Alpha Centauri 2

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire => Modding => Bug/Patch Discussion => Topic started by: PvtHudson on December 05, 2018, 02:07:10 PM

Title: Another funny bug or feature - this time with TECHSTEAL
Post by: PvtHudson on December 05, 2018, 02:07:10 PM

You play TECHSTEAL faction (maybe Spoils of War also count). You capture a base. Base screen opens. Former owner rings you and proposes truce over base's return. You agree. Faction color in the base screen changes to his. Then pops up a selection of tech to steal. You choose - and former/current base owner angrily breaks the truce due to your "persistent meddling". Unfortunately, I hadn't checked if Esc at tech selection cancels the steal. If so, then this sequence of events can be regarded as feature - you choose what you prefer to have, tech or truce. If not, then this probably is a bug.

Title: Re: Another funny bug or feature - this time with TECHSTEAL
Post by: bvanevery on December 16, 2018, 05:06:18 AM

Still a bug.  If they had intended to provide you with a legitimate choice of "steal or no steal", they wouldn't have made you jump around with an obscure ESC dance.  They would have given you an explicit confirmation dialog.  Specifically, they would have asked you if you really wanted to break the Truce.  I've been bitten by these "takeover timing" bugs before.