3.10 less stable

sector24 · #1 November 11th, 2007, 08:51 PM

The only problem I've had is if you delete a game folder and make a new game with that same name, the map is all messed up. Graphically, it remembers the map from the deleted folder, so the locations and neighbors are all messed up. The only way to fix it is to shut down Dominions and restart.

I'm honestly not sure if this is even 3.10 specific, and it's honestly not that big a deal so I didn't bother reporting it.

Shadowstar · #2 November 12th, 2007, 11:14 PM

Ever since switching to 3.10, I've noticed some bizarre things occur in the game. When playing against AI, one of their forces occupied my home province and started seiging my fort. When I sent in a force to kick them out (and they did succeed in taking them out), the game ended with the AI winning, saying I didn't have any provinces left, when I actually had about 4. Then another weird bug just happened where it's reporting provinces that I control as containing enemy units, but the list of enemy units reported are actually my units. I can even order them around, so I know I didn't somehow accidentally load the AI player's turn. I've also seen a few odd incidents where I have had vastly superior forces who rout before a single shot is fired in battles versus an AI defending force consisting of approximately 10 grunts and an ordinary commander.

None of this happened in the previous patch. It's like the AI is suddenly cheating just because I updated the game. Also, I know its not the difficulty level because I ran a game specifically to test this against an easy defensive AI, and it's still doing these things. Did something get seriously borked or am I just going to have to revert to 3.08?

Edi · #3 November 13th, 2007, 03:12 AM

I suggest uninstalling the game, deleting the installation folders (after copying the games you want to preserve) and reinstalling. That should solve your problems. The own units reported as enemy has appeared prior to 3.10, so it is an existing but very rare issue. Also in the shortlist, I believe.

Vega · #4 November 13th, 2007, 11:59 AM

Got a red screen of death here only on 3.10b. 3.08 was fine.

I'm playing on mac OS X and when trying to connect to a server (which is updated to 3.10, hosted by a PC running windows), I get a red screen of death right after the port number window. Any clue here?

I deleted and reinstalled the game and ran the patch to 3.10b. I also deleted my dominions3 folder. I don't see anything else that could affect the game and I believe it's a game bug, as it worked fine on 3.08.

Unless of course everyone reinstall and apply the 3.08 patch and stay away from 3.10!

lch · #5 November 13th, 2007, 12:42 PM

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sector24 said:
The only problem I've had is if you delete a game folder and make a new game with that same name, the map is all messed up. Graphically, it remembers the map from the deleted folder, so the locations and neighbors are all messed up. The only way to fix it is to shut down Dominions and restart.

That one is a real bug, which like most bugs have been the case since the first version. It happens often when people want to Blitz and the host has to redo the first turn because somebody messed up and/or they just want to use another map.

Aezeal · #6 November 13th, 2007, 07:01 PM

Vega, that sounds just like I had... when I had what turned out to be an illegal copy. Did you get it from the shop here or via less reliable ways?

In my 3.08 I had the game crashed after most SP turns.

If this was the case for you there is a great probability you have the same problem I had.

I easily improved it with 55 dollar though