wtf tut units wont attack

[skunktail]

well i purchased the game and did the tutorials, and it striked me as odd when the tut said i had to kill things but my units refused to attack... i must be missing something, because in the regular game my units attack....


so why is the tut broken

and yes i figure this is my fault but wtf can i do about it since i don't know whats wrong

[keith.lamothe]

Welcome to the forums Sorry to hear about the troubles, which version are you playing?  For the tutorials the official version is probably best, as the latest betas sometimes break things.

[skunktail]

Welcome to the forums Sorry to hear about the troubles, which version are you playing?  For the tutorials the official version is probably best, as the latest betas sometimes break things.

4.060
purchased on steam
i wouldn't care since the main game works but since this is my first time playing i am gonna need the tuts to get the strats and such >.<

[keith.lamothe]

Ah, yea, 4.060 is the latest beta, so it may be something that broke in the last few days or something.

We certainly want to fix it before the next official release, though

Specifically, none of your units will fire on any enemy units when you order them to?

Sounds like it could be from the recent simplification of the "Are ship 1 and ship 2 on the same team?" logic.

[x4000]

I am wondering if it's either a case of having bomber starships or siege starships unable to attack fleet ships, or else possibly running into Core Shield Generators or something.

[skunktail]

I am wondering if it's either a case of having bomber starships or siege starships unable to attack fleet ships, or else possibly running into Core Shield Generators or something.

that i wouldn't know but here
http://puu.sh/F8K
the tut, me with he army the game gave me, ready to attack, but i am in range of the enemy and such, my units should attack by default.....

http://puu.sh/F8M
and here is where my units are sitting ontop of the enemy.... i guess they are having tea together or something

personally i think the game confused the enemies for allies [btw can you have cpu allies?]

[x4000]

Yes, looks like that is a bug in the 4.060 beta in the tutorials specifically -- we'll have a fix out later today.  Thanks for the report!

As for CPU allies, there are some minor factions that are friendly to you, but you can't have full-out CPU allies.

[skunktail]

Yes, looks like that is a bug in the 4.060 beta in the tutorials specifically -- we'll have a fix out later today.  Thanks for the report!

As for CPU allies, there are some minor factions that are friendly to you, but you can't have full-out CPU allies.

rather sucks, wish i could have cpu allies to lean on while still learning, i wonder how hard it would be to do [ponders]

[x4000]

That's been discussed at length in the past.  Short answer: quite hard, and not something within the scope of the game.

[whiskeypriest]

I was having this problem as well. The new patch fixed it, but there's another issue. When the wave of bombers shows up, the bombers are gray, their owner is listed as , and my forces won't fire on them (or vice versa).

Related?

[x4000]

Almost definitely related -- thanks.  I noted in the release notes that there might be some stuff along these lines.  Do you have a save that you could post that I could use to test this?  One from right before the bomber wave is announced would be ideal.

[x4000]

And actually, if you have a save from after the wave is coming or has arrived, that could also be useful.

[whiskeypriest]

The autosave should be just before, the one entitled "bomber weirdness" is, well, you can figure it out!

[x4000]

Thanks!

[BobTheJanitor]

Is there something in the updater that allows you specify if you want beta or stable? I don't recall from when I first logged in but it seems like there was just a big update button and I clicked it and it just got everything for me, but maybe I missed something. Usually if there's something, especially with a new game, that is telling me 'Update available: click HERE for the latest stable version, (or click here for the latest beta version, bugs are possible)' I would probably go with the stable version. For new players coming in to the game or the trial (does the trial let you get the beta version?) and immediately running into a showstopping bug in the tutorial, they would probably get turned off to the game and miss out on all this fun.