Page 1 of 2

Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:08 pm
by Asap
Why is this? :shock:
(Blitzkrieg, Fall Rot)

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:14 am
by terminator
Another Ghost Unit ?
You could zoom more.
A savegame maybe ?

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:35 am
by Asap
terminator wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:14 am Another Ghost Unit ?
You could zoom more.
A savegame maybe ?
No, it's not another ghost unit but one of my heavy artillery guns surrounded by the fog of war.
Sorry, I do not have a save of this. :oops:

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:08 am
by Horst
The (core) unit is still marked on the minimap, so it must exist. The fog-of-war is quite messed up in that area.
Some scenarios generate wrecks at start. Maybe it somehow got resurrected if it doesn't belong to your units.
It's spooky nevertheless!

If there's something weird
And it don't look good
Who you gonna call?
:twisted:

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:27 am
by terminator
Without savegame, difficult to help you :(

:arrow: If you are playing a campaign, you should activate this usefull function, "Autosave per turn" :

Autosave.jpg
Autosave.jpg (125.24 KiB) Viewed 3747 times

:arrow: You can also save the replay at the end of the mission :idea:

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:05 am
by Andy2012
I cant provide any useful help here.
But 'cannon in the darkness' has a Lovecraftian ring to it. :shock:
('On the outer edges of our sanity, a cannon in the darkness looms, poised to crush the delicate fabric of our brittle minds' ...yep, should have been a writer. 8) )

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 9:12 am
by Asap
Andy2012 wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:05 am I cant provide any useful help here.
But 'cannon in the darkness' has a Lovecraftian ring to it. :shock:
('On the outer edges of our sanity, a cannon in the darkness looms, poised to crush the delicate fabric of our brittle minds' ...yep, should have been a writer. 8) )
:D <--- @Andy2012
I just was banned from all Slitherine forums for advertisement spam, I hope that was a mistake and that you can still read my posts :)

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:13 am
by Andy2012
Asap wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 9:12 am
:D <--- @Andy2012
I just was banned from all Slitherine forums for advertisement spam, I hope that was a mistake and that you can still read my posts :)
Cant see that in your user id file, must have been a temporary mistake.

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:16 am
by Asap
Andy2012 wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:13 am Cant see that in your user id file, must have been a temporary mistake.
I have contacted Slitherine Support and that was the reply I received:
"Thank you for contacting us. There was a problem with some users logging today. We've fixed the issue, please try to login again.
We apologize for all the inconvenience."

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:39 am
by Erik2
I was met by this message when I logged in today.
And I only have Nike sneakers :D
banned.jpg
banned.jpg (22.23 KiB) Viewed 3708 times

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:02 pm
by Asap
Erik2 wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:39 am I was met by this message when I logged in today.
And I only have Nike sneakers :D

banned.jpg
Yep, that was the mysterious message.
I have to admit, that I bought black Adidas sneakers a couple of weeks ago :o :oops:

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:44 pm
by GabeKnight
Asap wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:08 pm Why is this? :shock:
(Blitzkrieg, Fall Rot)
Did you modify the scen somehow? My version (v6.1.9) looks like this:

Screenshot 691.jpg
Screenshot 691.jpg (812.52 KiB) Viewed 3693 times
Horst wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:08 am If there's something weird
And it don't look good
Who you gonna call?
:lol: :lol: :lol:
It must have been some 30 years ago I saw that movie first...unbelievable..

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 4:16 pm
by terminator
Zoom for Terminator.png
Zoom for Terminator.png (576.27 KiB) Viewed 3689 times
Horst wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:08 am If there's something weird
And it don't look good
Who you gonna call?

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 4:40 pm
by Asap
GabeKnight wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:44 pm Did you modify the scen somehow?
Good catch. Yes, I modified a little. I replaced airstrips with airports in some scenarios (no other changes) but that shouldn't affect the sight of units or the fog of war.

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 5:15 pm
by Asap
I tried to replicate that fog of war issue but I couldn't, everything was fine this time.
I guess, that it's some kind of a bug, which appears at times no matter what scenario.
I also noticed, that you occasionally have no fog of war at places on maps, with no reason and no friendly units around.

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 5:58 pm
by terminator
Asap wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 5:15 pmI also noticed, that you occasionally have no fog of war at places on maps, with no reason and no friendly units around.
:arrow: Triggers

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:27 pm
by Asap
terminator wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 5:58 pm
Asap wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 5:15 pmI also noticed, that you occasionally have no fog of war at places on maps, with no reason and no friendly units around.
:arrow: Triggers
Triggers would be a reason. I wasn't talking about triggers that take away the fog of war. :)

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:14 pm
by bru888
Erik2 wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:39 am I was met by this message when I logged in today.
And I only have Nike sneakers :D

banned.jpg
I went to sell my OOB stock when I saw this! Erik, of all people? :shock:

Then rationality arrived . . . Erik was posting the aberration here, so . . . OOB stock is back in my portfolio! :)

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 9:23 pm
by GabeKnight
Asap wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 4:40 pm Good catch. Yes, I modified a little. I replaced airstrips with airports in some scenarios (no other changes) but that shouldn't affect the sight of units or the fog of war.
Yeah, well, I thought, it could have been that you modded the scen and forgot about it or something...

Also I noticed a whole bunch of random triggers inside, one of them could be responsible for some "reveal/change ownership/whatever" effect gone wrong (I didn't check)... and this could explain why it wouldn't happen twice in a row, too. :lol:

Re: Cannon in the Darkness

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 5:09 am
by terminator
Asap wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 4:40 pmGood catch. Yes, I modified a little. I replaced airstrips with airports in some scenarios (no other changes) but that shouldn't affect the sight of units or the fog of war.
What interest to change airstrips with airports :?: