Bug with assault boats?

[2ndLt_Fjun]

Tried to search but couldn't find anything about it on the forums - perhaps its old knowledge.

I found a bug with assault boats the other day which seemed pretty weird. By "jumping in and out" from assault boats, infantry can move indefinitely along a coast line. What you do is to click on the water hex to make them board the boat. Then click on the land hex next to the one you entered to make them debark again, click on the next water hex to make them board and so on.

It can definitely be abused, even though it's kind of silly

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by 2ndLt_Fjun

Tried to search but couldn't find anything about it on the forums - perhaps its old knowledge.

I found a bug with assault boats the other day which seemed pretty weird. By "jumping in and out" from assault boats, infantry can move indefinitely along a coast line. What you do is to click on the water hex to make them board the boat. Then click on the land hex next to the one you entered to make them debark again, click on the next water hex to make them board and so on.

It can definitely be abused, even though it's kind of silly

Do you mean the assault boats that are an attribute of the infantry elements in a river assault (like a unit's entrenchment they are part of the unit, not entirely separate) , or actual units bought separately as real watercraft?.

The bit of movement code that does the "flip" back and forth of the unit icon for assault rafts is not part of the load/unload routine and therefore will need to be looked into to ensure a deduction is made. If it only applies to the unit attribute rafts rather than those bought as actual stand-alone units.

Cheers
Andy

[2ndLt_Fjun]

Originally Posted by Mobhack

[Do you mean the assault boats that are an attribute of the infantry elements in a river assault (like a unit's entrenchment they are part of the unit, not entirely separate

Hi Andy,

Those are the boats I'm referring to.

/Fred

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by 2ndLt_Fjun

Hi Andy,

Those are the boats I'm referring to.

/Fred

OK - I will have a look at the "carried" rafts in the summer, and maybe rationalise the code for them a bit as well.

Andy

[DRG]

Bug confirmed though it's very unlikley to be used much.


Don

[2ndLt_Fjun]

Originally Posted by DRG

Bug confirmed though it's very unlikley to be used much.


Don

Would be very "useful" in a 2-player river crossing game. But I agree.. probably not top priority to fix but your version of the game is so good that even the small glitches should be pointed out

[gila]

The idea is to get across the river asap right?
Considering one good placed shell and small arms fire vunerabilty will sink it with loss to all aboard,
Jumping in and out the raft is really not a good idea anyway eh?