Unit derailed itself during strat move. No obvert please.

[JocMeister]

Unit in question was stratmoving from Alice Springs to Rockhampton. See screenshot. Saves can be provided.

Cheers.

[michaelm75au]

attach a save with unit still moving by RR and then de-trains at end if that turn

[Itdepends]

I had a unit do the same thing on the same rail line. It takes a looong time to march back to a base from there

[michaelm75au]

I moved a unit from Alice Springs to Port Augusta by Strategic Move (RR) and it succeeded without leaving the train.

[JocMeister]

I´ll try to get them. Having some serious issues with Gmail all of the sudden!

[JocMeister]

Here you go. Need password?

[michaelm75au]

I think this has to do with the range to destination hex. The distance (20 direct hexes) is triggering a different code path which is determining that there is no path to follow. The code actually has a comment "this should not be happening". Which tends to suggest that it has.[:D]

Will try to backtrack the movement and see how it should behave.

One thing I would say is that the movement routine probably could be having issues with a long movement. My suggest is that a long move be broken up into segments - example the move from Alice Springs to Rockhampton could have worked better if it was A.S. to Adelaide, then to Melbourne, then Brisbane, then to Rockhampton. Not the best, but I have a feeling that this also the suggested method in the original game.

Edit
Changed the distance and the unit stayed on RR. So this narrows down the problem.

[JocMeister]

Hehe, been doing that latly and no more derails! [:)]

[geofflambert]

I had this happen to me once in India, but I wasn't knocked clean out of the rail hex like you were.  I could have been subject to air interdictment, perhaps that was a legitimate cause?