Max number of units ??

[ramalama]

Ok, so I'm experiencing some weird behaviour....

Namely that during normal play, suddenly a unit of mine turns into a plain colony pod...! (happened to both a Locust and a supply crawler, inside city or outside)


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Seems like this may have something to do with the number of units (in play?) I have (or total on map?) .
And it actually happens later in the turn, AFTER I've been thru all the units activities - i.e. at turn start it has not happened yet (!).... Weird


And, when I then do some testing, trying to use the editor to create a new unit (for me), nothing happens - pressing keys is fine, but results in empty square...
BUT, if I delete one (only tried with enemy units so far), then poof, I'm able to create one again.

Ok, so I have about 1000+ units, with several 100 crawlers(large energy/food parks) and ditto formers.... so, is THAT the problem ?

My opponents don't have nearly that much, only the Ursurpers have a substantial amount, 80-90 Needljets and ditto Sentinels (300+ total ?) .

....so, is this a known bug or something ?
Tried searching both the www as well as here, but nothing useful on max units came up. (not possible to search specific sub-boards ?)

PS: if of any significance, I've changed the graphics for the colony pod from alien to 'normal', to avoid the workshop bug... (I'm the Caretakers)

[Petek]

This thread contains a discussion of unit transformations, but it doesn't seem to be the same as what you describe. I think that you probably are running into a limit on the number of units in the game. Our FAQ discusses limitations on number of bases and base population, but not units. However, it seems reasonable that there is a hard-coded limit, perhaps 1024 or so.

Petek