San Fierro Blackboard/Export glitch

[nicotifoso]

I have completed Bike school, and it seems that I have encountered the blackboard deletion glitch. PC, Updated Classic, Steam. No other modifications. I have found other forum posts about this issue but I'm not sure how to fix it. Can you help?

Edit: I came across a section in the UC help which provides a CLEO script for this situation. However when I install it the game crashes as soon as one hits a button.

https://gtasnp.com/w9YDBA

Edited November 26, 2021 by nicotifoso

[OrionSR]

20 hours ago, nicotifoso said:

Edit: I came across a section in the UC help which provides a CLEO script for this situation. However when I install it the game crashes as soon as one hits a button.

Was this the topic you found with the cleo script to fix the blackboard glitch?

 

I've updated the post with a link to a precompiled script. I suspect it'll work but I can no longer test the script myself. Please let me know if it works or not.

 

It's an extremely basic script and doesn't include any explanation or safety checks. The script is designed for v1 or v2 of PC Classic. It's up to you to determine that mission progress is appropriate and the glitch is active. 

 

After a 4 second delay (fade in + 2 sec) the script will try to install a new blackboard and register it with the appropriate script. A "fix it" sound will play when the repair is complete. The script should be removed after use; be careful not to load other saves.

[nicotifoso]

I came across your post while researching, but that is not the one I first tried. This is the one I got from the Steam discussion page that crashes when I move CJ.

 

I tried yours, but the game immediately crashes as fade-in ends without me ever touching the controls.

[OrionSR]

BlackboardFixWait8.cs

 

The script you posted is basically the same as the one I posted - looks like a compiled, decompiled and recompiled version of my original script. I would expect them to work the same way. I'm not finding anything obvious that would suggest a problem. It's frustrating that I don't have a way to directly test my script. 

 

However, you mentioned touching controls, or crashing immediately upon fade in. These are unexpected results. Neither script is expecting input. Both should wait 4 seconds, 2 seconds of fade plus a couple of seconds to watch things move a little, before doing anything, so your crash observations are unexpected.

 

The script posted above is the same thing again, but includes an 8 second wait instead of 4. If the game is still crashing right away then I'm not sure how the problem could be with the script. Make sure other versions are removed. Don't let any of these scripts linger - remember; no safeties are included. 

 

[OrionSR]

I revisited an old project that uses an "embedded script" strategy to fix the blackboard glitch.

The process is documented in this post and has been implemented in this save.

 

If the fix works as expected the save should repair itself when loaded. There are no messages or status reports.

[OrionSR]

@nicotifoso I've noticed that you've visited the site a few times since I posted a possible fix for your save, but the save still hasn't been downloaded. Perhaps my message wasn't clear.

 

https://gtasnp.com/GqFrKA

 

The save linked above is your save with an embedded fix - it's rigged to fix itself when loaded.

[nicotifoso]

Hey! For some reason I wasn't getting notifications here so didn't see your messages. I tried the save and it seems to work! I heard that air-ratchet/fixit sound upon loading it. No issues with moving CJ either. I cannot thank you enough. Genuinely excited. Can this glitch occur again if one were to load the car or bike schools? Or is this a permafixed file?

 

Also tangential, but do you know of any good resources for learning more about the ins and outs of this game? I'm a Mechanical and Electrical engineering student but I'd love to be more competent on the computer side of things. What would be a better start than to learn something you really love?

 

My utmost thanks again, you're awesome.

[OrionSR]

25 minutes ago, nicotifoso said:

Can this glitch occur again if one were to load the car or bike schools? Or is this a permafixed file?

Hm... I suppose the glitch could happen again. It would be a good idea to view some driving school lessons and then checking that the blackboard is still okay. If it doesn't get deleted right away then it can be considered perma-fixed.

 

30 minutes ago, nicotifoso said:

Also tangential, but do you know of any good resources for learning more about the ins and outs of this game?

Yeah..., but the questing is far to broad for a practical answer. Unless you wanted to learn save editing. The current problem, how to provide a user friendly blackboard fix that allows players to fix their saves on their own? (Also, how to re-sign the new DE saves after editing?) It would be hard to recommend save editing as a hobby though. I enjoying it, but very few players bother with save editing. 

 

Based on your background, I'd assume you either have or will need experience with C languages. I believe the efficient "two-birds" strategy would be to learn to write ASI mods, which as I understand it involves mostly C coding. Like... maybe a blackboard fix ASI mod would be more reliable than the cleo scripts I keep posting. 

 

 

 

 

[Zempo]

If you were playing this on pc you can fix this bug i think by injecting the blackboard into your game and saving. and i believe you can also you a script thanks to cleo. however pc players are lucky.

[rezaaaaaw]

Hello, can someone please make an Android fix to the blackboard glitch?

Thank you