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Unsupported zombie mode for single active state
Posted: 24 August 2026, 00:29
by ClearLakeTXgal
What does this message mean? I have a game of catatac with a player who has not played but every time I click to go to the game in my list of current games I get this error message
Unsupported zombie mode for single active state
I don't know what it means or how to resolve it. Can someone help me please? Thank you!
Re: Unsupported zombie mode for single active state
Posted: 24 August 2026, 00:41
by GTSchemer
ClearLakeTXgal wrote: ↑24 August 2026, 00:29
What does this message mean? I have a game of catatac with a player who has not played but every time I click to go to the game in my list of current games I get this error message
Unsupported zombie mode for single active state
I don't know what it means or how to resolve it. Can someone help me please? Thank you!
It means a player quit the game, and there is a bug in the game's programming that does not correctly handle the missing player.
You can go to this link, and then click the button to leave the table:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=899406432
Re: Unsupported zombie mode for single active state
Posted: 24 August 2026, 11:33
by tbhp
Zombie mode is how they call it when the game keeps going without a player. Which doesn't really make sense because the moves of the missing player are not performed by a "zombie", they can perform them but they just won't get registered (nor does anything else that occurs after the expulsion).
Maybe "ghost mode" would be better? Like you can still play, but it's not real.
Re: Unsupported zombie mode for single active state
Posted: 25 August 2026, 09:04
by FrankJones
Whatever. It's not a bug.
What tbhp said is correct.
Re: Unsupported zombie mode for single active state
Posted: 25 August 2026, 09:58
by tchobello
FrankJones wrote: ↑25 August 2026, 09:04
Whatever. It's not a bug.
What tbhp said is correct.
GTSchemer is right.
Re: Unsupported zombie mode for single active state
Posted: 25 August 2026, 10:09
by FrankJones
tchobello wrote: ↑25 August 2026, 09:58
FrankJones wrote: ↑25 August 2026, 09:04
Whatever. It's not a bug.
What tbhp said is correct.
GTSchemer is right.
I disagree.
Re: Unsupported zombie mode for single active state
Posted: 25 August 2026, 11:05
by tbhp
I wasn't agreeing or disagreeing with the previous comment.
It's possible that in some games the zombie mode would be unsupported, because the mechanics of the game just don't allow it. In that case that part is not a bug. But if it's not supported, you would expect the game to end automatically or ask the other players to quit, so the fact the game is still on and they can't even enter it seems buggy.
Re: Unsupported zombie mode for single active state
Posted: 25 August 2026, 11:15
by tchobello
tbhp wrote: ↑25 August 2026, 11:05
I wasn't agreeing or disagreeing with the previous comment.
It's possible that in some games the zombie mode would be unsupported, because the mechanics of the game just don't allow it. In that case that part is not a bug. But if it's not supported, you would expect the game to end automatically or ask the other players to quit, so the fact the game is still on and they can't even enter it seems buggy.
Well, the developer is supposed to handle this situation when a zombie player cannot do anything.
Therefore, if you get an error message, it should be reported as a bug.
Re: Unsupported zombie mode for single active state
Posted: 25 August 2026, 22:00
by FrankJones
Oh, whoops. I completely misread the main post in this thread; my apologies.
Yes, if the game is encountering some sort of error with regard to a zombie player, that's a bug that should be dealt with.