River Gunboats give a "Shattered" message when not destroyed and retreating.

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River Gunboats give a "Shattered" message when not destroyed and retreating.

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Have seen this in several games...

You can see the bug here at the 2:13 mark:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNOtpRI ... Oik7mLZhP8
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Tanaka wrote: Tue Nov 18, 2025 6:39 pm Have seen this in several games...

You can see the bug here at the 2:13 mark:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNOtpRI ... Oik7mLZhP8

Someone also mentioned that the Rangers units were doing the same thing?
Wondering if it has anything to do with this patch change?

•Defender units that are destroyed before they can retreat will now output a 'Shattered' message to better indicate halved losses for the attacker (Taxman66).
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I'm unfortunately not able to repeat this, is it generally repeatable with exact conditions, or happens every once in a while kind of thing?
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Hubert Cater wrote: Fri Dec 05, 2025 11:29 pm I'm unfortunately not able to repeat this, is it generally repeatable with exact conditions, or happens every once in a while kind of thing?
Every once and a while. I think I've only seen it with river gunboats on the Mississippi like in the video...
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Hubert Cater wrote: Fri Dec 05, 2025 11:29 pm I'm unfortunately not able to repeat this, is it generally repeatable with exact conditions, or happens every once in a while kind of thing?
Hi Hubert I have a repeatable of this event save for you I am sending to your email. Thanks!
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I recently played single-player, and got this.
Frankly, not a big-deal. The enemy retreats. I'm shattered everyday in life and retreat!
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ElvisJJonesRambo wrote: Wed Dec 10, 2025 3:44 am I recently played single-player, and got this.
Frankly, not a big-deal. The enemy retreats. I'm shattered everyday in life and retreat!
It actually is a big deal as I've discovered working on my mod. Shattering and retreating are two different things. As you have naval battles in that area the confederate ships just ping pong back and forth and back and forth it is ridiculous and messes up the naval conflict around New Orleans...

...but your joke is funny! Hehe
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This should be fixed now for the next update, and as far as I can tell it was just a false message, e.g. the retreats are still happening as they should, just a false 'SHATTERED' every once in a while.
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Hubert Cater wrote: Mon Dec 15, 2025 3:57 pm This should be fixed now for the next update, and as far as I can tell it was just a false message, e.g. the retreats are still happening as they should, just a false 'SHATTERED' every once in a while.
Ah ok great I wasn't sure as I had some situations with several retreats back and forth! Thanks!
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Tanaka wrote: Mon Dec 15, 2025 5:22 pm
Hubert Cater wrote: Mon Dec 15, 2025 3:57 pm This should be fixed now for the next update, and as far as I can tell it was just a false message, e.g. the retreats are still happening as they should, just a false 'SHATTERED' every once in a while.
Ah ok great I wasn't sure as I had some situations with several retreats back and forth! Thanks!
Just to update everyone we discovered that ships set at strength 5 like gunboats would retreat even if there was no damage and Hubert has fixed this also. Thanks Hubert!
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