Okay, I may have found a bug here. I am playing:
World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3
Engine Version: 1.6 Game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3 Game Version:2.9
I am Germany against the AI. I had previously purchased a Minor IC upgrade without realising that I needed to have a Minor IC in an original territory to start with. Therefore, the upgrade sat in my ‘mobilization zone’ (for x number of turns) and could only be placed/used once I built a Minor IC in one of my original territories. No problem with that, but perhaps the game shouldn’t let you purchse an upgrade if it knows that you don’t have any eligible ICs.
Also, I noticed that all of my Minor ICs that I captured from the enemy during the game showed a potential to build/place 4 new units during the MNU phase (instead of the usual 3). Now, I understand that this is because the game knows that I have previously purchased a Minor IC upgrade and therefore is treating my potential build as being: 3 new combat units + 1 upgrade = 4. However! The game should realise that it is not legal to upgrade a captured Minor IC, and therefore the potential of 4 builds should in fact be 3.
I have added a save game here. Look at France. It is doing what I described above and yet Normandy Bordeaux is not. They both have captured Minor ICs on them but France shows a potential 4 builds and Normandy Bordeaux shows a potential 3 (which I believe is correct).
I also noticed something else which could be wrong…
Same game as post above. I purchased a Minor IC in the original German territory of Romania last turn. During the MNU phase of the current turn, I wish to place new Infantry in the territory as well as upgrade the Minor IC. Can I do both in the same turn? Yes and no. If I build the upgrade first and click ‘OK’ it upgrades immediately, no problem. But then if I try to place new Infantry units, I get the message: “Factory in Romania can’t produce until 1 turn after it is created.” However, the game WILL let me do the Infantry placement first (3 units) and then the upgrade. Seems like a contradiction here. It will also let me do both at the same time. So to summarise, I can do one of the following:
1 - Upgrade, say OK and then cannot place any new combat units
2 - Place new combat units AND upgrade simultaneously
3 - Place new combat units, say OK and then upgrade
A bit strange, methinks. Thanks very much for reading!
There is a difference between a “bug”, and a “user interface inconvenience”, and a “feature request”.
In all TripleA games, you must place your regular units before you place any factories. You will just have to get used to this. It is not a bug. A bug is when the game crashes, or when you units rolled the wrong dice, etc. Since you can make the legal and correct move by placing your units first then the factory, the game is operating as it should.
As for the issue with the max placement, TripleA adds together the “normal” units you can place, with the “factory” and “bases” units you can place, and just gives you 1 number. You have to be smart enough to know you can only place 3 infantry there, not 4, and that the 4th spot is reserved for units like air bases and factories and stuff. Again, not a bug.
I will look into the inconvenience of why the max button says 4 in france but only 3 in normandy (i know it is because you have a factory you can place). However, it is not a bug because the game still only allows the legal move of 3 infantry there, and it rejects you attempting to place 4.
Thanks very much for looking into this. I appreciate that it is not a bug, and I now understand what constitutes such. Forgive me, I am still very new to TripleA and I’m still learning what the program can and cannot do. :-)
However, I do still think that the issue of upgrading an original Minor IC (AND placing new units at it during the MNU phase) could be handled better. Of the three options I mentioned above, I think option 1 needs to be eliminated, if possible. Why? Well, because I think it is a mistake/wrong that the game will allow you to upgrade the Minor IC, then click ‘OK’, and then not be able to place the new units.
If this can’t be fixed then fair enough, but I think it may confuse new players (and I hope TripleA gets LOTS of new players in the near future). I mean, I now know how to perform this part of the game process but new players may not, and it could mean making the difference between placing new units in the current turn or waiting till the next. And as we all know, one turn can make all the difference.
Thank you again.
Is there a good forum to suggest changes and such to the program. I have a wish list and a couple of suggestions.
There are several wishlist threads already going on the development forum:
http://triplea.sourceforge.net/mywiki/Forum
i also generally write down what I am planning on working on in the forum, usually in a post in thread for the latest version.
Hi Veqryn,
In a current game we noticed that the value of Okinawa [1] is not displayed on the map… appears as a 0 IPC territory to the eye (though income is still collected from it).
-MIR
Hi,
I was playing an online game and noticed that when my opponent attached Paris with two aircraft, the history record showed the AA gun only firing once. The dice went by pretty fast, so I don’t know if it’s just an error in history recording or the gun only fired once. I saved the game in progress for you, I hope it shows what seemed to be a bug. I know in the battle history it shows two German aircraft and the AA gun rolling once to get a five.
Thanks
Hi,
I was playing an online game and noticed that when my opponent attached Paris with two aircraft, the history record showed the AA gun only firing once. The dice went by pretty fast, so I don’t know if it’s just an error in history recording or the gun only fired once. I saved the game in progress for you, I hope it shows what seemed to be a bug. I know in the battle history it shows two German aircraft and the AA gun rolling once to get a five.
Thanks
you have Low Luck for AA guns turned on
lol
i need people to test paratroopers
please use edit mode to give yourself the tech at the start of your turn, then give it a try
the paratrooper movement phase is AFTER the normal movement phase
i need people to test paratroopers
please use edit mode to give yourself the tech at the start of your turn, then give it a try
the paratrooper movement phase is AFTER the normal movement phase
I think it works as is should work. You can see what I tested in the attatched file.
In another test (not attatched) I tested sending two units to one country - with and without AA. Both worked fine, too.
What I am going to test next is sending paratroops to an enemy country without support by land units… that is not allowed and should not work.
@P@nther:
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What I am going to test next is sending paratroops to an enemy country without support by land units… that is not allowed and should not work.
Works correctly!
Testing support by amphibious assault to follow…
@P@nther:
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Testing support by amphibious assault to follow…
Everything fine so far … no problems!
next version has been released for beta testing,
http://tripleadev.1671093.n2.nabble.com/TripleA-1-7-0-1-Beta-has-been-released-tp7583551.html
next version has been released for beta testing,
http://tripleadev.1671093.n2.nabble.com/TripleA-1-7-0-1-Beta-has-been-released-tp7583551.html
Wow, the changelog reads incredibly impressive!
Thank you, Veqryn!
