Troop transports failing to unload

[RhinoDad]

Is it just me or something I am missing? Sometimes an invasion fleet completely or partially fails to unload/invade an enemy colony.

Sometimes the entire fleet will just sit there loaded with troops over planet failing to unload troops. If individual transports are clicked on they will be just over the planet with red arrow and “Attack xxx” but not unload troops.

Other times some of the transports will unload but other will just sit back like the covering ships (few escorts, frigates) and not even move up to planet. As above individually red arrow and “Attack xxx” but neither move up or unload.

Each transport has troop pods and matching number of assault pods. Since sometimes they unload and sometimes they do not am guessing that it is not ship design.

Running on Aurora patch.

It can be frustrating to lose a land battle with 1/3 or more transports not unloading. Perhaps Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stopford, Sulva Bay fame, or someone like him is in charge of the invasion.

[Schatten]

There are multiple places (in design menue, Fleet menue, Ship menue) where you can choose if this design/fleet will invade or not.

If you make a wrong click here such things may happen.

Ships also need to be at close range to planet to unload. So better first move the whole fleet to the planet as close as possible without giving attack order and than first attack. So they start unloading, more or less all of them.
The number of Assault pods also decides how many troops unload as same time.

[RhinoDad]

Thank you. Gave it a good go over. As you suggested one of switches was probably incorrect.

[Nightskies]

A line in the beta said sometimes troop ships weren't getting into position to load/unload troops properly. You may have had that bug- presumably, the 1.1.3.5 beta fixes this. Schatten's suggestion about moving close to the planet should remedy it otherwise if that were happening to you.