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Negative Oil
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:29 pm
by davetheroad
in the end game of a pbem match rumania fell and the axis oil went to MINUS 555
As this was a pre patch game i ran some checks with the patched version
rumania falling causes a number of points to be deducted from the axis stockpile. Why? i can see no logic in this.
worse still even in the patched game you get NEGATIVE stockpile values, this is just plain silly, we all know you cant have a negative value here. it just cripples the axis and spoils the game and needs fixing ASAP
Dave
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:09 am
by IainMcNeil
This sounds like a bug. Do you have a saved game before the issue occured?
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:18 pm
by davetheroad
Yes but I am away from home and only have dialup.
the negative numbers and a deduction for losing Rumania can be replicated easily by firing up a hotseat 44 scenario, moving the germans out of the way, running down the oil to say 5 points and then occupying Bucharest with a russian. you will then see the negative oil total
Dave
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:02 pm
by YohanPBEM2
I am asking over here as well as at Matrix why a hot fix for this has not been issued. The game dies post 1943 without a fix.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:17 pm
by firepowerjohan
The oil bug will be fixed for next patch. There are reasons for not relasing too many hotfixes and it should really only be used for crashes. We do not want to release a doussin of patches for CEaW instead we want to keep them big. Especially this is better due to ppl not having to update so often and delete their old saves and also compatibility issue in multiplayer.
Despite the oil bug being a terrible thing that cannot be defended in any way, I do not see it as a game breaker in many games. Once USSR can conquer Romania (and it often happens in the late phase), Germany should be close to defeat.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:01 pm
by Stryder
firepowerjohan wrote:The oil bug will be fixed for next patch. There are reasons for not relasing too many hotfixes and it should really only be used for crashes. We do not want to release a doussin of patches for CEaW instead we want to keep them big. Especially this is better due to ppl not having to update so often and delete their old saves and also compatibility issue in multiplayer.
Despite the oil bug being a terrible thing that cannot be defended in any way, I do not see it as a game breaker in many games. Once USSR can conquer Romania (and it often happens in the late phase), Germany should be close to defeat.
Johan, is there a list of what will be in the next patch?