Official v5.20 Bugs Thread

[Beersatron]

I've two star systems with the same name

Gliese 505

One must be in a mirror universe or something 

Is one inhabited by a race with Goatees? 

[Erik L]

The box showing starting RP has disappeared. I started a game without the game allocating RP and the box was not there. I checked in SM mode and non-SM mode.

[welchbloke]

The box showing starting RP has disappeared. I started a game without the game allocating RP and the box was not there. I checked in SM mode and non-SM mode.

It was definately there on my game when I started without allocating RP.  Research Tab below available scientist to the right of the compare button.

[Erik L]

It was definately there on my game when I started without allocating RP.  Research Tab below available scientist to the right of the compare button.

So it is. I was looking in the old spot.

[ardem]

Error 3201 was generated by DAO.Recordset
you cannot add or change a record because a related record is required in the table
'SystemBody'

this pops up twice very turn.

I have changed a couple planet names but that is about it.

I did a custom start so there was some deletion of systems first up, but none after i got the right planetry requirements.

[Charlie Beeler]

Steve this is a big one.  There appears to be an issue with missiles interecpting missiles.

Scenario:  Anti-ship salvo is within range to intecept assign target during next movement.  Counter-missiles targeted on anti-ship salvo and launched previous movement pulse and should intercept during same pulse that targeted salvo intercepts it's target. 

Problem:  Counter missiles do appear to be in the final resolution loop for the anti-ship salvo.  Anti-ship salvo target resolved (with appropriate beam point defense resolved) and then the counter-missile salvos generate messages that they have no target and self destruct. 

Granted the self destruct is do to no onboard sensors, but they should have resolved as intercepting their target salvos prior to those salvos intercepting thier targets.  I know that there is a potential for a very nasty set of nested loops in missile intercept.

[Brian Neumann]

Steve this is a big one.  There appears to be an issue with missiles interecpting missiles.

Scenario:  Anti-ship salvo is within range to intecept assign target during next movement.  Counter-missiles targeted on anti-ship salvo and launched previous movement pulse and should intercept during same pulse that targeted salvo intercepts it's target. 

Problem:  Counter missiles do appear to be in the final resolution loop for the anti-ship salvo.  Anti-ship salvo target resolved (with appropriate beam point defense resolved) and then the counter-missile salvos generate messages that they have no target and self destruct. 

Granted the self destruct is do to no onboard sensors, but they should have resolved as intercepting their target salvos prior to those salvos intercepting thier targets.  I know that there is a potential for a very nasty set of nested loops in missile intercept.

Part of this is the relative initiatives that the missiles are going on.  They use the initiative of the launching ship/formation.  If the anti-ship missiles are higher initiative then they will go first, followed by the anti-missiles.  This does keep the possibility of nested loops down as there is a built in order to resolving the indifidual missiles movements. 

Brian

[Charlie Beeler]

Part of this is the relative initiatives that the missiles are going on.  They use the initiative of the launching ship/formation.  If the anti-ship missiles are higher initiative then they will go first, followed by the anti-missiles.  This does keep the possibility of nested loops down as there is a built in order to resolving the indifidual missiles movements. 

Brian

^$#@^@#$#@$  I forgot about that....  and I'm fighting a Precursor which means that their initiative is 250.  The fleet getting hammered has a max of 155.  About every 5th salvo is hitting the sweet spot and not being intercepted.

Without this hole the fleet defenses would have the missile dual at a draw.  With the hole I'm lossing the fleet. 

That's what I get for not making sure the senior commander has a good initiative.  It doesn't help that I deployed very short range (200k/km) counter missiles.  (fuel at .001 to allow higher mass for engine and agility)

I still consider this as a bug.  Initiative should not superceed an otherwise valid intercept.  But Steve has to be willing to make the change. 

[Brian Neumann]

That's what I get for not making sure the senior commander has a good initiative.  It doesn't help that I deployed very short range (200k/km) counter missiles.  (fuel at .001 to allow higher mass for engine and agility)

Try changing the fuel to .002 or .003, it might be possible to do without really changing the agility at all.  In which case you would have 2-3 times as much fuel.

Brian

[Charlie Beeler]

Try changing the fuel to .002 or .003, it might be possible to do without really changing the agility at all.  In which case you would have 2-3 times as much fuel.

Brian

Normally I use .01 for ranges in the area 2m km.  This was partly an experiment and the short range isn't really the issue.  The next generation is back to .01 with the mass shifted to the engines for about a 10% tohit vs 10k/kps targets and a range of 2.8m km's.  It's actually a better choice since the launchers are 10sec recycle. 

[ExChairman]

Hmmm, I lost a Carrier with 122 fighters and 8 300000 tons freighters.
The carrier were sent out to a group of freighters that had run out of fuel, they were ordered to Join the Cargo Group and Absorb it... Got an error saying that the fleet dont excist...
Anyone know if the still excist in limbo?

[DatAlien]

Some Task Groups shows Fire Delay and Sensor Delay instad of Maintaince Clock and Maint. Supplys

[welchbloke]

Some Task Groups shows Fire Delay and Sensor Delay instad of Maintaince Clock and Maint. Supplys

this is working as intended. These fields appear after a task group has transitted a jump point.

[DatAlien]

Mineral packets dont move while the max subpulse is on 5 / 30 sec. (dont tested with other subpulse times)

[Thorgarth]

Receiving the Error in cboControlRace
                  Error 76 was generated by Aurora
                  Path not found: 'Planetjpeg\ha3.jpg'
                 
When I try to access F9.

Any clues (hoping it's my operator headspace error).