** Bug Battleship fleet disapeared..

[JR5555]

Hi,

While playing as the Germans against the AI in 3.00 I moved three fleets just west of Britain, 2 battleship fleets and 1 destroyer. I was planning on hitting some convoys. I moved them all close together and when the AI turn came up it moved its ships near mine and while doing so I noticed I had a battleship fleet missing. It might have been missing from the start of the AI turn or because a convoy went in the same hex it was in or another British fleet did. I know for a fact it was there when my turn ended, when the AI moved its ships near mine it was gone.

I have a save on the turn after it happened.

Sorry, I thought I was in the tech support forum.. Can someone please move.. Thanks!

[Peter Stauffenberg]

You probably still have the battleship in the hex and it will reappear once the enemy naval unit in the same hex moves away. You're only supposed to have one unit per hex, but I think the AI ignores that if the target hex is hidden (not possible to see it' occupied). Then it sends the naval unit to that target hex and it doesn't get bumped like in PBEM games. This is probably the reason the convoy movement sometimes crashed the game in AI games.

We haven't altered the AI code so it's hard to tell how the AI moves its units. This bug fix will require some changes to ai movement in the file ai.class. We don't have experience with that file so AI changes hasn't been a priority.

[JR5555]

Ok, I will let you know if it turns up or not.

Thanks for the quick answer.

[JR5555]

FYI, it does not turn up, its on the mini map but not in the game where I can access it.

This is not too bothersome because the game was meant to be played human vs human. I use the AI primarily for training purposes.

[Peter Stauffenberg]

Are you sure there arent any hidden subs in the hex?

[JR5555]

Hi,

No not sure, all I can say is after 8-10 turns it has not shown up. I have had a sub go past where it is to see if it was just FOW, its not. Its like a ghost.

I dont want to come across like I am complaining, I appreciate what you all have done to the game. Its a better gaming experience than when it was released.

Thank you!

[JR5555]

What you are saying makes sense, so I will launch a search & rescue mission to find the fleet, will get back to you on the results.

[JR5555]

Mission failed. I am sorry to say that I have not located a sub or my fleet. I have the save if needed, the battleship fleet is just north of Ireland, blue dot on the minimap.