small minefield bug

[Daynarr]

Well, it usually happens something like this; you enter a minefield with a sweeper and sweeper clears all mines, however the minefield is not removed from map. (AFAIK this is ALWAYS the case when you clear a minefield, not sometimes). After that, you enter that sector with another ship (doesn't matter what ship or from what direction) and the minefield on the map disappears.

Apparently the game checks for minefield only when a ship is entering the sector, and because of that it doesn't remove it from the map (the minefield was present when the sweeper has entered the sector). You simply need another ship to enter that cleared sector.

Of course, this is a bug and it hurts AI since it believes that there is a minefield.

[This message has been edited by Daynarr (edited 01 April 2001).]