Huh, that's weird. The president in that version seems to be replaced by a CEO like you find in the mansion.
Does this happen with the 4.07.3a download for you? I'm not able to reproduce this; I get a named character of the Politician type.
First time encountering this, but the Car Salesperson I recruited in LA apparently works for the dealership in Seattle. Maybe they were on vacation?
Hm. Correct behavior would have been if the Car Salesperson worked at the dealership in the Seaport Area of LA.
Probably relevant: How did you recruit the car salesperson?
Major bug: after going to the Oval office the first time, when everything seemed to be in order, during subsequent break-ins it seems that the President was succeeded by the world-famous politician mr. Missingno.
To be specific: when I enter the Oval Office tile, NPCs present are two Secret Service agents and an NPC whose name consists of a long string of white 'tile' characters (think DF's Chalk Wall symbol) and ending in a Dwarf symbol. Once the agents are dead, he cannot be attacked anymore and he does not bleed out no matter how long I wait.
What happened the first time you went to the oval office that led to this? The closest I've come to reproducing this is that if you kidnap the President, his "proper name" isn't initialized, so you get blank or garbage on the screen that prompts you to give them a name. I've fixed this. I have not been able to get garbage to display in the oval office itself.
Related: Testing shows you can clone the President by kidnapping him repeatedly. You get the exact same person over and over again. This can cause logical distortions that result in the fabric of reality tearing itself apart. Also known as the game crashing.
Don't know if anyone else encountered this, but deciding to disband and wait completely crashes this version.
Thanks, I was able to reproduce this, identify the issue, and fix the code.
Bug 1: CEO name is like []][][[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]][[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ and it breaks the screen more or less.
On testing, my CEO was named "CEO Joe Gillinger" or something like that. Can you tell me more? Was this only post recruitment or something like that?