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Offline Cinth

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Why??!!
« on: May 09, 2013, 03:10:09 pm »
Why can't I smash this particular tile?
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Opened your save. My computer wept. Switched to the ST planet and ship icons filled my screen, so I zoomed out. Game told me that it _was_ totally zoomed out. You could seriously walk from one end of the inner grav well to the other without getting your feet cold.

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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2013, 03:11:18 pm »
It will leave the mountain floating. The text is wrong.

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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2013, 03:15:05 pm »
Seems like a reasonable case for letting the player swap existing tiles for another for 2 AP.
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Opened your save. My computer wept. Switched to the ST planet and ship icons filled my screen, so I zoomed out. Game told me that it _was_ totally zoomed out. You could seriously walk from one end of the inner grav well to the other without getting your feet cold.

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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2013, 03:20:08 pm »
Seems like a reasonable case for letting the player swap existing tiles for another for 2 AP.

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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2013, 03:25:46 pm »
The text is not wrong.  But is this a new savegame?

If it's an old savegame and you already have some disconnected town centers, then it just won't let you smite at all, anywhere, until they are all connected.

If it's a new savegame, and it's specific to some particular tile, then it's probably a bug.
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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2013, 03:35:29 pm »
It's a new game (807 start).  I was able to clear that tile after I cleared the mountain beside it (zharmad).  That one Archery (what I placed there) cost me 3 AP to place that turn :(
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Opened your save. My computer wept. Switched to the ST planet and ship icons filled my screen, so I zoomed out. Game told me that it _was_ totally zoomed out. You could seriously walk from one end of the inner grav well to the other without getting your feet cold.

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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2013, 03:40:32 pm »
Well, a savegame demonstrating that before you fixed it might be nice if you have it.  Something for mantis.
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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2013, 03:45:00 pm »
It's something I can probably recreate.  I'm not sure where my last save was for this game :)

Edit: Lucky!! Those tiles exist in my last save.
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« Last Edit: May 09, 2013, 03:50:47 pm by Cinth »
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Opened your save. My computer wept. Switched to the ST planet and ship icons filled my screen, so I zoomed out. Game told me that it _was_ totally zoomed out. You could seriously walk from one end of the inner grav well to the other without getting your feet cold.

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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2013, 06:06:42 pm »
This would be same problem:
http://www.arcengames.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=11419

You were 4 issues later tho :P

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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2013, 06:09:51 pm »
This would be same problem:
http://www.arcengames.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=11419

You were 4 issues later tho :P

It's a bit of a pain to load another players saves right now.  You have to create profiles for that player then load the save... At the time that one popped up, I didn't have a profile with your name on it :)
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Opened your save. My computer wept. Switched to the ST planet and ship icons filled my screen, so I zoomed out. Game told me that it _was_ totally zoomed out. You could seriously walk from one end of the inner grav well to the other without getting your feet cold.

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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2013, 08:01:58 pm »
I've seen this bug as well.  I dont have a save for you though, unfortunately.

It randomly chose a tile and wouldnt let me break it, for no apparent reason.... but 5 or so turns later (with no real change to the map, just tiles appearing on the outer edges) it stopped doing it, and I was able to break the tile.

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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2013, 08:26:32 pm »
I've seen this bug as well.  I dont have a save for you though, unfortunately.

It randomly chose a tile and wouldnt let me break it, for no apparent reason.... but 5 or so turns later (with no real change to the map, just tiles appearing on the outer edges) it stopped doing it, and I was able to break the tile.

There is a rule that tiles can't "hang" currently. At least not by your own smiting. Thats what I think is preventing smiting them although message is a bit strange and thats the actual bug.

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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2013, 08:34:56 pm »
Figured it out, thanks!

* Fixed a bug with "can this be smited" detection that was causing some really wonky "no you cannot" answers.  Specifically when you were smiting something that would leave an orphan bit of land on the eastern side.  Don't ask. ;)
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Re: Why??!!
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2013, 08:46:02 pm »
I'm sure the answer was buried in ones and zeros
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Opened your save. My computer wept. Switched to the ST planet and ship icons filled my screen, so I zoomed out. Game told me that it _was_ totally zoomed out. You could seriously walk from one end of the inner grav well to the other without getting your feet cold.