MP crashes a lot in certain situations - did you notice

[pupski]

I am playing in both tournaments at the moment and all goes well, that is, if you don't mind crashes a lot. Against one player the game crashed 2 or 3 times in a turn while I tried to finish up a fleeing infantry unit. I had to reload the turn again and again and had to try to work around the problem, so just repeating my steps (in an honest way) didn't do the trick. Now against the same player a turn of the other match crashed 5 times, and you guessed right, while trying to finish of a fleeing infantry unit. The first reload I tried to repeat my steps (still an honest player) but the game just crashed at the same point, trying to hit the fleeing unit. I tried different ways to get the same result and in the end something worked, I think using arty instead of my trusted tank or scouts. But it forced me not to take the victory hex because the first five times it crashed while going there shooting or taking it and passing by and shooting or just stand on it and shoot. Crashes are annoying but having to adopt a very different tactical approach to a clearly situation is just that bit more annoying, especially when it forces you to donate victory points. Oh well, I have no friends or live so it's my only worry so in that perspective it is not a lot of trouble.

The thing that bothers me a bit that it can make me feel that I am cheating because reloading turns can give away valuable information. But after a crash there is no other option. The other thing I wonder about if this is an issue in games between players with different game versions. I tend to use the latest version normally but all the players I encounter have older game versions. The last tournament was worst by the way, one of the games just wouldn't load round turn 11 or 13 so I lost that one for being absent, that was very cruel because I tried to reload and restart and even reinstall for a total of 8 times with no succes. I can not load a turn that is not able to load. While having no live or friends that still stresses me out a bit, if this last thing in live fails on me as well. To be honest, I have a bit of a live and some sort of friends, but that happened after the game crashed and wouldn't load the turn, you have to do something, right?

But maybe a tip or hint, that for me, shooting on a fleeing infantry unit, in different situations, made the game crash. I hope it clears things up a bit for other players that encounter this phenomenon. Still waiting on the answer of that game that wouldn't load but tech support is probably very busy. It was only 4 or 5 months ago. Fun game nonetheless, not perfect but a nice addition to other games like this that I like. Go Slitherine!

[pupski]

After some more turns and crashes it is clear to me that shooting at a fleeing unit will crash the game, at least in my setup. It is a bit of getting used to but I am trying to learn not to shoot fleeing units, maybe morally a good choice as well. If you are in a winning position it is not so hard to work around this annoyance, just keep your eyes on the prize. But if it's a close game/match it gets very tricky. I had to let go of taking a victory hex in two games now for at least a turn and that it 2 point per turn in my score of those games. I hope this will be solved or that other players will at least update their games with the latest patch, maybe that would help?

[jpmeunier]

I have the same issue with constant game crashes in different situations.
Mostly when being shot at by AI units.
I tried restarting my computer, erasing all autosaved games, loading a saved game... Nothing works.
Can we please have an update on fixing this issue?
Thank you

[pupski]

Sounds like good news that it says in the patch notes of the anniversary update (that I spotted today) that this common problem of crashing when shooting at a demoralised is fixed. I is probably fixed and i can't wait to feel the joy of shooting those fleeing units again