Can't Launch Units Remotely! Help!

Stone Mill · #1 June 15th, 2001, 04:52 PM

What could be the cause of this? Possible bug?

In our current PBEM game I have lost the ability to remote launch. Not from any Minelayers, not from any Planets, etc�

�No, there is not max units in the area I am trying to launch. Although, there is a large number of Total units in the game by all players, and another player has at least 4 times as many units as I do (but I�m not sure how many of those are in space).

�No, I am not launching the wrong type of unit (i.e. fighters from a minelayer). I have been very careful about this.

Facts: I had the ability to remote launch for about 85(?) turns of the game, then suddenly, I continued to give the �Launch Units Remotely� order, and it appeared, but after the turn was processed, the order was cleared with no result. No warning or error message either.

After I attacked one of my opponents, close to turn 95, I actually regained the ability for about 2 turns, but then lost it again! (maybe it had something to do with the total reduction of units, although I really did not lose any; he did.)

Anyone else had this happen? Any ideas?

Lemmy · #2 June 15th, 2001, 04:55 PM

i think the max units in space limit has been reached, when you destroyed his units, you were able to launch yours untill the limit was reached again

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Q: When he went, had you gone and had she, if she wanted to and were able, for the time being excluding all the restraints on her not to go, gone also, would he have brought you, meaning you and she, with him to the station?

A: Objection. That question should be taken out and shot.

Stone Mill · #3 June 15th, 2001, 05:13 PM

I do not believe this is the case; the other players are able to launch remotely at will.

The limit appears only to apply to me.

Jubala · #4 June 15th, 2001, 05:20 PM

The max unit in space limit is per player. So if the limit is set to 500 every player can have 500 units in space. So if you have reached that limit you're **** out of luck. Personally I don't like such arbitrary limits in games at all and always set them to the maximum possible.

Master Belisarius · #5 June 15th, 2001, 05:21 PM

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Originally posted by Stone Mill:
I do not believe this is the case; the other players are able to launch remotely at will.
The limit appears only to apply to me.

The limit is per player.
Check if considering your other minefields, fighters and satellites in the space, you have 1000 units (I think that is the standard limit now).

mac5732 · #6 June 15th, 2001, 06:16 PM

ftrs, mines and sats all count against your maximum limit in space. Check what maximum setting for units for the game. If its set low, 500 or 1000, it doesn't leave much open especially if you are using a lot of mines. Remember, as long as they are not launched into space they don't count. Only those units actually launched count towards your totals. This way you can still build them on your planets to replace what you use up but again, only up to the maximum set per player.
I also always set this limit to its maximum when playing, when defending planets & WP 1000 mines alone don't go very far let alone ftrs and sats.

just some ideas mac

#7 June 15th, 2001, 06:40 PM

Open up the Ships/Units icon. Your total units in space is reported there. The absolute maximum effective for settings.txt is 5000 each, verified. I watch that number very closely and compare against what still needs to be launched. You can try bringing fighters/ sats back into your colony cargo bays to make more room. Mines once deployed cannot be recovered. BUT if you no longer need a stack of mines, you can select it then go into the scrap icon and self destruct the entire stack.

Stone Mill · #8 June 15th, 2001, 06:58 PM

Awesome advice. I will check all of that tonight.

I thank you all for your help, and just want to say this is quite an unusual community here. The knowledge base and general helpful attitude is like no other I've seen!

Possum · #9 June 16th, 2001, 03:55 AM

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Originally posted by Stone Mill:
I thank you all for your help, and just want to say this is quite an unusual community here. The knowledge base and general helpful attitude is like no other I've seen!

That's a big no-****ter there, good buddy!

This is a great crew, no doubt

Stone Mill · #10 June 18th, 2001, 03:18 PM

Yes the units in space appears to be the problem... our setting was 1000/player.

Only, when I tried to give any of my mines the self-destruct order, the "self-destruct" order appears in the ships/units view, but it never executes.

Another thought was to "fire on" them, but this does not work either.

As of right now, I can't get rid of them...
Looks like another bug.