Build version: v1.1.6.1 (Beta)
Severity: Medium
Annoyance factor: High
Confusion for new players: Infinite?
Saved game:
A problem that I used to encounter all the time, that went away for a while, is showing its ugly head again: fleet manually ordered to capture something staying there doing absolutely nothing!
In this case, the fleet is GrabFleet 1, which is designed to do captures. After it was built I ordered it to capture the Siecucha 2 mining station, in the Siecucha system. It went to the system, near the mining station, but then it stops. There aren’t any enemy fleet in the system.
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It’s the first time I try to capture as the Ikkuro, using ships with their unique splinter pods. Don’t know if it has something to do with the problem.
Not that I think it matters for manual fleets, but “Capture Condition for Bases” is set to “Always” in my policies.
I did some tests (not in the save): from its current position, I ordered the fleet to attack the mining station. And it did. Once the attack was started, I switched the order to capture, and it stopped the fleet in its tracks! Immediately!
I tried ordering individual ships from the fleet to capture the station, and they don’t. I also tried different combinations of ships’ positions in the fleet (core, etc.), and none made any difference.
, even the one that I focused on in the report above. I didn't pay attention enough to say for sure at what point it started working, but I think it was soon after my previous post: I tried a capture with another fleet, and it worked, then tried another capture with the problematic fleet and it worked. Not sure if I was still with v1.1.6.1 at that point.