darkSpyro

Well, I'm down for the count for a few days, guys. I was gathering our newest currency, and suddenly my game went bonkers. I now have every quest ever flashing as "?" under the quest scroll, and my sanctuaries are non-existent. They're just invisible. I receive nothing for tapping on my shrines, and quests cannot be completed (for example, I have the "Summon Spyro" quest active again, and try as I might, I cannot summon Spyro). I can still visit other islands and send and receive kudos.

I'm really glad the new features work (/sarcasm). And I really hope my game isn't perma-broke.

Have you tried logging out of Activate then back in to see if it prompts you to choose a save file?

Yes. Tried force closing and reopening, and I tried logging out and back in. The buildings keep bouncing, the sanctuaries remain cloaked, and the quests are still numerous. I'll post pics tomorrow.

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Have you tried logging out of Activate then back in to see if it prompts you to choose a save file?

Has anyone logged out of Activate and back in after authorizing the app with Facebook? That is what seems to have killed my game completely. I failed to gift for the first time yesterday since I am totally unable to get into the app at all. It restarts after it checks the Facebook authorization.

dark, thanks for verifying for the home audience that my buildings are indeed pulsating.

Here are pics of cloaked sanctuaries, lots of quests, and "Summon Spryo":

I can also verify that Dios's buildings are pulsating. I was visiting someone else's island that was doing that too, but unfortunately I don't remember who that was...

I thought we were trying to keep this forum relatively clean. All this pulsating talk is giving me the vapors.

bump to remind devs that my save is still not usable.

I don't think I mentioned before, I sent my Polar Whirlwind off on the 22 hour quest (she only needed 2000 more xp), and I clicked her balloon when she was supposedly done. No gold, no xp. She's still at 11 with 2000 to spare. I dare not tap another icon. Oh, except my shrines. They didn't give pay outs either.

I really hope they don't push out new content without fixing the mess this last update made. Even missing out on the dragon house quest is annoying. I was thinking about going for it before the houses started pulsating and the shrines cloaked.

Yep. Dios's islands still throb and pulsate in a way only Woz could probably enjoy....

Update:

After poking around my island a little more today, I found some new curiosities.
1) I can send Skylanders on adventures and they come back with gold and hero point rewards. However, anyone who was on adventure when my save file glitched does not get gold and hero points.

2) Newly placed buildings do not pulsate and give the proper rewards.

3) I lost the following companions when my game glitched (and didn't realize it until now): Capybara, Mulch-O-Matic, Beatress, Quigley, Hyde, Captain White Claw, Ruggles, Brock, Gigantus, Cape Girl (basically, anyone I had purchased).

4) I lost about half my gold (not that I need more than I have...).

5) Shines still aren't clickable.

6) Giant/ alter ego houses aren't clickable.

7) Shines are still cloaked.

8) Buildings still pulsate.

9) I still receive daily rewards.

10) I can still send and receive kudos (not even trying to visit anyone though - sorry).

11) I do not receive the daily gold from Advisor Orville (not that I need it, just a note on the functionality of my save file).

12) I can complete some quests and receive the rewards for them a second time.

13) My inventory is severally screwed up. I had lots of bushes and crap, but I had some totems also that I hadn't placed yet. Those are the only grievous losses. Pic included for what my inventory does show...



Here's the inventory remembering quantities...



And if I click on the "i" symbol, it changes the "Place" button from green to purple.



It's been a good run, guys. My game is entirely too screwed up, and there's no way in hades I'm rebuilding. Unless my corrupted save gets fixed, I'm out. Although, Kramer said "I'm out" best. So here's a little Kramer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwH__x6jV6A

Oh, just found another interesting problem.

13) The Troll Prison and Shearing Hut are no longer owned by me, though you can see them in the corner of the picture.

I've got one house that's pulsing. Though I'd try selling it but the game won't allow me to do that. So I won't be doing any more building or visiting until they sort out these bugs

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Yep. Dios's islands still throb and pulsate in a way only Woz could probably enjoy....

Actually, I managed to get a look at the pulsing buildings, and even when I saw them, I still didn't believe it. I had to look away - I thought I was going to have a seizure.

Turns out, I also lost three houses: Thumpback, Grill Master Chop Chop, and Whisper Elf. I didn't notice before due to all the pulsating.

I can click houses, and Skylanders pop out (no reward). I click again (house still pulsating though), and I can put someone in. However, whoever is put in continues to walk around the island. Sure enough, I click the house just seconds after putting them in, and they pop out. No reward. (And why should there be? Just another curiosity though.)

I have sent PMs to three different Activision support folks over on their forums and posted a thread there. I've PM'd Advisor Orville here and there. No response of any kind. My game is (arguably) the most screwed up of anyone on these forums currently, and it's disappointing that I'm getting no response. At the least, they could start me over with gems to compensate for my losses, but considering the save file is on their servers, they could create any save file for me. Just copy what mine is supposed to be, overwrite, done. I cannot imagine what is so hard about that. My programming experience suggests that it isn't, though with iOS, I admit, I'm not sure.

Dios, I feel for you buddy. Hopefully they work this out for you quickly.

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3) I lost the following companions when my game glitched (and didn't realize it until now): Capybara, Mulch-O-Matic, Beatress, Quigley, Hyde, Captain White Claw, Ruggles, Brock, Gigantus, Cape Girl (basically, anyone I had purchased)

i don't know if the upgrade had something to do with this, but Quigley is still locked even though i've got news stand at the early level, now i'm at level 24 already, says i needed to complete a goal but there's none that i can see to unlock it..

this one i can confirm that prior to the upgrade Ramses is listed in the companions, now he is no longer there.. gone..

An update: Advisor Orville has been in touch that my game is too severely corrupted to salvage. He will instead be offering me a huge pile of gems so I can rebuild quickly. I have accepted this alternative solution.

When my new game is live, I'll hopefully still have all y'all as friends, but if not, expect new invites to be pushed out over the weekend.

A special thanks to Advisor Orville and his team for looking into the issues.

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An update: Advisor Orville has been in touch that my game is too severely corrupted to salvage. He will instead be offering me a huge pile of gems so I can rebuild quickly. I have accepted this alternative solution.

When my new game is live, I'll hopefully still have all y'all as friends, but if not, expect new invites to be pushed out over the weekend.

A special thanks to Advisor Orville and his team for looking into the issues.

Rebuilding from scratch? It'll need to be a truly gargantuan pile of gems. Figure costs of buying skylanders and companions alone with gems...

I'm hoping he offered you 50,000 gems. And even then it'll take you a couple of weeks of solid play to get back where you were.

dios, I'll save a spot for you!

I'm really curious how many gems too. I had a brief issue this weekend and idly wondered what starting over woud be like and how many gems, purchased and earned combined, it would take to get me back to where I am now. I once lost two alter egos, two companions, and Jade Flashwing and it was "resolved" with 1500 gems which did not rectify the situation, but it was better than nothing.

New username is Achilleus.

As for the number of gems, we are still negotiating. To restore my losses, it will roughly cost 35,000 gems (houses, companions, alt-egos, island gold-prices, etc). That price is barely enough to cover the losses. That does not cover wish stone losses (legend houses) nor kudos losses (which should be rectified soon enough on its own). The wish stone losses are grievous: 8 houses, 1600 stones! So no, starting over is not cheap. In store, that's roughly $460 in gems. Amazing how much we drop on this game over time, but it never seems like much. I will probably not publish the figure we agree to, but I will answer questions regarding the process, feedback, and resolution in PM.