What's wrong with this?

Wdll · #1 July 15th, 2008, 06:57 AM

PBEM campaign, second battle, deployment phase. I bought some Area SAM with my support points and they are not available for deployment. I check the HQ list and they are listed there, in fact if I click on one there, exit the list, hit the find button, then it will "choose" it, but it won't show it in the battlefield at all, and if I click anywhere on the map then it will make it appear and only that specific unit. I am talking about Patriot SAMs for Greece 2008.

At the same time, I can see 4-5 enemy units that my guess is player one has already deployed...

Mobhack · #2 July 15th, 2008, 12:10 PM

It is not very useful to report a problem without an attached save game to debug.

PBEM campaigns are basic mode security, so a save game with the password is all we need.

Cheers
Andy

Wdll · #3 July 15th, 2008, 12:22 PM

Well, ok, but I can't just give away the password like this when it is from a running game.
Is there a way to pm you the password?

Mobhack · #4 July 15th, 2008, 12:32 PM

No, I don't take PMs or give out my direct email address.

Put a copy of it aside, and send after your game is over.

Cheers
Andy

Wdll · #5 July 15th, 2008, 12:51 PM

Actualy, nevermind, I use this password for 2 other current campaigns as well, so, perhaps next time.
Thanks anyway.

Sniper23 · #6 July 15th, 2008, 01:41 PM

why don't you send the saved game and password to DRG, he takes pm

Wdll · #7 July 15th, 2008, 01:52 PM

If DRG says it is ok I have no problem with that, but I can't just send an email like that without him giving me the ok beforehand.

c_of_red · #8 July 15th, 2008, 02:17 PM

I'm the opponent and my password is "campaign".
How do I attach a file set?
I have a theory. The units I deployed were 'dead'. Only the points of damage were not equal to the points the unit cost (IIRC, I cannot reopen that file set). I think those where kills where the crew bailed out. Normally I keep track of those and replace them first, but the game ended a turn early so I didn't get the chance to record which crews were still alive.
When the dead units came up on the deploy screen, they had damage points ALMOST equal to the point cost of a fresh unit. NO MP's so I placed them in position where they would be decoys to draw fire. Figuring if they were dead, getting them killed again wouldn't be any big deal and it might give me a free target. Worked better then I thought.
As far as the Patriots, they are off-map weapons. With a range of several hundred Km's , they are beyond the scope of a tactical game. They are death on SEAD strikes as well as giving one a count of the opponent's off map units. You cannot target or fire at his off map units BUT they do show up as target (1).

Wdll · #9 July 15th, 2008, 02:31 PM

no

They are not off map units. I can place them without any problems in any other battle.

Here not only they couldn't be placed without that trick, but when they did they appear as trucks or something.

Anyway, let's play the new campaign.

c_of_red, how giving away your savegame password can help since the problem resides on my side? ;p

Mobhack · #10 July 15th, 2008, 02:38 PM

To attach a file, reply to the message and tick the "I want to preview my post and/or attach a file" box. Then attach a file using the browse button.

Did you actually repair these dead units in the upgrade/repair screen?. Something weird is going on here and I would like to get to the bottom of it.

Patriots are not off-map units in any case. Thy are LR-SAM, and so deployable units.

I'm thinking something you did with these "undead" units caused the other problem, so if at all possible I'd like a save from just before the end of the game.

Cheers
Andy