DA 1.80e Can't Move Fleets on Mini-map

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I was playing a DA game (I believe it was on 1.80c--perhaps 1.80b) and
tonight I updated to 1.80e that went up today. I didn't use 1.80d
because I heard some complaints about it.

At any rate, I am now at the point in the game where I have fleets of ships.
I can move them with the normal right click on the main map. But if I want
to move them a long way and right click on the mini-map, nothing happens.
I have checked to see if they have any movement points left and they do.
After a fruitless right click on the mini-map, I can move them by right-clicking
on the main map.

This problem does not happen for single ships. I can move them long distances by
right clicking on the mini-map. The problem only happens with fleets and trying to
move them on the mini-map.

I will send a saved game. I don't know whether a debug.err file would be any use.

Anyone else gone to 1.80e and seen this problem?

That brings me to another point. I tried to use Stardock central to archive my earlier
1.80c after 1.80e became available. When I tried to archive it, it rearchived an earlier 1.50 version. I wish I had the earlier version. I am sure I was not having that problem on the earlier 1.8 version. I find that the archive often doesn't archive the current game if a newer game is available. I find this frustrating.

Yes, I love this game. I am hooked on it for many months. Thanks to Stardock for working to improve these games. I have bought the new add-on and will try it later.

I will try to email a saved game to Stardock.


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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I am seeing a similar problem. I can't set an autopilot for greater than the range of the fleet even on the main map.

Javacodetoad

I can submit a save game if needed.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yes, now I see the problem on the main map. I can right click a fleet
on the main map but only if it has enough moves for that turn. I can't set
a move for a fleet beyond that turn's range.

So the problem is NOT a fleet-mini map problem as I first suggested.

It is problem with right clicking a fleet beyond its range for that turn on either
the mini-map or main map.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Just voicing another person hit with this issue here. In my current game it's a very minor issue since I'm playing on a map with very few planets (less money, less ships), but I think this would be a deal breaker on a more planet-heavy map.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I am also having a similar problem. I can move the ships within a week's travel, but any farther and the fleet refuses to move. Also, the max move on the fleet description will go to 0 (X/0 where X is the number of moves remaining). Single ships will work fine. Also, I noted this problem back with 1.80d, but so many other issues were cropping up, I didn't report it.

At least I've got the fresh beta goodness to tide me over these problems....

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Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I think I was playing 1.80c before and didn't see this bug.
I wish I could have archived 1.80c. I tried to do it but once
there is a newer version, you can't archive the version you have.
At least I haven't been able to do it.

It would be nice to have a bunch of versions available on Stardock Central.

Moral of the story. If you have a new version and it is working well, archive it immediately.

I archived 1.61. And it generates lots of habitable planets. Then I play it on 1.8.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I have that bug too.

BTW why older version are completly removed ??
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top


BTW why older version are completly removed ??
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Probably to avoid confusion, and with so many different versions created by their continuous updates they would stack up quick.
Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sometimes we like the older versions while they are improving the newer versions.
This is a case in point.
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I have it too. Big pain in the rear on large maps. Hopefully 1.80f gets done and done quickly.
Reply #13 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Cari put up a "quick fix" file...you can find it if you dig through the search engine.

Reply #14 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Here is 1.80 f test 2. Still not official. Works better
than e. I've had a few strange things happen with test 1.
The somewhat hanging change turn situation where it won't go
to the next turn but I can save, reload, and go on. One crash
to the desktop. No, I didn't save it.

Haven't had any problems so far with test 2 after a couple of hours.
Cari is workin thru the bugs.

In the mean time, if you find a bug, remember it's not a bug, it's a feature...

The test2 f zip is in the top sticky at the top of the bug menu.

http://sd.stardock.com/carielf/da_1_8f_test2.zip
Reply #15 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks for posting that link. I'm having the same fleet problem - killer! - and i'd seen 1.8f mentioned but I couldn't find it anywhere.
Reply #16 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Have the same problem. Fleets will only move a one week distance - or even shorter. If I rightklick a more far distance, they won't go. Sometimes the line to the target is shown but no move), sometimes not.

The handling is a mess.
Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top
I had the same movement bug with 1.8e. It was only an annoyance for me so far so I didn´t bother. But then I realized that the AI was unable to move their fleets at all even during war time!
After installing the unofficial 1.8f all AI fleets started to move again.
Reply #19 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The problem is with pathfinding. A little bit of a workaround is to move your fleet until it has no movement points left. Then click on it and you can set a long distance. However there is a problem with this. If a planet is in the path, the ship will occasionally load into it and never reach it's destination. Or if the planet is not colonized, you get a message saying the ship cannot colonize the planet because it doesn't have a colony module. I hope they fix this soon.
Reply #20 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I too have had this problem. It may just be coincidence, but I did not notice this until I updated my graphics driver. Also, I have noticed that ships do not go around planets anymore, so if the auto is set and goes to a planet, the ship stops there.
Reply #21 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I don't know if anyone noticed, but if you have a fleet with X/0 movement, you can disband the fleet and recreate it. Your fleet will then have 2X/Y movement points (where Y = standard movement rate for the fleet). You can repeat this process as many times as you like.

Although it is a bug exploit, you can still use it if you mistakenly loose all your movement with a fleet and really need to catch up to something that the fleet would have rightfully caught up with had you not lost your movement.