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[Bblue]

BugID: #0165, Mass_Scrap_Shutout
Submitter: Vi Vicdi, gderrick@dashlink.com
Version: Both AX and AC4
Category: UI
Status: Confirmed
Priority: 4
Save before: N/A
Save after: N/A
Description: If you mass-scrap a series of buildings you will not be allowed to scrap a building at a base that did not have the type of building scrapped en masse.
Example: You build Citizen's Defense. You scrap all Perimeter Defenses, using the provided "Scrap All" menu selection. But 3 bases didn't have Perimeter Defenses ... even so you can't scrap anything at those 3 bases; you erroneously get the "only 1 scrap per turn allowed" error message.

[Bblue]

BugID: #0166, Transend_Interlude
Submitter: Bblue, gsshell@aol.com
Version: Both AX and AC4
Category: UI
Status: Confirmed
Priority: 4
Save before: N/A
Save after: N/A
Description: In the interludes for when you transend reguarding this line:
"Some, like the prankster $SHIMODA9 and the demon $NAME5 are semi-dominant and often hover near the plane of Your Thought"
$NAME5 seems to be anything ranging from your faction name, an opponent faction name, left blank, even just "Pact Brother".
[This message has been edited by Bblue (edited January 21, 2000).]

[Bblue]

BugID: #0167, Naval_Probes
Submitter: Bblue, gsshell@aol.com
Version: AX and AC4
Category: AI/Unit Design
Status: Enhancement
Priority: 5
Description: Modify the AI so that it makes use of probe foil and crusier units.
[This message has been edited by Bblue (edited January 21, 2000).]

[Bblue]

BugID: #0168, Transfer_Upgrade
Submitter: Theben, sicmkit_e@hotmail.com
Version: Both AX and AC4
Category: Unit Design
Status: Pending
Priority: 4
Save before: N/A
Save after: N/A
Description: Ally transferred air units to me in a city. Pop up asked if I wanted to change all new air units production (in same turn) to allied (inferior) type + newer reactor; responded no. During city change production but BEFORE my turn had actually started I entered the unit workshop and the AI had created the allied + new reactor unit type, upgraded this type to my preferred version (no actual units were upgraded or costs incurred). When my movement turn started, all newly transferred units had been upgraded to my preferred air unit type, apparently for free.

[Bblue]

BugID: #0169, Free_Commlink
Submitter: Bblue, gsshell@aol.com
Version: Alien Crossfire
Category: Faction Editor
Status: Pending
Priority: 4
Save before: N/A
Save after: N/A
Description: a custom faction that you give the ability to have a free commlink at start don't seem to recieve it.
[This message has been edited by Bblue (edited January 23, 2000).]

[Bblue]

BugID: #0170, F7_Screen
Submitter: Theben, sicmkit_e@hotmail.com
Bblue, gsshell@aol.com
Version: Both AX and AC4
Category: Rules
Status: Pending
Priority: 4
Save before: N/A
Save after: N/A
Description: Theben: In the military report, the computer lists units as "lost" that in some cases I have never built, or not as many as listed as lost.

Bblue: (also see #0057 Unit_List) I believe I have seen an indepth thread somewhere about this screen and I can seem to find it I think it mentioned that the unit slot# are not reset to 0 for the F7 screen. (ie. slot#12 was laser infanty which you had 6 lost, when that slot gets remade as say String Dreadnaughts it will list 6 loses when you haven't even built one(first part of Thebens post).
Also, if I remember correctly, it mentioned that independant units are not taken into acount on the F7 screen (resulting in the second part of Theben's post)

[Bblue]

BugID: #0171, Pact_Payoff
Submitter: Korn469, korn469@mindless.com
Version: Both AX and AC4(?)
Category: Dipolmacy
Status: Pending
Priority: 3
Save before: N/A
Save after: N/A
Description: I created some custom factions in SMAC, and i was conducting diplomacy with the customized Morgan Faction and i asked him to sign a pact, he said he would but needed -100 energy before he would sign...i had 54 energy and he had 88
after we signed the pact he went to -12 energy and i stayed at 54.
[This message has been edited by Bblue (edited January 23, 2000).]

[zsozso]

BugID: #0172, Multiple_PBEM
Submitter: Paul, paulvandenbelt@planet.nl
Version: Both AX and AC4
Category: UI
Status: Request
Priority: 5
Save before: N/A
Save after: N/A
Description: One request for a future patch: now that I'm playing the Apolyton SMAC tournament I often get new turns
for more than one PBEM game. When I finish one game and choose "save and exit" the game quits to the
desktop and I have to load the game again. I wonder if it would be possible to have an option to get back to
the "load PBEM game" screen when I have played one game and have an other game to play.

[zsozso]

BugID: #0173, One_Alien
Submitter: BustaMike, wordtoyourmother@hotmail.com
Version: Alien Crossfire
Category: Rules
Status: Demonstrated
Priority: 3
Save before: N/A
Save after: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...C/ABL0173a.zip
Description: I started a game as the believers with all other factions set to
random. One alien landed without the other. If one alien faction is
present both should be.

[zsozso]

BugID: #0174, Minimum_Hurry_Cost
Submitter: Oleg Leschov, oleglesh@chat.ru
zsozso, zsolt@simbiosys.ca
Version: Both AX and AC4
Category: Base
Status: Request
Priority: 5
Save before: N/A
Save after: N/A
Description: Concerning hurrying of production.

You may just pay whole cost, if you have it. This guarantees that in the beginning of the next turn
that thing will be completed. But if the base does produce any minerals for next turn and if we
suppose that there will not be drone riots then is is absolutely unneccessary to pay a whole cost.
Even more -- if it's not a drone riot then paying whole cost is just a waste of money.

So what do I do: I am paying (C/A)*(A-B) credits where B is mineral production of base, A is
cost in minerals to complete a thing, C is a cost in credits to complete thing; C/A is a cost of one
mineral, A-B is mineral cost without mineral production per turn.

That is, suggestion --- make an additional option to hurry production -- calculate minimum
amount of credits required to complete a thing in N turns with current minerals production.

Zsozso: I would call Oleg's version, the "Cheapest hurry", and would suggest the addition of yet another option, which I would call "Economic hurry". Let's define the energy cost of the minerals in the hurry:

COST = hurry_price / minerals_to_completion

Then cheapest_hurry = hurry_price - mineral_output * COST as Oleg suggested.
While economic_hurry = cheapest_hurry + 10 * COST also makes sense, if you plan to hurry again another item next turn. When you already have at least 10 minerals, then the COST is lower, therefore paying it at the end of the previous production is much cheaper then hurrying somehting from zero (or less than 10) minerals next turn. So, I would suggest 4 options instead of the current 2:

• Full payment (exists now)
• Custom partial payment (exists now)
• Cheapest completion (Oleg's suggestion, or cheapest_hurry)
• Economic completion (paying 10 extra minerals for next turn)

Of course, the last one only makes sense and possible if the mineral production of the base is over 10.
I typically use cheapest hurry for SPs (minimum mineral cost 4 which is high), but economic hurry for base facilities when I have enough energy for hurry again next turn.

[zsozso]

BugID: #0175, Marine_Control_Random_Movement
Submitter: RedFred,
Version: Alien Crossfire V2
Category: Combat
Status: Pending
Priority: 4
Save before: N/A
Save after: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...C/ABL0175a.zip
http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home.../ABL0175a2.zip
Description: Any ship that has successfully been marine-controlled has a tendancy to move one
square in a seemingly random direction immediately after capture. I believe I have also seen one
more volley from the guns after capture, but this is less common.

Bblue about save 2: Happens on the next turn after you capture a unit from the AI (at least in my save), in my case a
'wild' IoD with the Cult of Planet. The captured unit retains the last 'goto' command the AI gave it
and is clearly shown in the save. This will cause it to move off on it own unless the player actively
disengages the old AI 'goto' command before the unit in question gets to move again.

[This message has been edited by zsozso (edited February 14, 2000).]

[zsozso]

BugID: #0176, Base_Grid
Submitter: Korn469, korn469@mindless.com
Version: Both AX and AC4
Category: UI
Status: Pending
Priority: 4
Save before: N/A
Save after: N/A
Description: Many times when a base has been destroyed or disbanded it's base grid remains (the red outline),
if the base is destroyed the grid should go away...i have noticed this bug on many many many
occasions and can probably find you a save of it.

[zsozso]

BugID: #0177, MP_Pact_Probe
Submitter: Korn469, korn469@mindless.com
Version: Both AX and AC4
Category: MultiPlayer
Status: Pending
Priority: 4
Save before: N/A
Save after: N/A
Description: in multiplayer i have tried to move my probe teams into a pact brother's base a screen pops up
and ask if i want to take any action, if i hit continue moving, my probe teams disappears this one
needs confirmation and i only witnessed it when doing a multiplayer (IP, not PBEM) game

[zsozso]

BugID: #0178, MP_Base_Trade
Submitter: Korn469, korn469@mindless.com
Version: Both AX and AC4
Category: MultiPlayer
Status: Request
Priority: 5
Save before: N/A
Save after: N/A
Description: It would be nice to be able to trade & gift bases in multiplayer games.

[zsozso]

BugID: #0179, Pirate_Free_Ability
Submitter: Patriqvium, patrik_laiho@iobox.com
Version: Alien Crossfire v2
Category: Rules
Status: Demonstrated
Priority: 3
Save before: N/A
Save after: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...C/ABL0179a.zip
Description: The Pirates get sometimes free Soporific Gas Pods instead of Marine Detachment.