What happened to my total winnings? I had the maximum 999,999,999. Mainly because everytime you bid on a car or sell a car the money you (re)claim in the auction house is counted towards the winnings.
But this morning my total winnings is -860,816,889 credits! That is a difference of almost 2 billion!
What has happened? what has changed?
Nothing has changed, the most likely explanation is that you’ve just exceeded the range of the variable used to track your total earnings.
In computer programming, variables used to store information like your in-game earnings are typically capable of holding a range of positive and negative values. For example, an integer variable in C (that’s a programming language) can hold values from -32768 to +32767. If such a variable is already holding the largest possible value (in this example, +32767), then adding +1 to that variable will cause it to “wrap” around to the next value (in this case -32768).
I’m not sure what the maximum value that FH3 can actually store is, but clearly it only displays up to 999,999,999 credits. Above that, the game is still keeping track though, up until it reaches the actual maximum value that can be stored in that variable. Then it wraps around into negative numbers.
Congratulations, you can tell yourself that you’ve received more in-game money than the developers ever anticipated the need for.
Ha! It’s back!
I remember auctions going so high that the final price was negative. Lmao.
Forza Horizon 3… Never a dull moment… Every day a new surprise. Feels like bad Santa Christmas though.
Well the sellers in the AH of the Lambo Huracan HE will like this. In order to get it positive again I will place many many bids and afterwards reclaim my credits. So apologies to everybody if I mess up your bidding.