Ruler appearance changes with reload

[blobbie317]

When I reload my save game in Stellaris, the appearance of my ruler has changed; occasionally, I have a brand new heir as well. Sometimes the name of my ruler is changed or is deleted entirely. Even the traits of both ruler and heir can change. This issue isn't exactly pressing but it is perplexing. I have no idea what drives it or decides what piece of information is changed.

By the way, I attempted to find the Stellaris bug report subforum and it appears as though it has been removed or has crashed because no matter how I attempted to access it I was repeatedly told I didn't have permission. I am signed into my Paradox account which is linked with my Steam account which has Stellaris registered.

 

[IrishGirl]

I had this happen - my elected military ruler's appearance changed - following an election that he won.

 

[Tekanan]

I just purchased this game and started a new game yesterday. Upon re-launching the game today, I noticed my ruler's features have changed.

Seems like I'm not the only one with this problem. Anyone found a fix for this yet?

 

[bson]

Yup, same thing happened to me.

 

[Brent15]

I created a thread earlier but got no responses. I had the same problem. All I did was reload - as my Empire doesn't have elections. I haven't seen traits change just the looks. Its a shame because it was my custom ruler modeled after me and I lost a lot of immersion.

 

[Tekanan]

I created a thread earlier but got no responses. I had the same problem. All I did was reload - as my Empire doesn't have elections. I haven't seen traits change just the looks. Its a shame because it was my custom ruler modeled after me and I lost a lot of immersion.

Yeah I get what you mean. My traits did not change, only the features (hair, beard, clothes, etc). I spent at least 30 minutes deciding which look fitted my character only to find it resetted the following day when I loaded my saved game.

Noone knows an immediate solution for this?

 

[Atlantians]

Did the face change or just the cosmetics?

 

[Atlantians]

Does this happen everytime on every reload or just after the first reload?

 

[ZozZ]

yes everytime on every reload

 

[Gwadb]

I also have the same issue, I can choose any ruler appearance and they'll be accurate when I first load into the game, but upon the first reload they'll have changed to some random appearance and then stay that way for all future reloads.
For Instance, I pick United Nations of Earth here:

Once in game it still is accurate:

Then when I go to reload the interface shows a different appearance:

And when I reload it's always this appearance:

Rolling back to 1.0.0 didn't do anything so I presume it's not an issue with the new patch.

 

[Brent15]

Did the face change or just the cosmetics?

That face didn't change (I think that's called the phenotype) just the other cosmetics. After I got the problem, I tried to mod the savegame but either I didn't find the right entry or editing just didn't work. Its hard to imagine there would be multiple places where Emperor Brent's hair could be changed.

 

[Oy of Mid-World]

Same thing here. And it definitely has been around since 1.00.

 

[Red Legion]

Also had this problem, though I think it goes a bit further.

I've noticed on reloading my game other factions seem to be name-changing a lot as well. I've noticed it happens during gameplay as well, so I'm assuming it's a feature, but it definitely seems to occur specifically when I reload the game as well, almost as if it was stuck and the reload caused it to carry out properly.

 

[bson]

Does this happen everytime on every reload or just after the first reload?

The bug is easy to recreate. Start a new game (choose a ruler and start) -> save the game -> load that game and voila, the ruler has changed appearance. Every reload from here on has the same new appearance. It's too bad because I made a badass looking supreme leader for my dictatorship and now he looks like a boyscout

I'm sure you can edit the savefile somehow but unless someone here has the know-how our best bet is probably to just wait for a patch. Also, why is there no subforum to report these bugs?

 

[CptWilly]

This should probably be in the bug reports sub forum, if there isn't already a post there on this topic.

 

[Keronors]

Anyone found a fix?

 

[Zyrious]

I had the same problem. I created a Bearded Human Emperor wearing the blue uniform, and when I reloaded later, he had no beard and was wearing different clothing.

 

[Cibo Sakaki]

Happend to me too, hope they fix it somehow.

 

[Pyke]

Is there still no fix for it?
It´s kinda breaking the immersion.

 

[Tekanan]

Hi guys,

With the release of the new patch, anyone know if this bug is fixed already? If so, how do I change my ruler appearance on an already saved game?