New version changes
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New version changes
Hi all,
I just fired up 47bd1a0 and noticed a few things:
1. I seem to be able to land only three troop ships at a time - is this an intentional change? So big planetary conquests take many turns
2. Comsats now have three internal slots - yay for troops drops!
3. My ships can see stealthy races before I research the relevant detection tech, but my troop ships can't land there (even with no defences present). I think this has always been the case but it's just struck me as silly: if I can't detect them to land troops, my other ships shouldn't see them either and they should not appear on my map. Perhaps just a fuzz for "inhabited", though I'd be dastardly and leave that until the outpost ship tried to land...
I just fired up 47bd1a0 and noticed a few things:
1. I seem to be able to land only three troop ships at a time - is this an intentional change? So big planetary conquests take many turns
2. Comsats now have three internal slots - yay for troops drops!
3. My ships can see stealthy races before I research the relevant detection tech, but my troop ships can't land there (even with no defences present). I think this has always been the case but it's just struck me as silly: if I can't detect them to land troops, my other ships shouldn't see them either and they should not appear on my map. Perhaps just a fuzz for "inhabited", though I'd be dastardly and leave that until the outpost ship tried to land...
Re: New version changes
First one sounds wrong.
Welcome Comsats also doubled the price. Meh for chaff.
Do you see really see the stealthy planets or did you get one-time-intel from scouts finding old maps?3. My ships can see stealthy races before I research the relevant detection tech, but my troop ships can't land there (even with no defences present). I think this has always been the case but it's just struck me as silly: if I can't detect them to land troops, my other ships shouldn't see them either and they should not appear on my map. Perhaps just a fuzz for "inhabited", though I'd be dastardly and leave that until the outpost ship tried to land...
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Look, ma... four combat bouts!
Look, ma... four combat bouts!
Re: New version changes
Oh, not a new feature then? Seems pretty consistent - when I order an invasion, the first three ships land, and the rest the following turn. (Haven't tried invasions with >6 ships yet.) Does seem a bit buggy, because on the 2nd turn the remaining ships are marked as landing, but the planet shows no Cancel Invasion button. They land ok though.
Well this is what's so illogical. If a scout can see evidence of a colony, how can troop ships not know where to land?Do you see really see the stealthy planets or did you get one-time-intel from scouts finding old maps?
This isn't about any recent change. I have simply only now realised that the whole mechanic of stealthy colonies is flawed. You shouldn't know they're there at all, unless they shoot you. Obviously you can infer their presence from a comsat, but you shouldn't get info on species, pop, research, industry or anything else until you can detect it.
But if we go that route, wtf is a stealthy shipyard? Do you get a blank "there is a colony here somewhere" when a shipyard is scouted?
Re: New version changes
There is no checking for number of ships or troops on HandleInvasion(), nor it is mentioned such a change in the commits. It's not a buggy new feature, it's maybe a new bug, it that's the case. I haven't encountered this.Magnate wrote: ↑Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:49 amOh, not a new feature then? Seems pretty consistent - when I order an invasion, the first three ships land, and the rest the following turn. (Haven't tried invasions with >6 ships yet.) Does seem a bit buggy, because on the 2nd turn the remaining ships are marked as landing, but the planet shows no Cancel Invasion button. They land ok though.
Save game to replicate the issue is necessary.
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Re: New version changes
I have not seen any problems with invasion. Perhaps a few screen caps would clarify the situation. Similarly for your stealth issue. Again, I haven't noted any change there.
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Yes, stealthy colonies, stealthy buildings have issues. But if what you describe is what i think it is it is quite logical to our standards.
You scouts did not find the planet/colony, they found a ship which had that colony data inside. "of course" the strategical parts of the colony was moved since then
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Invasion bug
I'm having a similar issue with invasions... they mostly take 2 turns to complete, with some ships dropping on the 1st turn, and the rest completing it (usually a small remainder) on the 2nd turn. My normal strategy is to queue departure of my battle fleet and my invasion on the same turn. With this new bug or whatever, I have several times had to reload a save and redo the turn because the invasion did not complete on the first round and there is then no battle fleet present on round 2 to suppress the planetary defenses.
Here is a DropBox link to a recent save file since the file attachment feature says the save file is too large.
<<Edit: version is 0.4.9 2020-03-02.89280c7>>
Here is a DropBox link to a recent save file since the file attachment feature says the save file is too large.
<<Edit: version is 0.4.9 2020-03-02.89280c7>>
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Re: Invasion bug
Where in the game universe is the issue occurring?
I loaded the save, hit turn, and the invasion of Rhilus α I was successful.
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Re: New version changes
I haven't seen any problems other than the reported bug of combat not occurring with unimproved defenses. But that should only affect people like me who use second-in invasion fleets.
Re: New version changes
It doesn't always mess up, just most of the time. You're right, on that turn it succeeds normally. Here is one where it definitely took me 2 turns to complete the invasion.
Another example save
Here is another savefile that demonstrates this issue.
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Re: New version changes
How about a couple of screenshots?
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Re: New version changes
https://github.com/freeorion/freeorion/ ... 603befe056 hopefully fixes this. The problem was that recent optimizations to how looping over objects worked resulted in the loop over invasions deleting ships from the set that was being iterated over, which apparently resulted in a ship occasionally being skipped.
Re: New version changes
Can confirm that as of 0.4.9 2020-03-23.7b63adf I'm no longer seeing these partial invasions. Seems fixed.Geoff the Medio wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:35 pm https://github.com/freeorion/freeorion/ ... 603befe056 hopefully fixes this.