I have either discovered a ground assault bug, or I could use your advice on how to do ground assault.
I am running under SE IV Gold 1.78 with TDA Modpack 3.20 (not that TDA should matter). I am trying to drop troops on a planet that was colonized Last turn by my arch foes to the north, the Narn Regime. In the first battle, I just assigned my transport ship, which holds 20 "Light Ground Troop" units (troop with first level of weapon) and default strategy "Capture Planet". The ship did not even approach the planet, even though the planet was undefended. Since I am playing turns sequentially, I was able to try a second time this turn. So, in the second battle, I went to Empire Status and altered the default Capture Planet strategy to use Type Priorities before Targeting Priorities, and set Planet as the first item on the type priorities. My troop carrier still just withdrew without dropping troops. Am I doing something wrong here?
On an earlier turn, I observed another wierd problem. I had tried combining my troop carrier ship with armed ships, with the default Capture Planet strategy, but the armed ships simply attacked and destroyed the planet, while the troop carrier withdrew. Again, am I doing something obviously wrong here, or is this a bug?
A related problem occurred on a prior turn, when I sent armed ships to a planet with a strategy I called "Kill unarmed" (targeting only unarmed ships, transports, colony ships, avoiding armed ships and planets). At the time, the planet was undefended, but two unarmed ships were orbiting. My armed ships just went straight for the planet, ignoring the unarmed ships. Any idea why?
Finally, I set the ships to "don't get hurt" because I figured a nearby carrier would attack. Well, it did, and my ships did not move away. They were swarmed by fighters, and never retreated.
If these aren't bugs, I feel like I'm missing something here. If I am doind something obviously wrong, I would appreciate knowing about it. Is there a place where I can upload the game files, so people can see the problem?
Thank you!
[ January 05, 2003, 19:16: Message edited by: Merry Jolkar ]