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Shards did not deduct after buying 2nd upgrade

PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:53 pm
by Xtermy
OK, this is actually a good and funny bug (depends for who though - more on that in a second).

I was slowly and painstakingly gathering shards to get to 4,000 to get the 2nd slot upgrade. When I finally did (about 2-3 days ago) I had just over the needed amount (4,063 I believe).

I went and bought the 2nd slot upgrade and everything went through just fine. I was happy yet tired so I closed the game tab.

The next day, I logged back in to check that the upgrade hadn't mysteriously disappeared (as I remember was once the case with another player), and next thing I knew, I had BOTH the upgrade AND the shards (all 4,063 of them). :D

Thinking this was some sort of mistake, I attempted to buy a race I didn't own yet (to see if the shard amount would reset itself), and it worked! (Natives FTW) :D

I ended up buying the 2nd upgrade, and 2 races for the price of 4,000 shards! :lol:

Now as I wrote in the beginning of the post, this is allegedly a good bug (for us users) and a bad one (for Lopdo, for obvious reasons).

I didn't clean the cookies or history of my browser (Firefox 11.0), nor did I change anything in my system configuration between the 2 playing sessions, and no - I did not hack either.

I don't know or think that this particular number of shards was the culprit, and I'm not even sure if this was indeed the exact number of shards I had.

Re: Shards did not deduct after buying 2nd upgrade

PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:04 am
by BetaGen
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I've had something similar, but only with a background I bought. Though... hmmm extra 600 shards... Bought the background, turned it on. Went to see how much left for something else... still 600

Re: Shards did not deduct after buying 2nd upgrade

PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:35 am
by Lopdo
well, I can easily fix that and remove natives and rest of the shards if you insist :)

Re: Shards did not deduct after buying 2nd upgrade

PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:36 am
by techgump
I insist :p

Re: Shards did not deduct after buying 2nd upgrade

PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:43 am
by Ratburntro44
Lopdo wrote:well, I can easily fix that and remove natives and rest of the shards if you insist :)

If I were you, I would fix the bug, but let him keep the stuff because he was honest enough to report it before it happened more. Just my opinion.

Re: Shards did not deduct after buying 2nd upgrade

PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:59 am
by Sundancer
That happened to me too, pretty much in the same way. I bought the upgrade and closed the tab ( I was tired as well ) then the next day I had the shards and the upgrade. I told about it to Lopdo. He just shrugged his shoulders and we all went back to our lives. And so on. This happened a long time ago.

Re: Shards did not deduct after buying 2nd upgrade

PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:43 pm
by Drone6o3
Note to self, Close tab after getting 2nd upgrade :lol:

Re: Shards did not deduct after buying 2nd upgrade

PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:29 pm
by Xtermy
Ratburntro44 wrote:
Lopdo wrote:well, I can easily fix that and remove natives and rest of the shards if you insist :)

If I were you, I would fix the bug, but let him keep the stuff because he was honest enough to report it before it happened more. Just my opinion.


This ^ :D

Re: Shards did not deduct after buying 2nd upgrade

PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:29 pm
by Xtermy
Drone6o3 wrote:Note to self, Close tab after getting 2nd upgrade :lol:


Well, I don't know any other way of logging off from Vortex Wars... :roll:

Re: Shards did not deduct after buying 2nd upgrade

PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:44 pm
by techgump
The sign out button?