I can't do fast travel after starting a new game

[LarryHookins]

I started two new games tonight, and couldn't get the fast travel option. I'd get an X icon instead. Doesn't matter where I am either.

Has anyone else started a new game since the June 11 2006 update, and found that the fast travel option was missing? Or have you started a new game and did have the fast travel option? Thanks.

New Info: Seems like it only happens if I go through the tutorial. If I tell Malcolm I remember everything just fine, we're teleported to the dock and I have fast travel available. Anyone gone through the full tutorial lately?

Hook

 

[LarryHookins]

Ok, I found out what it was. This knowledge might help someone else.

If Malcolm doesn't make it to the tavern before you leave Oxbay, you won't have fast travel unlocked. You have to wait and watch Malcolm go into the tavern before you leave.

If you should happen to leave before Malcolm gets to the tavern, and you can't do fast travel anywhere, go back to Oxbay town and look for Malcolm. I've seen him at the port and outside the shipyard. If he's in the port, he'll go inside the town and then fast travel will be unlocked. If he's outside the shipyard, you'll have to wait for him to walk to the tavern. As soon as he enters the tavern, fast travel is unlocked.

If I get ambitious enough, I'll go searching through the code to find out where and how the fast travel option is unlocked, and if you leave Oxbay too soon it will unlock anyway, and Malcolm will be in the tavern by default.

Hook

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I made a note of this bug and I'll tell Maximus on the first possible occasion. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />