simulating fleet strategies

Zarix · #1 March 20th, 2002, 09:49 PM

I simulate fleet fights very often in multiplayer games. That bug is really anoying. Another bug is that after simulating the fight, the fleet disappeares from simulator. I have found that going back to the fleet window and pushing create fleet causes the fleet to magically reappear. But that isn't all that happens. Doing that causes my real fleets to disband. This happens in 1.49. I haven't tried it in Gold yet.

PsychoTechFreak · #2 March 21st, 2002, 10:17 AM

quote:
Originally posted by rusty nail:
I look forward to seeing your comments when you have checked this feature out, and hopefully found out what I am doing wrong.

Unfortunately, the workarounds do not function at all anymore. Maybe they have been "patched out" sometime in the past.

You are right, I think - if it would be in function, this would be a very good feature to find good fleet strats.

@The Generals, SJ, Phoenix-D:
Could you please confirm this problem briefly ? I have tried your workarounds without success also - with the following Versions: ver 1.49 and 1.60 Gold.

@rusty nail, if this is confirmed, please send a bug report to MM, best idea would be always a mail with a savegame attached, Version information and so forth. Otherwise your mail would become the end of MM's workload queue, that is from my experience so far.

Phoenix-D · #3 March 21st, 2002, 06:13 PM

Workaround works exactly as I described it for me- open the fleet window in the simulator, click the add fleet button, add the fleet, leave without adding any ships, come back and use the screen as normal. It does disband by real fleets from time to time though

Phoenix-D

capnq · #4 March 21st, 2002, 06:14 PM

I don't use the simulator much because it's cumbersome, and I've played long enough that I pretty much know what designs I prefer to use. I've also found that the results it gives can be wildly inaccurate compared to actual combat performance.

PsychoTechFreak · #5 March 22nd, 2002, 12:05 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Workaround works exactly as I described it for me- open the fleet window in the simulator, click the add fleet button, add the fleet, leave without adding any ships, come back and use the screen as normal. It does disband by real fleets from time to time though

Phoenix-D

Nope, this workaround does not work on my steam PC. I guess I have to put this phenomenon under X-Files.