First zombie did not drop anything - character is naked no weapon no gems

I feel like I'm tripping out. New SSF Standard character, the first zombie didn't drop anything whatsoever. I'm here having to punch zombies.

It's my 13th character, dunno if that relates in any way. It's a Witch. I don't recall having to punch my way around the other 12 times. :P

P2 Ruthless begins. :D


Edit: ok interesting, it's my filter + settings. Since I hide the starting item, and have "hide filtered ground items", nothing at all is shown until I disable the filter.

Not a bug, nothing to see here. Kinda. Seems like a bit of a usability oversight. Mods can move this to Feedback.

The description of "hide filtered ground items" says "Items on the ground whose labels have been hidden by your item filter will also be invisible in the world" implies gfx. However it also hides the item label from existence if you press Alt, which does not match the description.


Edit edit: i think this is in fact a bug, as I filter out items all the time and their labels show up when I click Alt. Maybe an issue with the starting item? I have my own filter so I might be doing something else weird, but that doesn't make a whole lot of sense.


Edit3: OK the plot keeps getting thicker. I had misclicked my "Hide item labels" key, as I found out when I got to the first Chest. So I guess... no bug? Sheesh. Thanks for tuning in to my story time.


Edit4: Aren't you supposed to get a starting gem somewhere though? There's still something fishy going on here. Do Disabled Tutorials in combination with one of the above issues prevent you from ever getting the starting gem?

New character was never given the option to enable tutorials, you're permanently locked out from the get-go if you have the setting on. Bit of a UX nightmare this whole escapade. The search for a starting gem continues...


Edit99: OK you get the gem later yet.


TL;DR no bugs, just a symphony of errors and interrelated questionable UX.