Lost Leaders.

[Capt Cliff]

I am in a PBEM game as the CSA. I have mysteriously lost Hardee, in limbo. He is listed in the leader screen but with no location. It happened while I was trying to move him some combination of right click and left or I am not sure. Now I was able to replicate this. I tried to move another leader and again the leader ended up in limbo, after some right click left click combination while selecting a destination. I have a number of saves with Hardee gone AWOL.

[Joel Billings]

I vaguely remember seeing something like this in testing several years ago (although it was extremely rare and I thought it was fixed). Unfortunately there's not much we can probably do about it since it's been about 2 1/2 years since Gary last looked at the code for this game. If it's something where you can load a save and through a specific combination of actions get the leader to disappear every time you do it, then it would be worth your sending a save and instructions on how to repeat it to 2by3@2by3games.com. In that case assuming Gary can still compile the code using his latest computer and compiler, he might be able to fix it. If it's not repeatable through specific steps, then there's no hope. Hopefully it will continue to be extremely rare during gameplay.

[Capt Cliff]

ORIGINAL: Joel Billings

I vaguely remember seeing something like this in testing several years ago (although it was extremely rare and I thought it was fixed). Unfortunately there's not much we can probably do about it since it's been about 2 1/2 years since Gary last looked at the code for this game. If it's something where you can load a save and through a specific combination of actions get the leader to disappear every time you do it, then it would be worth your sending a save and instructions on how to repeat it to 2by3@2by3games.com. In that case assuming Gary can still compile the code using his latest computer and compiler, he might be able to fix it. If it's not repeatable through specific steps, then there's no hope. Hopefully it will continue to be extremely rare during gameplay.

Thanks for the reply Joel. I just can't remember what I did that caused the leader to disappear. But I was attempting to move the leader. Well rare or not it did happen to me twice in one PBEM game. I was able to restart the game and save the second leader, but the first was beamed up by aliens. I'll experiment with the game, it might be a accidental right click on the leader, attaching him to himself that caused it. One suggestion to Gary is to be consistent with I/O commands. In GGWBTS right click deselects and left click moves the unit while in GGWITE it's reversed. So playing both games can be confusing. Like driving in England then driving in the USA.

Addendum; I did load that saved game where that leader disappeared but I was unable to replicate the event. An right clicking on the unit does produce a pop-up message saying you can't attach him to himself.