[Responded] Not Getting "Growth Rate x2.0" in Some Greenhouses

We have been unable to reproduce this issue internally. As an aid to tracking down the cause of this issue, we've added extra information in the tooltip for growing plants. When the plant is receiving the greenhouse bonus, the tooltip will include the message "Growth Rate x2.0". This change is available now on the latest QA build. Please join us on the QA server - test out your placed planting beds, taking note of when the bonus is applied and not applied. If we can determine the cause, hopefully we'll be able to get a fix out for the beginning of R70.

 

just planted my greenhouse, patch 872, no bonus-rate potatoes.
Area: Stinging Tree Hollow (POT_forest_metropolis_02_template/Stinging Tree Hollow) Loc: (101.555, 41.674, -32.368) DBG: UE9UX2ZvcmVzdF9tZXRyb3BvbGlzXzAyX3RlbXBsYXRlfFN0aW5naW5nIFRyZWUgSG9sbG93fCgxMDEuNTU1LCA0MS42NzQsIC0zMi4zNjgpfCgwLCAwLjc5LCAwLCAwLjYxNCl8NDY0LjcxNzF8MzkuODA0ODV8MTg=

 

Please join us on the QA server. We would like to determine the cause of the problem. If you can reproduce this issue on the QA server, please repost on the QA bug forum with the steps required to cause this to happen. Note: If you've already got a planter bed in the bugged state, you'll need to pick up the bed and re-place it on the lot.

 

i DID. Note where I typed patch 872.

 

This is the Release 69 forum. I am asking for players to post on the QA bug forum if they are able to reproduce this issue. I went to the place on QA where you found planters in a bug state. I wasn't able to repro a situation after moving the beds slightly. All three planter beds mentioned in your post are getting the greenhouse bonus.* We are specifically looking for the repro steps that cause the bed to not have the bonus applied where it should be applied, or receiving the bonus where it should not.

* A new tooltip message for growing plants on QA indicates whether a growth bonus is being applied. The absence of that message means there is no bonus.

 

On the live server the water keep lot in Novia Market has a single (out of 16) bugged greenhouse it's in the north west corner. I'm currently downloading qa.

OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz (4) System RAM: 16284
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GPU RAM: 6052
SotA.Win.64.1041.Date.09.13.19
Area: POT_forest_metropolis_01_template/Novia Market
Area Display Name: Novia Market
Loc: (259.3, 44.0, 505.7)
Debug: UE9UX2ZvcmVzdF9tZXRyb3BvbGlzXzAxX3RlbXBsYXRlfE5vdmlhIE1hcmtldHwoMjU5LjI4NCwgNDQuMDA0LCA1MDUuNzMxKXwoMCwgMC42NjcsIDAsIC0wLjc0NSl8LTQ0My4zMTcxfDQxLjEyNDk4fDcuODg3MjQ1

 

I am fairly certain the problem has to do with recent changes to the way lots load in the game. I suspect that what happens is, sometimes, the planters load in before the greenhouses. The game interprets these planters as not being in greenhouses, and if they are then planted, they will not get the 2x bonus. Moving the planters then shows the 2x bonus, but subsequent visits may nullify this. That would explain why some planters in the same greenhouse show different growth rates.

 

This is the first thing i've heard that would explain what we're seeing.

 

I'd thought of that too. I've looked through the code for this, but I believe all race conditions are covered. (But I've been wrong before. ) That's why I was wondering if anyone could repro such a case: Plant verified to have the correct bonus, and then somehow loses it later unexpectedly.