Windows Use grayed out for items

[Old Crow]

I crashed last night while on my friend's dedicated server, and after logging back in, I find the Use button it grayed out for items in my inventory. I also noticed regardless of the item (book, food, bandages, etc) it tells me "I'm not hurt." I can use those items (magazines, bandages, etc) if they're on my tool bar, but not directly from inventory. I've already tried verifying my files. Should my next step be uninstalling and reinstalling, or is there something else I can try first?

 

[chikorina]

Thank you for reporting.
This issue is known, and we already have an internal ticket for it.
The issue seems to be happening sporadically, and we still don't have a reliable reproduction for it.
Please let us know if you can think of anything that may have caused it.

 

[Heiko]

Same error for me. Occurred after a crash in the middle of a fight against a bad moe zombie. After restart the game, the Use-Button (f.e. A for read Magazines) is grey. (The message "You are not hurt" appears when pressing A). Also Magazine Bundles are not usable (cannot opened) anymore. No Errors in console. (Version: latest_experimental)

 

[Grandpa Minion]

Thank you for reporting.
This issue is known, and we already have an internal ticket for it.
The issue seems to be happening sporadically, and we still don't have a reliable reproduction for it.
Please let us know if you can think of anything that may have caused it.

i had this issue happen to a player on our server the good news is rolling back the player profile fixed the issue but doesnt explain what caused it, after looking at his log i was somewhat able to determine:

Likely technical cause​

I inspected the uploaded b257 Assembly-CSharp.dll. Inventory-based item use works through a hidden toolbelt slot named DUMMY_SLOT_IDX.

The sequence is approximately:

1. The item is copied into the hidden dummy slot.
2. The game temporarily switches the player to that slot.
3. It executes the item action.
4. A completion handler empties the dummy slot.
5. ItemActionEntryUse.RefreshEnabled() disables every inventory Use/Open action whenever that dummy slot is not empty.

A crash or interrupted action can therefore leave an item or action state stuck in that hidden slot. Once stuck:

• Food cannot be consumed.
• Books cannot be read.
• Bundles cannot be opened.
• World containers can still be opened because they use a different interaction path.

This is the strongest explanation for this player's exact behavior.

its definately a nasty bug hope this helps.

 

[chikorina]

i had this issue happen to a player on our server the good news is rolling back the player profile fixed the issue but doesnt explain what caused it, after looking at his log i was somewhat able to determine:

Likely technical cause​

I inspected the uploaded b257 Assembly-CSharp.dll. Inventory-based item use works through a hidden toolbelt slot named DUMMY_SLOT_IDX.

The sequence is approximately:

1. The item is copied into the hidden dummy slot.
2. The game temporarily switches the player to that slot.
3. It executes the item action.
4. A completion handler empties the dummy slot.
5. ItemActionEntryUse.RefreshEnabled() disables every inventory Use/Open action whenever that dummy slot is not empty.

A crash or interrupted action can therefore leave an item or action state stuck in that hidden slot. Once stuck:

• Food cannot be consumed.
• Books cannot be read.
• Bundles cannot be opened.
• World containers can still be opened because they use a different interaction path.

This is the strongest explanation for this player's exact behavior.

its definately a nasty bug hope this helps.

Thank you.
We have some more fixes coming in an upcoming patch for this issue.
You are right about the DUMMY_SLOT_IDX. Our programmer found that as well, and has already fixed it internally. It really is a nasty bug, but hopefully it will all be fixed once the next patch goes live.