Hungarians... on Turn 3

[*Lava*]

So... I'm off on my first GC game as Axiz vs the AI on Challenging. I'm trying something different just for the experience and overall things aren't going the greatest.

And then just before I click on the "End Turn" button... I get a surprise:

[ComradeP]

You railed them there, I presume?

The AI probably captured a Romanian or Hungarian town by accident, which unfreezes all frozen minor Axis units (Italian, Romanian and Hungarian).

[*Lava*]

That is exactly what happened. [:D]

Problem is I have a couple Hungarians stuck out in nowhere land and it appears they are surrounded by black hexes and can't get out.

[ComradeP]

That's weird, do you have a screenshot for that, with hex ownership enabled?

[tancred41]

I've seen this happen - its a bug of some sort. A soviet unit forced to retreat into Hungary or Romania can cause it. The problem is that it allows a very ahistorical narrative to emerge - i.e., Axis ability to completely empty Yugoslavia of all its Italian garrison forces, in addition to simulating a Hungarian war effort at least 400% higher than history ...

[2ndACR]

Why can't a Russian human do that for me.[:(]

I would love to have the entire Hungarian army turn 3.

[*Lava*]

ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

Why can't a Russian human do that for me.[:(]

[:D]

Here is a shot of the trapped Hungarians:

[ComradeP]

You're sure you're in regular movement and not rail transport mode?

[*Lava*]

ORIGINAL: ComradeP

You're sure you're in regular movement and not rail transport mode?

Same for both. I have selected rail transport to illustrate the boundaries of the box.

[ComradeP]

They can't move through Romania and the terrain in that part of Hungary has a high MP cost, so in order to move out of the area, they'd need to move through some rough hexes like the one northwest of that infantry brigade. If that infantry brigade can't move there, then it's a bug, otherwise you're just seeing limited movement ranges due to the difficult terrain.

[*Lava*]

I think what I'm seeing is black hexes...

[ComradeP]

Until you post a screenshot with the infantry brigade selected in regular movement mode, I can't tell you whether it's a bug or not.

[*Lava*]

Yikes...

You were right. They actually can march out.

The map was a strange blackish color and I didn't think they would do it.

My bad.