Dilemma of a Camera Manufacturer Scenario Bug

[ceomoses]

I'm playing the "Dilemma of a Camera Manufacturer" Scenario and encountered a bug which makes completion of the scenario impossible.

One of the goals is to dominate the market for photography. However, after new photography products become researched, the standard camera becomes obsolete. Apparently, once a product becomes obsolete, it no longer appears on the Corporate Details->dominance section, so you can no longer become dominant in that product or that industry. However, the goal still requires you to be dominant in that product, which makes the goal impossible.

I have attached a save file which illustrates this. If you go to Products->Photography Products, you can see that I am the only one that is still selling cameras and customers are still purchasing them, despite them being obsolete. If you go to Corporate Details->Dominance, you will see I'm dominant in compact camera and digital camera, but camera is not listed. It is clear that I should be dominant in photography products, but if you go to the Goals section, the check mark by "Market Dominance of the Photography Products Industry" is missing.

I haven't gotten this far in my game to know for sure, but I suspect that the Communication devices industry will suffer the same fate with mobile phones once smart phones are invented.

To fix, I would suggest that to meet a goal, that dominance in obsoleted products should be no longer be required. Another suggestion would be to still include obsoleted products in the Corporate Details->Dominance section so that you can still be counted as dominant when selling obsoleted products. My personal preference would be to remove or revamp product obsolescence as I'm not a big fan of that anyways.

[JohnSmith]

To fix, I would suggest that to meet a goal, that dominance in obsoleted products should be no longer be required. Another suggestion would be to still include obsoleted products in the Corporate Details->Dominance section so that you can still be counted as dominant when selling obsoleted products. My personal preference would be to remove or revamp product obsolescence as I'm not a big fan of that anyways.

I'm all for your suggestion. Have you also tested whether it happens in other products?

[David]

We will get this bug fixed in the next update.