new air drone bug

[lowzeewee]

Let's get back on topic.I think you will just have to reinstall,nav.It is a bug that is occuring to you more than 3 times recently already. ???

[Chris Longpre]

Hmm.. can't build the special air units eh? Did you pre-order Emperor?

;D

As you recall, those Air-Units were only available to the pre-order folks initially, and they had a code to unlock their WOL account to display the units in the build tree. However, everyone gets the air units after a certain date, which was about 30 days after ship, back in June 2001.

So here are some scenarios to explore.

If the WOL date is before that special date in July 2001, then nobody will get air-drones.

If WOL is not available, it should use your system date instead. Is your system date correct for 2003?

If you are on WOL with a different WOL account than you usually play on, perhaps your WOL account is bugged. The flag for the pre-order units is stored in your WOL account data.

Hope that helps...

--Chris

[Apollyon]

I assumed it was a similar bug to the one where the AI used to receive 3 subhouses sometimes.

[Navaros]

Chris, thx for the feedback. what you have said surely has something to do with it

thing is, this bug occurs randomly. if it happens in one game, i can stay on WOL without logging out and play another game, and in the next game it will not occur

it does seem as if there is something that randomly *triggers* my Emp install to somehow revert to a version that has none of those "pre-order Air Units", but as far as i can tell there is no direct link between my system date settings and this bug. at the end of the game in which the bug occurs, this error corrects itself

since it started happening, i've probabaly experienced the bug only in about 4 out of 70 games.

[Nyarlathotep]

You might want to pay attention to the conditions in which you play the game. I mean like game settings, certain players, did you initiate the game or did the other, ect. You get my drift..

[Chris Longpre]

You may want to re-check the build-tree in the settings file. There may be another building required (in addition to the Hanger) to build those.. and perhaps your opponant engineered or destroyed your (con-yard, etc.).

It certainly could be a bug, but with an extremely low frequency. If you re-installed, and it did not come back with your same frequency, it would be more likely an install/modification issue.

--Chris

[Navaros]

it certainly is not a matter of my enemy capturing or destroying any of my buildings. this bug occurred right after i laid down my hangar each time, and that was always within the first few minutes of the game at which time i'm absolutely sure the enemy did not touch my base in any way other than perhaps putting scouts in it. certainly he did not damage or engineer any buildings.

this has happened to me in 2vs2 games and 1vs1. on Fisher's Plain and Cradle Basin maps

so, i can't identify any logical pattern linking this bug to the in-game settings

i have the following tweaks installed:

1. No-CD Crack

2. Corrino Textures so my Light Inf and Fremen don't have a crap-like color (guess you guys had to follow the movie and hence that is why the Light Inf and Fremen use such a horrible brown, but personally i can't stand looking at it)

3. I've changed the music file so that it always plays the Harkonnen song no matter what House I choose.

That is the only alterations I have made to the 1.09 install.