Bug or WAD: Cannot capture slaves while sieging...

[MaxWilson]

thejeff said:
Well, I test software for a living at the moment and we certainly count things the programmers hadn't considered as bugs. Of course, our bugs can lead to things like planes falling out of the sky, so we don't really care if the programmers get touchy.

But the distinction Gandalf pointed out is at least as much about requirements that didn't get included as it is about scenarios that got overlooked. Is the fact that MS-DOS only had 640K of memory available a "bug"? It seems a strange use of terminology considering the origin of the term: contamination in your vacuum tubes that makes your program malfunction. If the rules for Dominions are illogical or unbalanced in a given situation, that's Kristoffer's problem and potentially a design flaw in the game. If the program doesn't work the way the game is designed to work, then it's a bug in the program and Johan's problem. To me, the distinction sounds useful.

I agree that the can't-recruit-slaves situation sounds like a UI bug, given that the option is visible but not selectable.

-Max

[Gandalf Parker]

MaxWilson said:
I agree that the can't-recruit-slaves situation sounds like a UI bug, given that the option is visible but not selectable.

-Max

Good point. Well its been brought to Johans attention.
Its a good catch whatever it is

[Sombre]

Do people actually use slaves then? I tried rounding some up but it seemed sort of a waste of a turn building commanders to do it.

[Ballbarian]

I never turn down free chaff. They catch the arrows while my Jaguar Warriors flank the enemy.

On the use of the word "bug", I don't consider myself a professional programmer, but I do get paid to write the occasional program, and I maintain one of my creations at work. When somebody does something that I did not anticipate, my program presents the user with a friendly message box:

"Congratulations! You have found a bug. Please pass the following error message along to your underpaid programmer:"

Planes don't fall from the sky, but the state auditors frown when the books don't balance. Hmmm, come to think of it, I think they are always frowning...

[Gandalf Parker]

Sounds like one of mine that said "tell them I need a raise"

[Sombre]

They aren't really free though, I mean you have to build a tribal king and set him rounding them up. They also hurt the populace don't they?

They just seem less useful than freespawn to me.

[Edi]

They also cost upkeep. Every 15 slaves cost 1 upkeep.