Refit "sizes not identical" bug

derb · #1 May 22nd, 2002, 12:50 AM

I am almost certain that this is a design I had made a new turns ago but I will try again this turn to refit and see what happens...

Wardad · #2 May 22nd, 2002, 01:51 AM

I think Suicide Junkie came through again.

edit: So why aren't new ship builds having this problem?

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[ May 22, 2002, 00:53: Message edited by: Wardad ]

Suicide Junkie · #3 May 22nd, 2002, 03:28 AM

Well, retrofits are one of the first things to occur each turn. Ship construction comes later.

It may be that the retrofits happen before the host takes a look at the turns and sorts out all of the new designs.

It could be that the build queues are referenced by design name, or some other method.

As I said below, I have no way of knowing how Aaron actually went about implementing all that code; the examples are to show how very easy it is to have wonky things happen when you're doing things simultaneously.

DirectorTsaarx · #4 May 22nd, 2002, 05:19 PM

Something just occurred to me while re-reading this thread... why is there even an error message for retrofitting to the wrong size? The retrofit window should only show choices that match the hull size of the ship you're trying to retrofit, so why bother with an error message for retrofitting to a different size?

Wardad · #5 May 22nd, 2002, 06:40 PM

There are too many possible errors and never enough error codes. I never take error codes at their face values.

edit: I was wondering about a possible work-around. Like placing the design in the back of a build que (but not building it), since it would then become locked in as new design. Possibly allowing retrofit to work on first turn. But.. I guess this will have to be tested.

[ May 22, 2002, 17:47: Message edited by: Wardad ]