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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0027438AI War 2Bug - GameplayJun 7, 2022 5:45 pm
ReporterMahatma Wassah Assigned Totom.prince  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version5.014 The Tom Show 
Fixed in Version5.017 More Ways To Win 
Summary0027438: Bug : marauders overpopulation (10k out of 4k, self diagnosed by game)
DescriptionHello,

1) Bug on snowballing : Allied Marauders are snowballing way too much in this uprinsing scenario, hardware is not coping (down to about 20% speed, and counting). The game displays a window requestiong I report this as a bug, and stating the marauder pop is 10k out of 4k max. The balance problems escalates to a performance problem

2) Balance on snowballing : I completed this scenario some time ago, it was well balanced then (at a time before transports could be modified with hack, before tech could be reset for HaP, and turret were still gained through hacking or controling a destroyable structure; special ship lines granting fleetwide bonuses had just been phased in). Marauders played as a sort of complement, but were not steamroling the AI as here. I notice the marauders static structures going way too high, a 200 cap could be considered.

3) Related balance/AI on exogalactics : the majority of exogalactics has been static on the same planet, making 500 threat on the system with the ARS for fusion bombers. I would have expected they could have tried something.
I suspect their AIs make individual decisions to stay there. The question is raised on their ability to join / form a strike force/group like threat and hunter fleet does. I would love to see them roam marauders held systems or even rush my cmd planet now. Conversely, I would love to see marauders attack this.

Notes :
- uprising scenario
- Product Version : game up to date as of May 13th, 2022 (I play offline); could not ascetain the product version
- Severity : this bug qualifies as block for me because I don't anticipate being able to finish this game. The balance problems escalates to a performance problem
- and of course, many many congrats for this game
Tagsbalance, minor faction, NPC, overpowered, performance, scenario, stuck

Relationships

duplicate of 0027402 resolvedtom.prince Too many marauders 
related to 0026970 new Game told me to report because nanocaust was going over cap 
related to 0026708 new Swarmer AI, Sentinels subfaction, over cap 3.5 minutes into the game 
related to 0027418 resolvedtom.prince Marauders will repeatedly "fortify a system after devestating its defences" even when it's already theirs. 

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Mahatma Wassah

Jun 4, 2022 2:21 am

reporter  

10 slow.save (2,340,223 bytes)
10 slow.savemet (110 bytes)   
UK
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Uprising V
<color=#ff3fd9>Brutal </color> Royal
Difficulty 8
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<color=#318ce7>Dobel</color>
10 slow.savemet (110 bytes)   

tom.prince

Jun 7, 2022 5:45 pm

developer   ~0066955

I've fixed the issue with spawning to many outposts in svn r18047.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Jun 4, 2022 2:21 am Mahatma Wassah New Issue
Jun 4, 2022 2:21 am Mahatma Wassah File Added: 10 slow.save
Jun 4, 2022 2:21 am Mahatma Wassah File Added: 10 slow.savemet
Jun 4, 2022 2:23 am Mahatma Wassah Tag Attached: balance
Jun 4, 2022 2:24 am Mahatma Wassah Tag Attached: engine
Jun 4, 2022 2:24 am Mahatma Wassah Tag Detached: engine
Jun 4, 2022 2:25 am Mahatma Wassah Tag Attached: overpowered
Jun 4, 2022 2:26 am Mahatma Wassah Tag Attached: performance
Jun 4, 2022 2:26 am Mahatma Wassah Tag Attached: minor faction
Jun 4, 2022 2:27 am Mahatma Wassah Tag Attached: stuck
Jun 4, 2022 2:29 am Mahatma Wassah Tag Attached: NPC
Jun 4, 2022 2:30 am Mahatma Wassah Tag Attached: scenario
Jun 4, 2022 3:10 am Mahatma Wassah Relationship added related to 0026970
Jun 4, 2022 3:11 am Mahatma Wassah Relationship added related to 0026708
Jun 4, 2022 3:12 am Mahatma Wassah Relationship added related to 0027418
Jun 4, 2022 3:13 am Mahatma Wassah Relationship added related to 0027402
Jun 7, 2022 5:45 pm tom.prince Assigned To => tom.prince
Jun 7, 2022 5:45 pm tom.prince Status new => resolved
Jun 7, 2022 5:45 pm tom.prince Resolution open => fixed
Jun 7, 2022 5:45 pm tom.prince Fixed in Version => 5.017 More Ways To Win
Jun 7, 2022 5:45 pm tom.prince Note Added: 0066955
Jun 7, 2022 5:45 pm tom.prince Relationship replaced duplicate of 0027402