Bug: If a ship full of cargo tries to load more it will clear all orders

oleg · #1 January 9th, 2004, 02:35 AM

Yeah, this horrendous bug ruins Proportions and AIC AIs in classical turn game (due to the very large population mass)

According to the next patch history.txt it is going to be fixed

Slick · #2 January 8th, 2004, 04:41 PM

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Originally posted by oleg:
Yeah, this horrendous bug ruins Proportions and AIC AIs in classical turn game (due to the very large population mass) According to the next patch history.txt it is going to be fixed

Is there a new patch history.txt beyond 1.86?

Slick.

[ January 08, 2004, 14:55: Message edited by: Slick ]

JLS · #3 January 22nd, 2004, 02:44 AM

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Originally posted by oleg:
Yeah, this horrendous bug ruins Proportions and AIC AIs in classical turn game (due to the very large population mass) According to the next patch history.txt it is going to be fixed

Oleg, how is AIC ruined by this bug, what are you talking about; as it applies to AIC

With starliner option it is very tough for Human Players to keep up with any of the AI Pop growth

With-out the star liner option (ON) it is about even for the Human Players with the AIC AI Pop growth

For a 1000 mass mod, the AI for AI Campaign handles population growth in most if not all variations of the se4 game and will out pace Human Players on average

[ January 21, 2004, 13:12: Message edited by: JLS ]

oleg · #4 January 21st, 2004, 04:12 PM

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Originally posted by JLS:

Oleg, how is AIC ruined by this bug, what are you talking about; as it applies to AIC

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Start a classical turn game, then after while switch one of the AIs to your control. Check the message log. You will see "can't load cargo.." Messages. Notice colony ships and population transports hanging around the HW despite many uncolonized planets in the system. Now, save the game and compare two scenarious: 1) continue to play this race with all ministers "on" but with you watching its turns - all those ships will magically start to move as they should. 2) turn this race back to computer, play few turns and then go back to this race - all those ships are still on the orbit and a bunch of "can't load cargo.."

JLS · #5 January 21st, 2004, 04:19 PM

Oleg you are saying the AI can not Colonize Planets in Standard mode?

Thats funny, the AI in my AIC games Colonize very many Planets.

And when I compare POP in the score screen they look like they are doing very well with total pop and planets.

True some times the Transports pick up some other units but there is usually room for a pop or two

It is easier to follow up on the total picture... If the players refer to the Score Screen {f5/scores} - they will see that the AI TOTAL Population and Planet Colonization totals are fine and constantly growing.And are in fact very competitive

[ January 21, 2004, 14:33: Message edited by: JLS ]

oleg · #6 January 21st, 2004, 04:36 PM

It will colonize in the beginning but after while it often gets into this "can't load..." mode and stop sending colony ships and transports. Take a closer look after turn ~30 in standard move game and you should see what I mean.

JLS · #7 January 21st, 2004, 04:41 PM

Oleg, it is after turn 30 that the AI increases its Pop transfers even much more then before this AI actually has Ship Construction 4

Depending on the AI Race, it is also after Ship Construction 5 that the AI increases its Planet Colonization by one third or more

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As you may recall; with AIC

[ January 21, 2004, 15:09: Message edited by: JLS ]