3 Bombers on 1 Carrier !!!

[- Tobias -]

This occurred in a "solo" game versus CPUs.

1. Toward the end of a game I noticed that an enemy city was targeted, but I didn't see any bombers in the air headed there. I looked at the orders and traced the targeting back to a carrier that was only showing fighter status. Hmm. That's odd.
2. Still more odd, the carrier itself gave me only naval/srbm command options, as if it were a bomber. At this point it seemed the carrier itself was in srbm mode, but was not moving to target.
3. I selected naval command. This removed the targeting highlight on the city and returned the carrier command menu to normal, from which I selected bomber. Two bombers were shown, so I off-loaded one.
4. Believe it or not, after off-loading the first bomber, there were two still on the carrier!
5. I targeted the first off-loaded bomber, and then a second off-loaded bomber, and they both completed their bomb runs. One on the original city (Macapa, SA) and one on another city.
6. I off-loaded the third bomber in naval mode, and after it was in flight, I targeted it on Macapa. Well, the bomber just froze in mid-air. I switched back and forth between naval and srbm (by targeting Macapa), and each time I selected srbm the bomber froze. Finally I targeted a different city and the nuke landed successfully.
7. So, at one point, I had three loaded bombers on the same carrier it seems.
8. I do not know how this situation was created.

[Ace Rimmer]

Screenshot or you made it all up.

[- Tobias -]

I thought of a recording, but didn't think it was possible in a solo game. The idea of a screenshot never occurred to me, but I'm not sure what any single screenshot would have shown. It did happen though, and I've tried to document it as meticulously as possible. I don't know what caused it.

[Ace Rimmer]

What about reproducing it?

[Why?]

Did you happen to be in the seam of the map, with your carrier?

[- Tobias -]

In thinking about this further, I am wondering if the "Land Bomber on Carrier" code captured both an empty returning bomber and a loaded (targeted) bomber at the same co-ordinates at the same time? Dunno, but it happened.

My carrier was off west africa.

[rus|Mike]

Flying bomber stuck in the carrier?

[trickser]

maybe a rare race condition where 2 bombers land in the same game tick on the carrier.
steps to reproduce: perfectly stack a bunch of bombers and try to land them.

[- Tobias -]

maybe ... 2 bombers land in the same game tick on the carrier.

Rus|Mike seems to describe it best: One of the bombers must have already been flying (and targeted on Macapa), but somehow got stuck in (not on) the carrier!

Last thought on this: a screenshot of the commands showing the highlighted (targeted) city only connected to a carrier showing just fighters might have been helpful. Admittedly I did not have the presence of mind to think of this then, and by the time I recognized the full extent of the oddity (and thought of a recording possibility), that particular instant had come and gone.

Just reporting an FYI.

[torq]

Did the fuel limit circle appear when you had selected the carrier?

[- Tobias -]

Did the fuel limit circle appear when you had selected the carrier?

An interesting question. Honestly, I don't know, but I think not. Since I was focused on the naval/srbm menu abberation, I can't say for sure. If it did, I did not see it.

[torq]

Did the fuel limit circle appear when you had selected the carrier?

An interesting question. Honestly, I don't know, but I think not. Since I was focused on the naval/srbm menu abberation, I can't say for sure. If it did, I did not see it.

I still think it was a stuck bomber right over the carrier. It could be that the fuel range circle was too big to be visible on your zoom level.

[- Tobias -]

Well I'm not going to insist that the bomber was "in" the carrier, because I really don't know the limitations/possibilities of the code. What I do know, however, was that there was no visible bomber "on" the carrier (that showed fighter status); and that the bombers behaved as if they were in the carrier (by being off-loaded). The situation occurred, exactly as described.