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cousLee posted 06-19-99 02:20 PM ET
I have a custom scenario that has 2 bugs in it.
The first one, I caught a design fluke. Each of the 2 factions have a "Super Gun Foil". Hand weapons, no armor, foil, and superformer SA. The SF does not work, but the hand weapon does.
The second, after playing a little, will have sections of exposed map, become covered in black. The base names can still be read. It is correctable in the game by zooming. IE: zoom out:corrects paint, zoom in to restore original height. It happens a number of time in the game.
The starting terrain I set at all 3500 ft; and lowered from there to make viable base sites. The game has 2 small lakes, and a customized landscape. Unity survey is on, fog of war is off.
Any thoughts on #2?
cousLee posted 06-21-99 08:26 PM ET
I have narrowed it down some. This has appeared on 3 diffrent games. It seems to be related to playing a scenario or regular game on a FLAT MAP. It also causes units on the west barrier get "stuck". moving the unit away from the edge with the <- directional will free up the unit. This bug is easily re-created. Design a random map, switch it to "Flat world" and save the .MP file. then start a game, and load the map file. After aprox 25-40% of the map is exposed, the bug starts appearing. It does appear randomly, but it has yet to not appear following the set-up shown above.
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Author	Topic: Black screen bug
cousLee	posted 06-19-99 02:20 PM ET I have a custom scenario that has 2 bugs in it. The first one, I caught a design fluke. Each of the 2 factions have a "Super Gun Foil". Hand weapons, no armor, foil, and superformer SA. The SF does not work, but the hand weapon does. The second, after playing a little, will have sections of exposed map, become covered in black. The base names can still be read. It is correctable in the game by zooming. IE: zoom out:corrects paint, zoom in to restore original height. It happens a number of time in the game. The starting terrain I set at all 3500 ft; and lowered from there to make viable base sites. The game has 2 small lakes, and a customized landscape. Unity survey is on, fog of war is off. Any thoughts on #2?
cousLee	posted 06-21-99 08:26 PM ET I have narrowed it down some. This has appeared on 3 diffrent games. It seems to be related to playing a scenario or regular game on a FLAT MAP. It also causes units on the west barrier get "stuck". moving the unit away from the edge with the <- directional will free up the unit. This bug is easily re-created. Design a random map, switch it to "Flat world" and save the .MP file. then start a game, and load the map file. After aprox 25-40% of the map is exposed, the bug starts appearing. It does appear randomly, but it has yet to not appear following the set-up shown above.