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Primus posted 02-13-99 12:00 PM ET
Here's one that just happened to me a little while ago:
I had a salvaged Unity Rover roaming about, and it ran into a Mindworm boil. I attacked it, and during the combat my Rover disengaged. Well, it retreated into a square with an unexamined Unity Pod, and the Pod disappeared completely without being explored.
I'm trying to repeat it, but it's hard to line up the proper ingredients (multi-move unit which can disengage doing so and just happening to choose the one square with the Pod) just right.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-13-99 05:48 PM ET
We'll look at it, but the pod may have given you energy or comm frequencies. It's conceivable you might have just missed the message.
jkm
firaxis games
Primus posted 02-14-99 03:35 AM ET
I don't believe it gave me anything, but it is entirely conceivable that I missed it. Still trying to repeat it.
Primus posted 02-14-99 08:19 AM ET
Yup, it's a bug. I've repeated it successfully on several occasions with a hacked save game I threw together. An unexplored Pod definitely disappears when a unit disengages on top of it.
I've tossed an e-mail off to you, Jeffrey, with a copy of the save game I used to repeat the problem. BTW, SMAC save games compress very nicely. 8)
Primus posted 02-15-99 05:16 AM ET
Final follow-up on this.
I received an e-mail back from Jeffrey, and he confirmed that it definitely is a bug. Something to be stomped out in the next patch.
BTW, Firaxis support rules. Go man go!
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Author	Topic: Disappearing Unity Pod when disengaging
Primus	posted 02-13-99 12:00 PM ET Here's one that just happened to me a little while ago: I had a salvaged Unity Rover roaming about, and it ran into a Mindworm boil. I attacked it, and during the combat my Rover disengaged. Well, it retreated into a square with an unexamined Unity Pod, and the Pod disappeared completely without being explored. I'm trying to repeat it, but it's hard to line up the proper ingredients (multi-move unit which can disengage doing so and just happening to choose the one square with the Pod) just right.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-13-99 05:48 PM ET We'll look at it, but the pod may have given you energy or comm frequencies. It's conceivable you might have just missed the message. jkm firaxis games
Primus	posted 02-14-99 03:35 AM ET I don't believe it gave me anything, but it is entirely conceivable that I missed it. Still trying to repeat it.
Primus	posted 02-14-99 08:19 AM ET Yup, it's a bug. I've repeated it successfully on several occasions with a hacked save game I threw together. An unexplored Pod definitely disappears when a unit disengages on top of it. I've tossed an e-mail off to you, Jeffrey, with a copy of the save game I used to repeat the problem. BTW, SMAC save games compress very nicely. 8)
Primus	posted 02-15-99 05:16 AM ET Final follow-up on this. I received an e-mail back from Jeffrey, and he confirmed that it definitely is a bug. Something to be stomped out in the next patch. BTW, Firaxis support rules. Go man go!