Cannot place reinforcements bug?

trulster · Post by **trulster** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:40 pm

My PBEM opponent in a GS game reports a bug that he is not able to place reinforcements (game has gone into 1941, so it worked earlier) - I never had any problems. Any idea how to fix this?

pk867 · Post by **pk867** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:36 pm

Hi,
We need a little more info... like which side can not place re-inforcements. Are these new unit builds? A leader placement?
What scenario are you playing? When was the last turn the player placed re-inforcements?

pk867

trulster · Post by **trulster** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:10 pm

1939 scenario, Axis who cannot place new units. Problem developed April/May 41, before that was OK I gather.

pk867 · Post by **pk867** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:11 pm

Hi
Has France surrendered prior to the turn April / May 1941?
Were these German units in France that changed to Vichy France when Paris surrendered?
Or was the german units in territory that Italy captured and were in prior to Paris falling?

trulster · Post by **trulster** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:15 am

Aha you may very well be onto something, France did fall May 41, many units caught up in Vichy, this may be the cause of the bug. Possible some both German and Italian in Italian occupied Vichy. Will ask my opponent to clarify.

KingHunter3059 · Post by **KingHunter3059** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:03 am

Yes, I did have Axis units in VICHY France when (after many months) France fell. And then I could not place ANY new units in Germany after they were eligible. I suppose this cannot be fixed at this time, unless you folks know different.

Jay

Peter Stauffenberg · Post by **Peter Stauffenberg** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:24 pm

This is a vanilla game bug and we fixed it in GS v1.01. You have to install the v1.01 patch and replay the game from the time just before Paris fell.

The reason for the bug is that the Axis units within Vichy France will go to the force pool instead of being eliminated so they can be placed as reinforcements. But the code checked for the owner of the hex and not the owner of the unit when placing the units. So if e. g. a German unit had moved into a hex captured by Italy it would be placed in the Italian force pool. Units from the Italian force pool can only be placed in Italian cities and German units are expected to the placed in German cities. That means you can't place the unit at all.

I changed the code so it will check the unit owner instead of the hex owner, but you need GS v1.01 to have this fixed.

There is another bug we fixed about Syria not surrendering properly that will be released in GS v1.02.

I'm not sure when GS v1.02 will be released, but you and your opponent send a PM to either Ronnie or me with your email addresses then we can send you these patch files.

KingHunter3059 · Post by **KingHunter3059** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:50 am

Thank you Borger, When you have an Estimate of the posting date - Please let me know soonest! Thanks again!

Jay

rkr1958 · Post by **rkr1958** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:01 am

KingHunter wrote:Thank you Borger, When you have an Estimate of the posting date - Please let me know soonest! Thanks again!

Jay

Prerelease GSv1.02 patch that must be manually applied: http://rapidshare.com/files/331025773/GSv1.02patch.zip

For details on this prerelease see: viewtopic.php?p=121696#121696

Cannot place reinforcements bug?

Cannot place reinforcements bug?

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