DA ship/fleet movement bug

At some point, as soon as I form ships into a fleet, their total movement points would go to 3 or 1 in some cases. Even after I disband the fleet, the movement points would stay at 3. My ships each have 4 HyperWarp III modules, their movement should be 25 but for some reason it's 3. Other ships which I haven't joined into fleet yet (of the same design) have movement 25. This is VERY frustrating! I hope it's just a fluke and not a common bug - because that would make the game unplayable. I think it's a problem with fleets - Debug Message: Loading Fleets
Debug Message: Can't find ship type Fleet in definitions. - I think that's why it sets fleet movement to 3 Here's my debug.err

Debug Message: Version v1.50 Dark Avatar last updated on: Fri Feb 9 14:05:57 2007
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Time: 2/18/2007, 15:14:36
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Debug Message: Can't find ship type Fleet in definitions
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ASSERT ERROR in file .\Source\Starship.cpp at line 6537.
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Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Gladstone IV
Debug Message: Destroying ship Drath Constructor M6-6 5707. Orbiting: 0
ASSERT ERROR in file .\Source\Starship.cpp at line 6537.
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***Defender Korath Clan has courage bonus 0.
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***Defender Altarian Resistance has courage bonus 0.
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ASSERT ERROR in file .\Source\Starship.cpp at line 6537.
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***Defender Korath Clan has courage bonus 0.
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Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Alshain V
Debug Message: ***Attacker Altarian Resistance has courage bonus 0
***Defender Korath Clan has courage bonus 0.
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Reply #1 Top
another details.. this only happens to my ship in particular area of the map - one occupied by Yor Collective. Very strange..
Reply #2 Top
another details.. this only happens to my ship in particular area of the map - one occupied by Yor Collective. Very strange..


lol, thats not a bug, I believe thats the Yor's super ability taking effect, which is that other ships not belonging to the Yor will have thier speed lowered when they enter territory controlled by the Yor. I'm not sure whether it applies to ALL non-Yor ships no matter what or whether allies get an exception.

Reply #3 Top
hahaha... damn, i totally forgot about that super-ability. me stupid, never mind