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mcbradley -> SP 6.1 bug . . . it lets me cheat! (somewhat long) (8/15/2001 3:41:00 AM)
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Howdy folks,
While playing SP 6.1 MC, I think I’ve noticed a bug that lets me cheat a bit. I haven’t seen this particular bug posted before, so I thought I’d bring it up. This may or may not be old news to Matrix, if it is, then let this just be a confirmation. I’m having too much fun to complain, so please don’t take it that way. Here’s the poop:
For any given turn, I’ll go through the orders phase (either partly or all the way), move units around, fire at targets, move any survivors towards the retreat hex, etc. If I click on the “End the battle and Exit” button BEFORE I click on the “Quit the Orders Phase” and then resume the game latter, I’ve noticed that all of my units have their movement factors refreshed to full value (except those that have been immobilized). My shots are NOT refreshed, but my movement is. I can therefore get twice as much mobility out of my forces on any turn (or the entire battle!). At first I thought I was quitting and then resuming on the next turn, until I saw that my shots were still depleted. I haven’t noticed it anywhere but in the MegaCampaign so I was wondering if this might be a bug in the autosave routine. It’s not something I take advantage of on purpose, but it can get confusing if I have to take a couple days hiatus from the game and then come back to it. Has anyone noted this before?
This can give the player a pretty potent advantage in a number of ways. I can charge in using up all movement value, fire some shots, then exit the game, resume, and use my “refreshed” movement values to pull back out of range or behind cover before the enemy can run his turn. Or, I can send my recon units out their full range, “refresh” my movement values, and send them even further ahead. Or, if in a situation where I am forced to retreat, I can fire all my available shots for effect or suppression (depleting my movement), “refresh” my movement and get the hell out of there.
Kind of goes against my values of sportsmanship, but then sportsmanship can be found in the same general location in the dictionary as “sympathy” . . . ![]("wink.gif")
O. Bradley
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