Not seen this one before. I assume you had no problems targeting the alien ships or the PDC as it sounds like you destroyed them. Have you previously targeted any populations successfully in the game? Do you get some type of error message when you try to target the pop?
Also, as a test, please could you also try creating a waypoint and try targeting that
Steve
Except for targeting population before this incident, I have successfully done all of the above, targeting ships, PDCs, waypoints, everything worked like a charm. Only the problem with targeting population.
No error message whatsoever.
I am in the Battle Control Window. I select the ship, then I select the Missile Control, then a list with targets appears. The Missile Control in the Weapons and Fire Control summary reads: "No target assignement, Holding fire"
Then I select the population in the target list and press "Assign", then the summary changes to just "Holding fire"
Hm, can I usually target population, when PDCs are still around?
If no, then this may be the reason I can?t as the aliens are in the process of building a new one (about 30% finished)
Something not directly related. I had my DEs with PD-Missile Launchers set to shoot 2 PD missiles at each enemy missile. After a bunch of enemy salvos is shot down, I still have some 300 missiles in space, floating around, so i target them on wayponints in front of my ships, in case new salvos arrive. And sure enough, those salvos arrive, but those are only tine, 2 missile salvos, spaced some 60 sec, and before I can detect a second one, the first one is blown away.
Now, I can never see more than 2 enemy missiles. I allready have 300 PD missiles in space, and still my DEs insist on launching ever more PD missiles, managing to run out of ammo in no time.
I probably miss something obvious here, but it causes me quite a headache because it forces me to manually assign targets to all my DEs.