Planet vanishing!

[Q]

SE IV Gold Version 1.78.
One of my colonies, or better the planet where my colony was, disappeared! No event message, no asteroid field in the sector where the planet was. Just gone! A starbase, minefield and ship in the same sector are still there.
What is this???
Anyone seen something like this???

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Q:
SE IV Gold Version 1.78.
One of my colonies, or better the planet where my colony was, disappeared! No event message, no asteroid field in the sector where the planet was. Just gone! A starbase, minefield and ship in the same sector are still there.
What is this???
Anyone seen something like this???

Yes ! Exactly like that ! Planet gone, no asteroids. But I don't understand the cause either It happend to the AI a couple of times in that game I think. This was pre-gold, and not the latest patch.

Sorry I'm not much more help, but I was so shocked I thought I had done something wrong. Like I got the message but the log window was set to construction or something -- I do that a lot. Please send the game file to MM, I just flaked when it happened to me.

I was doing something wierd at the time, but I can't remember what it was. I think I had just traded that planet with the AI for a better planet that was due to explode. Or something like that I can't remember

[ October 05, 2002, 11:45: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

[Growltigga]

Q, you're planet disappeared with no trace?

I did feel a major disturbance in the force a couple of days back, as if millions of people had cried out in terror and were suddenly hushed....

I suspect it is either one of your competitors up to dastardly tricks with a new super-deathstar or failing which, a giant stargoat has scoffed it...

I am off to consult with yoda

[Q]

Thank you for your replies.
Yes I felt the shaking of the "force" too .

I am glad that I am not the only one who had this experience, because otherwise I would start to doubt about my mind. I have the savegame before this "event" and repeated the turn and this time the planet did not disappear!!!
It really seems to be random and therefore it is not much use to send it to MM.
However I continued my game in the "mystery" Version without my precious colony.

[geoschmo]

That happened to me once in a game too. Last year, on 1.49. I was able to narrow it down to exactly which turn it happened. I sent to Malfador back then too. Not sure if he tried to fix it or not. I have never seen it happen again though. You should send the file, even if it's random, he can maybe see what happened to cause it and eliminate it.

Geoschmo

[ October 05, 2002, 15:31: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[dogscoff]

Happened to me too. Long long time ago, probably the second or third patch into SE4 classic.