Xmas 2002 Imperialism 1870

[Galvatron]

Guys there is something wrong with the game everytime I start the scen some of my units wandering around with Goto-commands but I've pressed CTRL+N.

Furthermore it can't have nothing to do with it because I can move some of my units but the others still wandering somewhere-else also I don't get notified when something new is build

Can somebody explain this to me?

Please HELP

[Ceteram]

Doesn't sound to good ... anybody else noticed anything?
As I didn't encounter any problems, I'll just have to sit down and listen.

To Japan from Russia (no hugs, no kisses):
Consider any japanese involvment in european (especially german) politics as unconstructive, thus hostile.

[Ceteram]

double post

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[Ceteram]

Here's the link to the civdip 2.0 utility thread.

[Galvatron]

Hmm it's interesting:
I played around a little bit and it looks like the units were moved before my turn actually comes up because I've chosen the Russians which started the round and than switched to the Germans but even than I can't use my units because they are actually moved. To me it looks like they were moved between our turns, this whole thing becomes more and more confusing

[Galvatron]

Further clarification:

Ok after more tests I can say the following for sure:

My units were moved between the German and the French turn. After the French ended their turn the computer took over and moved some of my units around and afterwards he gave control over to me.

This is the weirdest thing I've ever seen

[Schlumpf]

To Galvatron:

Could it be that you gave these orders to those units?
My ships are also moving around when I start my turn but this is because I want it so.

[Galvatron]

HEUREKA

!!Mystery solved!!

Today I exactly replayed the last two turns with my colleagues at work (yes, before anyone ask, we do not have much to do at the moment ). We used two PC's and send each other the files.

And the outcome:
No AI interference. I could use all units from the beginning.

Therefore this must be the result of a compatibility problem somebody in this round may use an old set of files. We assume it may be Aka because he comes before me and in his round some of my units go rampage.

I've one question for Aka:
From where did you get the files? Perhaps you got an old version.

[Galvatron]

Here are some screenies to prove our excellent work:

Before the French turn:

Unfortunately the file is too big but I ziped it and you can download it and have a look on your own. Before the French turn there is nobody at the English coast. After the turn there is a German warship there moved by the AI.

And Schlumpf no I didn't send this ship there This ship wasn't even produced before my turn so I couldn't move it. It was ready and the AI moved it immediately.

[Galvatron]

In this screen we see the warship there.

[Galvatron]

And once again:

Before the French turn:

Nobody is in the neighbourhood of St. Petersburg.

[Galvatron]

And after the French turn:

A German steamship and a Trooper behind St. Petersburg.

[Darius871]

Galvatron, I can tell you this from experience that the AI never takes control of your units before your turn, ONLY after your turn. Since this happened between the Japanese and French turns, AI crossover and/or incorrect rules files are not the explanation. So this really is weird.

[Schlumpf]

What shall we do then?
I'm not an experienced scenario-player.
Maybe we could all check our versions of the script files...

[Galvatron]

I think we should restart and see if this happens again.

If it did than we should check our files.

We didn't played many turns so it won't be much lost if we start new.