Port "overstacking" bug
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:07 pm
The importance of this one depends on whether it is just a one time issue related to a scenario setup issue or representative of something that can happen at any time.
Scenario 1, grand campaign, started head-to-head, hot fix not yet loaded
Check Samah. Most (all?) of the TFs start docked at Samah, which is wildly beyond the port capacity. Now create a small TF from the disbanded ships. For example, make one with the two large tankers. The TF also starts docked! (My general experience is that new TFs stat undocked but something is making this different). I haven't fully characterized everything, but small TFs created start docked, if you make a really big one it doesn't.
One might ask if the TF is really docked, or just shows as docked. I ran a simple test by ordering the two-tanker TF to load fuel. When it showed as docked, it loaded 12070 fuel. I then ran a second test where I undocked the TF. Then, it loaded 0 fuel.
Again, if this is just a turn 1 issue, it may not be too big a deal. But if there's something that is letting created TFs start docked that could happen at other times, that could be a problem.
Scenario 1, grand campaign, started head-to-head, hot fix not yet loaded
Check Samah. Most (all?) of the TFs start docked at Samah, which is wildly beyond the port capacity. Now create a small TF from the disbanded ships. For example, make one with the two large tankers. The TF also starts docked! (My general experience is that new TFs stat undocked but something is making this different). I haven't fully characterized everything, but small TFs created start docked, if you make a really big one it doesn't.
One might ask if the TF is really docked, or just shows as docked. I ran a simple test by ordering the two-tanker TF to load fuel. When it showed as docked, it loaded 12070 fuel. I then ran a second test where I undocked the TF. Then, it loaded 0 fuel.
Again, if this is just a turn 1 issue, it may not be too big a deal. But if there's something that is letting created TFs start docked that could happen at other times, that could be a problem.