After getting Sarn Kamina, I noticed there were two of her in my roster in the shop, and continued to appear twice in the next battle, and I was able to put her on the battlefield twice.
Screencaps showing both are the same character: http://imgur.com/DJLTdPo,TvH7Nop
Screencap of the roster, with both of them: http://imgur.com/1s0WHad
Log unfortunately doesn't include the info during the merchant scene where the bug first occured.
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[I don't want to play through this current mission in case the bug gets even worse, so just waiting for a response]
What battle are you on now?
The battle shown in the log and screencaps: Battle with Archos, which is immediately after the merchant event where she was first duplicated in my roster.
Try this:
--go to Telepath Tactics > Data > Campaigns > The Vengeance of Emma Strider > Maps
--open up Battle with Archos.xml in a text editor (like Wordpad or Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/))
Right below this...
<Tileset>04,app:/Tiles/Grass</Tileset>
...add the following code:
<Dialog branch="0">
OnLoaded/// [Set up area properly.]
<Action>DismissChar/Sarn:Kamina</Action>
<Action>EndConvImmediately/</Action>
<Reply>.../EndConv/</Reply>
</Dialog>
The added code doesn't seem to do anything; possibly because the game was auto-saved before the added code, but I'm not sure
It'll take effect after you complete the battle.
Alright, I'll let you know if it works once I complete the battle then
Finally just completed that mission (that was a mentally exhausting battle lol)
Code seemed to work just fine; only one Sarn Kamina in my roster now.
Glad to hear it! Marking this resolved.