Spore Launchers attack each other

Method · July 17, 2002, 12:08

the title is self-explanitory. i pop a pod, get surrounded by worms and launchers. the first the they do is attack each other

so, i was wondering, does anyone else see this, is there something wrong with me, or is this just another SMAX bug we have to live with?

Edit: im a prince now!

Andemagne · July 17, 2002, 12:30

no, haven't seen this, but sure sounds funny

Lefty Scaevola · July 17, 2002, 12:34

Happens sometimes, you should be able to find 2-4 old threads on it. Alos interesting is when there is a pop you attack the square which has mindworms, locusts, and a tower, and you capture everthing expect the tower, Then you need to withdraw all you units which might have a higher or equal defense than the tower bdfore you attack it again.

Flubber · July 17, 2002, 16:50

seen it lots of times-- just come to accept it as different broods of wild animals going at each other

also interesting is when there is a fungal pop beneath your own units and you need to move them off the worm stack or risk their damage/destruction when you kill the tower

Nubclear · July 17, 2002, 17:16

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Originally posted by TKG
the title is self-explanitory. i pop a pod, get surrounded by worms and launchers. the first the they do is attack each other

so, i was wondering, does anyone else see this, is there something wrong with me, or is this just another SMAX bug we have to live with?

Edit: im a prince now!

Nope, just two animals going at it. Or maybe theyre fighting over you....

Method · July 17, 2002, 18:15

maybe i didn't say that, but only the launchers attack each other, not the worms. the one that wins never seems to lose any hit points though. i've also seen artillery get a 100% hasty penalty attacking launchers, even though they havn't moved yet.

Mongoose · July 17, 2002, 18:23

There are some quirky bugs with artillery. The spore launcher thing is one of them. I have had situations where I had multiple foils along an enemy coast to bombard tile improvements, terraformers, etc. Sometimes (and I don't know what determines when those times are) one of my foils will 'defend' the enemy coast and two of my foils will fight 'til one is destroyed.

Quite annoying.

Iskandar Reza · July 17, 2002, 20:45

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Originally posted by Mongoose
There are some quirky bugs with artillery. The spore launcher thing is one of them. I have had situations where I had multiple foils along an enemy coast to bombard tile improvements, terraformers, etc. Sometimes (and I don't know what determines when those times are) one of my foils will 'defend' the enemy coast and two of my foils will fight 'til one is destroyed.

Quite annoying.

Ya think? I played a game as the pirates once, and attacked an enemy base and manage to capture a foil defending the city. Next available foil I had I used to bombard a speeder parked outside the city. What happened wa the newly captured foil defended the speeder and had an artillery duel with my foil. Hey! You're on my side now!

You'd think that this sort of communication error doesn't occur in the future anymore.

Method · July 18, 2002, 08:54

the pirates capturing ships in bases was fixed by the patch IIRC

waab · July 18, 2002, 15:27

I have seen the same bug, I think it is very intressting

Darsnan · July 19, 2002, 22:07

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Originally posted by TKG
the title is self-explanitory. i pop a pod, get surrounded by worms and launchers. the first the they do is attack each other

so, i was wondering, does anyone else see this, is there something wrong with me, or is this just another SMAX bug we have to live with?

Yup, seen it a lot of times, even when the unit I used to pop the pod was a Spore launcher!

Anyways, a new one hit me tonite I thought I'd share: wild worms invaded a square that had a bunker in it. I moved my missile speeder to the attack, expecting to take out both worms, as is the case every time you kill the primary wild worm defender. Lo and behold, the second worm in the bunker is protected from destruction by the bunker!

FYI to those who weren't aware of this.

D

Iskandar Reza · July 20, 2002, 00:01

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Originally posted by Darsnan
Lo and behold, the second worm in the bunker is protected from destruction by the bunker!

FYI to those who weren't aware of this.

D

Smart worms. They aren't called mindworms for nothing.