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Hi, I have no idea what to do at this stage ? I'm playing both sides solo (Barbarossa). I just launched an attack with the USSR infantry. And now it's German phasing for a Ground support attack. There was this bomber on the attack hex. I clicked on it but now it's frozen and there is apparently no other playable air unit or anything I can do to have the game going on with the next phase.
What am I doing wrong ??
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Please post save game at ground support phase before sending planes.
If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush.

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Hi, it says "You cannot save the game at this point."
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I had to close the game and restart with an older save. And this time it passed the sub-phase without any problem.
Very strange ... One more mystery in the universe.
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That often helps. How many screens fo you have? There might be hidden window somewhere. Next time use alt + tab.
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ORIGINAL: nukkxx

Hi, it says "You cannot save the game at this point."
I believe this happened at the stage where you had your screenshot. I have saved game many times at the start of that phase before any planes fly.
If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush.

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ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

That often helps. How many screens fo you have? There might be hidden window somewhere. Next time use alt + tab.

Nope... I triple checked it !! There was no other window. I'm 100% sure.
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ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

That often helps. How many screens fo you have? There might be hidden window somewhere. Next time use alt + tab.


IMO most probable cause, when you don't know how the game works, it's a pain in the ass, ... later it still is but you at least know how it's happening and sometimes get to bring the missing screen somehow and go on.
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ORIGINAL: nukkxx

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

That often helps. How many screens fo you have? There might be hidden window somewhere. Next time use alt + tab.

Nope... I triple checked it !! There was no other window. I'm 100% sure.

Sometimes they are "outside" the screen. This often happens when you are using 2 or more screens. Are you?
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This just happened to me in the Barbarrosa on Turn 2 Russian first impulse and it wouldn't let me save etc. I spent the past hour reading posts until I found this one... only one screen on my laptop with Win10. Since I'm a newb just learning the game solitaire, I'll probably just start the Guadalcanal scenario to learn more about naval operations... I have the 2.9.4 beta.
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Sh*t, I know that I solved it but don't remember how I did it. Maybe connecting a second screen and checking whether it was now visible? Can't recall...

Veterans: Is there a way to switch from one another of the tabs of the game through a system like Window's ALT+TAB?
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