Slitherine

Hi Tech Support,

In my current multiplayer match the Ballista after turning it by 45 degree cannot be selected any longer. Also hovering over it does not show anything. It is my match vs. hoel as part of the East vs. West Tournament (I guess you have access to the save?). Especially annoying as I could have shot at an elephant if not for that. I think that is my first bug I experience so otherwise good work so far

A ballista (heavy or light) cannot turn 45 degrees and shoot in the same turn. The turn counts as a move.

After turning 45 degrees, if it is a heavy ballista, you should be able to select it, but not do anything else with it in the turn. Hovering over it won't show anything, but hovering over a potential target should show "Can't shoot when moved".

After turning 45 degrees, if it is a light ballista, you should be able to move it one square forward, but not shoot. Hovering over it won't show anything, but hovering over a potential target should show "Can't shoot when moved".

(I guess you have access to the save?)

No, we can't access MP saves to see the situation, unfortunately. A screenshot would be helpful if this sort of thing happens again.

Thanks for the reply - I will do a screenshot but not sure how I can show the issue. The problem is that I cannot even select the Ballista at all (several turns after I turned it) - like it is not on the map. Even hovering over it with the mouse does not show anything.



Well thanks to my opponents attack I found the ballista. As you can see: The Ballista is one field ahead and the Riders are fighting it - it somehow must have teleported there while it still shows on the field were it was originally.

Very odd.

Thanks for the report. Have you installed the v1.5.40 update?

Did the strangeness correspond to the release (or installation) of the update? If so, this is not so much a bug but one of the inevitable anomalies that can happen when the scripts don't match - which they won't on the turn after an update.

That can be - I have automatic update via Steam and it shows update on the 13th of January. I did not try to use my ballista 2-3 turns as the opponent was clearly out of range. Just recently some elephants pursued into range - thats when the issue was recognized.

It seems that this is related to a particular glitch with Heavy Artillery in on-going games started before the update.

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