors prior to switching back to my custom managers so I switched those first.

I do have a pre-update backup of the project folder if you would like to take a look. I am not using version control, just copying the project folder and appending with a date. 

Asset Serialization is set to Mixed. 

Oh and Unity version is 2017.1.1f1 (64-bit) not the older version I listed previously. 

This is my first Unity project and I have been doing this on my own (besides some help from you and this helpful forum) so I would not be surprised if the issue has something to do with my setup. 

Thanks again.

ChrisIceBox

The bunch of errors you say may well be key - what were they?

Yes, please PM me the project - but please remove any graphical and audio assets from it first, as they take up space and won't be necessary when it comes to testing.

n8lgrand

The errors were like "No Player Found" and NullReferenceException but those make sense because those things are defined in the scene managers and the errors disappear after I load in all the cust managers. 

After the upgrade the Interaction that is removing the actions is named "YellowstonePic: Look at". I tried again this morning and the actions are still being removed. Hopefully you see the same thing when you test. I have sent the project to your PM.

Thank you.