Thread: 1.08 bugs.
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Old October 24th, 2006, 02:01 AM

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Default Re: 1.08 bugs.

I tried to launch satellites from a planet while the planet and a ship that couldn't launch units were both selected, but after launching a few I tried to recover one because it was launching the wrong satellites, and the game crashed. In other words, it crashed because I tried to recover a satellite with a ship that couldn't recover them. EDIT: corrected this

The AI will send me technologies as part of a standing treaty, even if I don't have the requisite technologies, but I won't actually get them. The log says that I've researched them, but they're not there. It does this with every turn.

Occasionally the sound in combat will stop for a while, even when there is alot of shooting going on, then start up again. Along these same lines, sounds sometimes play way too loudly.

The way names and flags are displayed on the system map is somewhat odd, especially if you have more than one information toggle turned on. Names will often be displayed over other names, resulting in unreadable garbage. I'd suggest having ship names display seperate from planet names and if there is more than one ship or planet in the sector, have it say something like "multiple ships" or "multiple planets", instead of a pile of letters. In top-down mode, the flags cover names and other info, and it is sometimes difficult to see the selection indicator (especially if it is pointing at a planet with a ring and you are zoomed out somewhat far, the ring will cover the indicator). I'd suggest making the selection indicator display superimposed and translucent over the 3d display, so that it is always visible.

The mouse control seems occasionally slow and choppy, making the process of moving the mouse pointer around and clicking a bit more cumbersome than it would otherwise be. I think this is partly why people are complaining about having to click too much. When it takes 2-3 times longer to operate the interface than what we're used to, people tend to feel that the game is a bit lethargic. A minor issue, perhaps, but if it can be fixed it should be - at some point.

All in all, SE5 is one of the most impressive independent games I've ever seen. I'm not surprised to see some bugs this close after release, but the fact that it was rushed is evident, some bugs are okay but there are quite a few here. No doubt the publisher is to blame for that, eh... Well, at least it runs.

Kudos to the dev team who I know is already hard at work fixing stuff.
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