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ATS thinks that xenos are worthless when the appraisal tool says otherwise. #857

@ANorthAmerican

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@ANorthAmerican

📋 Description

Scanning the corpse of a xenomorph drone or xenomorph hunter with an appraisal tool yields an appraisal of 1150 spesos per xeno. Scanning the corpse of a xenomorph queen or any ancient xenomorph yields an appraisal 3650 spesos per xeno. When trying to sell any xenomorph corpse at ATS, in or without a crate, the appraisal computers will say that the corpse is worth nothing.


🔁 Steps to Reproduce

  1. At the ATS, spawn a xeno and kill it.
  2. Scan the xeno corpse with an appraisal tool. Notice the high price that the appraisal tool says the corpse is worth.
  3. Move the corpse onto the selling palette.
  4. Check the appraisal console. Notice that it says that what is on the selling palette is worth 0 spesos.
  5. Press the sell button, and notice that nothing is sold and the corpse remains on the palette.
  6. Spawn a crate.
  7. Put the corpse in the crate.
  8. Move the crate onto the selling palette.
  9. Repeat steps 4 and 5 and notice that the results are the same.

💥 Expected Behavior

The appraisal console confirms that the xeno corpse on the selling palette is worth 3650 or 1150 spesos, depending on which caste. Selling it will transfer that amount of spesos to station funds.


🧠 Actual Behavior

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The appraisal console seemingly detects nothing sellable on the palette, refusing to sell and yielding an appraisal of 0 spesos.


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🧩 Notes

This is primarily an issue with Salvage expeditions containing ancient xenos. It seems intended that the corpses should be able to be sold for a high price, but this bug denies Salvage Specialists that profit.

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    A: CargoArea: Cargo department and related mechanics.A: SalvageArea: Salvage changesBug: SmallNot hugely game-affecting; minor QoL issue.S: Needs DiscussionDiscussion needed for changes, talk about it.

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