Crash when entering alien dimension

[YuriKossori]

Describe the bug
Entering the alien dimension pauses the game. i can see beams and missile suspended in mid air. possible it was shot on my last visit (2nd visit after destroying the 1st alien building)
when pressing any of the play buttons the game freeze the the error message pops up, clicking ok with pop another error message but this time its stuck, i have to end task.

To Reproduce
i dont know. i was just playing the game

Expected behavior
the bio trans should just enter the alien dimension or using the debug to enter the alien dimension should allow me to press the play button and the ufos should move around

Savegame
this is gog with the dosbox. i have no idea where the save is.

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10 Pro 64
• OpenApoc Version _20220404_6_g5f24b2a6

Additional context
damaged and destroyed buildings dont seem to rebuild and the 1st alien building didnt collapse after destroying all the objectives. i have to destroy the orange pads and kill all aliens to make the building collapse. probably has something to do with the successful raid building destroyed option.

Copy of your OpenApoc_settings.conf
i didnt create that file coz installation guide said make it if you have blank buttons

[YuriKossori]

I found the save. how do i send it?

[FilmBoy84]

I found the save. how do i send it?

ZIP it up in an archive using something like 7Zip then attach

This looks like a repeat of the many times reported Vehicle_ID errors seen in #931 and many others

It means there is a vehicle, somewhere in the city, that is either stuck or not properly removed (destructor error)

I've added the vehicle_ID bug tag to this issue so the save can be looked at when a dev tries to fix this problem again (it's been one that's persistent for a while now)

[YuriKossori]

somehow i cant attach a zip or 7z.
yeah i noticed one of my tanks is in a destroyed osiron building but cannot exit.
is there anyway to just delete it? i dont mind it gone

[FilmBoy84]

The save file is a ZIP archive with no extension, you should be able to extract it into a folder and then search each XML file for the vehicle ID references and remove the full entry referring to it (not just the line) in an XML editor - such as Notepad++ with the XMLTools plugin (ctrl-alt-shift-b to beautify)

Once you have removed all the offending vehicle ID references, then repack all the XML files back into a save file

[YuriKossori]

FIXED!
It wasnt the tank but i removed it anyway. it was the projectiles in the alien dimension. i just emptied the projectile xml in the citymap alien.
all good now.
thank you so much!

[YuriKossori]

wait scratch that. another error lol. ill fix this tomorrow

[FilmBoy84]

No worries, the good think about OpenApoc is most of these destructor errors can be resolved by finding references in the XML and removing them

Usually if there's a problem after that it's another ID that's not been properly removed, or the XML hasn't been correctly stripped in the first edit

The joys of alpha state 😅

[YuriKossori]

ok fixed. it was the projectiles. ill leave the stuck tank alone. maybe i made a mistake there but its fine now.
i can freely get in and out of the alien dimension both legit or debug
again thank you so much!