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[Ragpuppy87]

I'm encountering an odd bug regarding the actor in my 5th actor slot in the database.
The actor has a set face graphic and sprite. But when I add them to the party they don't show up.
When I check the party menu they are technically in the party, but it's just the name. No face graphic or anything else.

Now if I copy and paste the exact same actor information into a different slot in the database, slot 6 for example,
they show up just fine.

So the problem has been solved, but I'm wondering if anyone has an idea as to why it occurred in the first place.
My only guess is it has something to do with the many scripts I'm using.

 

[Andar]

this usually happens if you had deleted the original actors without removing them from the starting party, because then they still exist there even if their data had been deleted.
the starting party is set in the system tab of the database, and there should only be one clickable empty line there - if you can click on several lines without names that usually means you have such forgotten deleted actors there and you need to remove the additional empty lines.

 

[Roninator2]

anyone has an idea as to why it occurred in the first place

It may have been something to do with the Actors file.
I had a problem with my own game where random items would show up in the inventory.
After several months of trying to live with it, I finally discovered that changing some of the values in my actors (the features) resulted in the issue going away. So my Actors data file was corrupt somehow.
I don't remember what it was I changed, but now I make several backups.

 

[Wavelength]

I saw this happen in a friend's project in MV once, where their portrait, etc., were blank in the menu, with only their name showing up. It only happened the first time after starting a new game that I'd visit the menu, and it didn't happen for the client themselves, or for any other playtesters. The project did have some plugins. Never figured out why it was happening.

It doesn't sound likely that your issue is the same thing (especially since you're using Ace and this was MV), but I'd just advise you to try starting a New Game a few times and make sure it's not happening, and to ask your playtesters to look out for it when you get around to playtesting.