Posts by BAD BADGER

THANK YOU
to
EMS-Medic for finally CLEARLY explaining something I have never seen in ANY of the guides, that being the CODE structure of the mission, I had always wondered WHAT those weird codes, in this case 23-D-1 meant. I take it my best course of action would be to replace 50% of my BLS Ambulance fleet with ALS Ambulances instead, or at least find a decent ratio of BLS to ALS units.

To finish and as a further thank you, IS there a proper guide available that CLEARLY explains stuff like this? So I and other new players don't keep filling up the Forums with what we think are BUG reports.

Hello Bug Forum.

Username: BadBadger

Start of Issue: Day 1 of buying very 1st Ambulance. I do have the required Hospital upgrades needed and staff trained for a full compliment in every Ambulance.

Operating System: WINDOWS 10 Browser used: Opera ( I have also tried to play on Firefox and Google Chrome, exact same issue remained )
I also use LSS Manager, as this has made the game so much better, for me anyway, as I play this game realistically for my current area, I had also tried this WITHOUT LSS Manager, but again same issue remained, so reinstalled it into game.

Did I clear Cache: YES. In fact I did this Before I accepted Mission, once Ambulance arrived on scene ( if timer bar refused to move ) and again once sending Ambulance away and recalling to mission OR using the Reset AAO button within mission. Problem still remains.

This is an Issue I have had since the very start of buying my 1st Ambulance and in all my missions needing EMS support, every since then, now into the many hundreds, only 3 (THREE) have been completed, one of those was a Halloween Mission, to rescue a Witch in a Tree.
I did have ONE Ambulance Station, and ONE CLINIC, since deleted, I have to save up again to repurchase them, this was done according to how other players have also tried to fix their Ambulance BUGGED missions; Some of them had issue fixed, others, like Me have still got the exact same issue.
I was also asked to build another DISPATCH centre, but as I don't have the required 22-25 buildings or the Premium account, I can not build the 2nd Dispatch centre, yet.
Since then, around about 95% of my game missions have been hijacked, and now require an Ambulance, so until this BUG is cleared up, I only play Fire and Police Missions that DO NOT need EMS support, as I want to play MissionChief

As I type this BUG report I have FINALLY !!! Just had my FOURTH total Ambulance mission complete itself. I had to clear the CACHE 27 (TWENTY SEVEN) TIMES in order to somehow? force the timer bar in mission to re-start. This is as you can see, seriously bugged somewhere.

For BUG-reporting, I have done this 2nd mission attempt and NOW I get the TIMER-BAR slowly ticking down ( ATTACHMENT ), it did stop ¾ of the way down the bar and stayed there until Ambulance arrived. I also sent 2 Ambulances, one shows as "On way to mission" the other does not, even though I can see it on the game map, again this only happens with Ambulances. Once 1st Ambulance arrived, like other missions with EMS, it wanted to be refreshed and as soon as I do that, the timer bar STOPS and it's back to spamming the clear-cache again.

THIS really needs a fix as it is ruining my once enjoyable game-play.

Thank you to both
Grubber33270 and
VICFire for clearing up the additional Dispatch centre issue. I will work towards that by spamming additional FIRE stations, as that was my primary source of income until this Ambulance fiasco. Just wish 99% of my missions now have all been hijacked by Ambulances. I only do the Fire / Police missions NOT requiring any EMS support.

Thanks to everyone who answered this complex bug with tips on how to fix this issue.

@Grubber33270 The game refuses to let me make a new " Dispatch Centre " I would have to delete the old one 1st OR spend coins and upgrade account to Premium, I asked about this "unable to make new Dispatch" and others have had same issue.

@WinWin Done! I have sent in a BUG ticket, after trying the tips for removing EMS Stations and Clinics, or in my case 1 EMS Station + 1 Clinic, game is currently still bugged with no amount of Ambulances sent to a mission, picking up any patients. Still getting Ambulance missions without any Stations / Clinics now on map ??

@DutchFireFighter + EMS-Medic Have killed off my Maps 1 Clinic and 1 Ambulance EMS Station BUT still getting Bugged Ambulance missions, also cleared cache BEFORE and AFTER deleting the buildings.

CRAZY HUH !!!!

I would be VERY interested to learn if there is a way to TURN OFF specific mission types in-game?

This would be either through Game-Options, LSS-Manager, or by starting a new thread in the IMPROVEMENTS forum.

I am asking, based upon weeks of UNWANTED and honestly 100% BUGGED missions regarding --- AMBULANCES --- EVERY single mission that needs an Ambulance,
is costing me huge sums of in-game income, due to being very badly bugged.
( YES I do have the related skills trained up General Internal: General Surgeon: and Traumatology: to use Ambulances within 90% of those missions BUT
every since buying my very 1st Ambulance, honestly 99.9% of all those missions I get, the blasted Ambulance is just sitting there at a mission and the timer bar NEVER moves,
either that or it spawns a mission that it knows 100% I do not have the skills trained up for, like Cardiac Surgery: or Neurology:
Probability that a patient has to be transported, even the lowest 10-20% chances scarily manage to need an Ambulance, then become Bugged.

YES I have even tried the send vehicle away then recall ONLY the Ambulance.
YES I have ALL necessary STAFF trained as ONLY Ambulance drivers.
Then sending away ALL vehicles and re-sending them back to the missions, over and over again, and yet the mission timer refuses to budge so for the last 3 weeks
I have had to let those missions, naturally "TIME OUT" and hope the next mission is one I CAN do ( I can do 11 based on the 10 Fire stations+1 game mechanic ).

So I would be grateful if there is a workaround until AMBULANCES are 100% fixed, every other mission type works just fine, all except AMBULANCES

THANKS

I have had this EXACT, I suppose BUG happen like others, never with the "Staff not showing up"
But ALWAYS with the Ambulance being Dispatched
I watch it travel and arrive at destination and clearly says Ambulance WITH trained staff is there
I'd say 95% of the time the Ambulance does not register so can not collect ANY patients.

I DO have the relevant Skills trained at Hospital, Traumatology, General Internal and General Surgeon and 2 DEDICATED staff for EACH ambulance, so this isn't a Training and/or Staff bug.

This means I either have to ( as others also mentioned ), cancel ONLY the Ambulance and then re-send that unit OR
try Using the " RESET AAO Button " which also never seems to clear the problem either, as one player said could work, at least it did for them.

This ONLY happens with the Ambulances, no problems with Fire / Police / Sheriffs and/or Specialist Units

Even my logs show 1 ( ONE ) mission in 65 sent out during that entire days session was able to collect their patient and transport them to Hospital.

That kind of BUG needs fixing.

I also find it interesting how other players progress through their games, what they use ( vehicles and buildings / with or without upgrades etc ), and the sort of setups they prefer .

Maybe this could be a new stickied thread for playthrough setups? It sure would help newer and less experienced players learn the ropes.

Grubber33270 Thanks for that update.

@TheAxeMan33

Cheers for the clear-up about Sheriff missions. It is still aggravating that I get 75% more Police missions being spawned requiring Sheriff unit that can NOT be started with only 3 Police Stations than Fire and now Ambulance that CAN and I field 11 Fire Stations.

I am the Leader for the Alliance ( Family and Friends run, but the current Virus has stopped many playing ) = severe lack of Alliance funds coming in via missions to build both Police and Fire Academies, I can buy a Fire Academy right now, but I play realistically with input from all 3 Emergency Services on Building and Units and the area I play in has NO Academies within a large area, well over the area covered by a LARGE Alliance mission.

The Fare Dodgers mission can easily be resolved now, by deleting all but "Essential" POIs, so thanks again for clearing that up as well.

Ok so I am not a new player to Mission Chief, but every since the Sheriffs were added, my mission spawning has been spamming these blasted missions all day, every day since.

#1 - I DO NOT have a Police Academy built in order to train for these SHERIFFS, yes I can afford to build one, but playing realistically, the nearest Police Academy is nowhere near my Area of Influence, so will NOT be built yet.
This also means I should NOT be having Sheriff based Police missions spawning.

#2 - My MAX mission "spawning" allowance is 11 missions, 10 Fire Stations+1, 3 Police Stations, 1 Hospital and 1 Prison; But as of the last HOUR ( GMT 01:15 ) I have

4 * SERVE EVICTION NOTICE Missions
2 * SERVE COURT ORDER Missions
3 * WARRANT ENFORCEMENT Missions

Every one of these Missions requires that damned SHERIFF

And for some completely unknown reasons 2 FARE DODGER Missions, which I #A Do not have ANY POIs placed for, and #B I do NOT live in a country that has SUBWAY STATIONS Here in the UK Yes, we have Underground Stations, but the nearest to me is over 90 miles away, so WHY? am I seeing these missions continually being "SPAMMED"

Even my POIs have all traces of Police Academy and Federal Police Stations UNTICKED, no POIs placed except "Bus Stops" "Farms" "Forest" and "Small Airport"

IS ANYONE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THIS or better still OFFER A WORKING SOLUTION to stop all these missions taking over?

Thanks !

Good job SemperDeadly.

It will indeed make things easier to save towards.

Its taken ages to save for Buildings / Upgrades etc.

( Covid-19 saw many Alliance / Family+Friends players just quit gaming ) So it's made it a practically solo job now, makes saving harder, but more rewarding.

At only 10 Fire Stations where I am, realistic playthrough, 3 Police Stations, 1 Ambulance station, 1 Hospital / 1 Prison plus additional 1 Forestry expansion / 2 Water rescue expansion it will make things easier to save towards.

But I HAD to expand my area of influence ( again realistic ) in order to get some of those higher level missions, and of course boost vehicle / building counts.

Over here in the UK, a SHERIFF is much better known as either a High Court Enforcement Officers OR Certified Enforcement Officers ( Bailiffs )