PBEM Campaign bug

[blitzkreig]

I thought I'd post as a warning to other PBEM campaign players.

On my first battle I decided to cross attach two core units to a support formation as I wasn't sure if this was an intended feature or a loophole and wanted to find out.

When starting my second battle these core units had become ghost formations, ie they were shown on the map but not in the hq roster. When these ghosts units fired they caused the game to crash. So if curious my advice is not to cross attach in this way!

When I start my next battle I shall attempt to cross attach them again to see if that solves the problem. By cross attach I mean to use the cross attach button on the tool bar as opposed to the cross attach formation option on the roster.

[Mobhack]

The support hq would have been eliminated at battle end, and the core units likely left dangling (as with yours) or possibly pointing at random hq elements (which could be the enemy) or an inactive hq depending on both player's subsequent buys.

I'll have to look into stopping core units being cross attached to support formations, and maybe the opposite may cause problems too?.

Good catch.

Cheers
Andy

[Cross]

Hi Andy,

I've attached support units to core units in a PBEM campaign, and have not had any problems at all.

[Cross]

Now that I think about it...I don't think I did attach support units in my first battle; and although I have attached support to core in this second battle, I won't know if all is ok until I start a third battle.

[PanzerBob]

Originally Posted by blitzkreig

I thought I'd post as a warning to other PBEM campaign players.

On my first battle I decided to cross attach two core units to a support formation as I wasn't sure if this was an intended feature or a loophole and wanted to find out.

When starting my second battle these core units had become ghost formations, ie they were shown on the map but not in the hq roster. When these ghosts units fired they caused the game to crash. So if curious my advice is not to cross attach in this way!

When I start my next battle I shall attempt to cross attach them again to see if that solves the problem. By cross attach I mean to use the cross attach button on the tool bar as opposed to the cross attach formation option on the roster.

Apparently, the crash occurred twice just as one of these units started firing AAA at one of my Tempests diving to attack. I beleive he fixed it by turning the weapons off on the offending units. We've playing serveral turns since with no problems.

Now as to his Panthers turning my Shermans into ghosts!!!..............