Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: vonkohlmann

I've been playing and enjoying CoG, but noticed some bugs I haven't seen reported elsewhere.

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ORIGINAL: jchastain

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ORIGINAL: vonkohlmann

I've been playing and enjoying CoG, but noticed some bugs I haven't seen reported elsewhere.

And so you decided to keep them a secret?

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ORIGINAL: vonkohlmann

1. On the opening screen, when you're choosing nationality and diffficulty, etc. , the fade in is really slow, combined with frequent artifacts including flashes of the victory screen. I'm running 1.4 Pentium 4 with 512 mb Ram, 64 mb ATI Graphics card. I just updated my graphic drivers a month ago. I meet all the minimum specs, so what gives? Also on Quick Battles or Detailed, when there is fog or rain, things really slow down, clicks are delayed, etc. Same on the trade creen; if I'm trading say 20 wool for 20 gold it takes a very long time, filled with empty or unrecognized clicks; the number traded keeps changing long after I've stopped clicking. Also on the National economy screen; I can change the pointer on the draft or tax rate but the amount changes slowly if it changes at all. It sounds like a graphics problem, but on the trading and economy screens? Anyone else have this problem? Perhaps Z Mask? I've shut down Virus protection, but it made no difference.

4. Although mentioned somewhat elsewhere, the allocation locks on the development screen don't always keep their amounts locked.

6. There is no end of turn confirmation for the first turn ... of a loaded saved game.

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ORIGINAL: Reg Pither

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ORIGINAL: vonkohlmann

1. On the opening screen, when you're choosing nationality and diffficulty, etc. , the fade in is really slow, combined with frequent artifacts including flashes of the victory screen. I'm running 1.4 Pentium 4 with 512 mb Ram, 64 mb ATI Graphics card. I just updated my graphic drivers a month ago. I meet all the minimum specs, so what gives? Also on Quick Battles or Detailed, when there is fog or rain, things really slow down, clicks are delayed, etc. Same on the trade creen; if I'm trading say 20 wool for 20 gold it takes a very long time, filled with empty or unrecognized clicks; the number traded keeps changing long after I've stopped clicking. Also on the National economy screen; I can change the pointer on the draft or tax rate but the amount changes slowly if it changes at all. It sounds like a graphics problem, but on the trading and economy screens? Anyone else have this problem? Perhaps Z Mask? I've shut down Virus protection, but it made no difference.

4. Although mentioned somewhat elsewhere, the allocation locks on the development screen don't always keep their amounts locked.

6. There is no end of turn confirmation for the first turn ... of a loaded saved game.

I have also encountered all these problems.

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ORIGINAL: vonkohlmann
1. On the opening screen, when you're choosing nationality and diffficulty, etc. , the fade in is really slow, combined with frequent artifacts including flashes of the victory screen. I'm running 1.4 Pentium 4 with 512 mb Ram, 64 mb ATI Graphics card. I just updated my graphic drivers a month ago. I meet all the minimum specs, so what gives? Also on Quick Battles or Detailed, when there is fog or rain, things really slow down, clicks are delayed, etc. Same on the trade creen; if I'm trading say 20 wool for 20 gold it takes a very long time, filled with empty or unrecognized clicks; the number traded keeps changing long after I've stopped clicking. Also on the National economy screen; I can change the pointer on the draft or tax rate but the amount changes slowly if it changes at all. It sounds like a graphics problem, but on the trading and economy screens? Anyone else have this problem? Perhaps Z Mask? I've shut down Virus protection, but it made no difference.

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2. The military upgrades sometimes appear, sometimes don't. I finished a game as Britain and only in the last year (1810? or so) did I get to choose any upgrades. Other games as Britain they've come much more quickly, even with roughly the same number of Barracks and Culture. As France, some quarters they come, others they don't. I'm also positive that I've chosen the same upgrade several times in a row; I've checked the upgrade screen and it shows I have a certain upgrade then I'm offered that exact upgrade next quarter. I've also been offered Massed Artillery I and Massed Artillery III at the same time but for some reason not MAII (and don't you need MAI to get MAII to get

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MAIII?) Also, is there any definitve list as to what upgrades help in Quick Combat and which are worthless. In addition, my first game I was able to click and highlight two upgrades and immediately CTD'd.

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4. Although mentioned somewhat elsewhere, the allocation locks on the development screen don't always keep their amounts locked.

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5. At the start of some Quick battles it will jump immediately to "Done" before any units have been placed or Auto placed, thereby forfeiting the battle. Happens more often for naval battles. Could be another "stored click slow graphics problem."

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6. There is no end of turn confirmation for the first turn of the game, or the first turn of a loaded saved game.

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ORIGINAL: vonkohlmann

Thanks for all your quick replies Eric. To answer your questions:

1. I don't have any other programs running, just CoG. My system's pretty streamlined and there aren't a lot of other background processes, just a couple percent typical CPU usage.

2. I didn't know about the training level needing to be higher than the number of upgrades. I'm pretty sure when I checked though the number was much higher than the number of upgrades. Also, I am sure that some of the upgrades offered were already on the upgrade list. Next time I play I watch more carefully every season.

4. Nope, there's no free labor available; the computer breaks the lock on a random locked production. I've seen it taken away from every type of production (Agriculture, Labor, Textiles, etc.) It may be that it breaks the lock only on when it needs very small amounts, say 1 or 2 workers, but it makes it a pain to fine tune the economy. Nothing major, but locked should be locked. This goes hand in hand with my difficulty of just choosing small amounts to transfer, possibly relating to the slow click problem.

5. Thanks!

6. Thanks again!!

You didn't comment on my problem #3. Are you just being polite to me overlooking something obvious?

Thanks

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ORIGINAL: vonkohlmann
1. [graphics] really slow ... clicks are delayed ...

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2. The military upgrades sometimes appear, sometimes don't.

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3. When you try to unload detached divisions from a fleet sometimes they all unload, even if only one was chosen.

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4. Although mentioned somewhat elsewhere, the allocation locks on the development screen don't always keep their amounts locked.

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5. At the start of some Quick battles it will jump immediately to "Done" before any units have been placed or Auto placed...

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6. There is no end of turn confirmation for the first turn of the game, or the first turn of a loaded saved game.

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ORIGINAL: OldManRick

I haven't searched to see if they have been reported but:

In 1792 scenario as Britian, I was at war with Spain. When I conquered Madrid and the province to the west, I was given full possession - (not British occupied - Spain owned \like for normal home provinces.) After the peace treaty I still controlled the spanish capital. The Spanish automatically produced an army for me every turn they could. The whole scenario seemed to have trouble distinguishing home vs neutral provinces.

When I had a unit board a ship, and they selected a nearby unit to move, the unit on the ship unloaded as well as the selected unit. Very annoying, I had to leave the area to find another unit before I could come back.

I can't find the + - buttons for pagin through units on a old laptop that doesn't have a number keypad. No combination of number lock, shift etc seems to work.