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First virus mission doesn't trigger the right message to your commander

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#964 opened on Mar 5, 2016

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[This is my first time playing IG, so let me know if this is wrong.]

Apparently, all the FAQs online say that as soon as New Caroline gets infected with a virus for the first time, you should contact your commander and let them know. However, instead of that being available, an "ask for reinforcements" message is triggered instead. I played quite a bit past this, and it seemed to cause the game to skip the next mission entirely (the escort mission); I didn't actually get the option to tell my commander until, in the second virus triggering, I intentionally let a ship through. Then the planetary leader complained that I had been lax, and it finally triggered my ability to contact my commander to talk about the viruses.

Now: was the original behavior a bug, or is this an unintentional change, or am I just confused? :)

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Research direction
Investigate the mission trigger logic for virus events in the game code. Compare the expected behavior from game design (first virus triggers commander contact) with the actual behavior (reinforcement message triggered). Look for the conditions that check for first virus and see why the reinforcement message is shown instead of the contact option.
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java
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