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Screenshot : The bug of the Year !

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:32 pm
by IronWill
Hello guys !

Okay, you have been trapped here : there is no screenshot. But listen to this : I think there is a way for a very cool bug to happen on Multiwinia. Maybe you can help in proving it. Sit down and listen to the problem.


Once you have been eliminated from the game in a 3 v 3 or 4 v 4 game all your darwinians are whiped from the surface. But there is still a way for you to come back in the game... Can you believe that ? Here it is :

First wait for someone to - or catch yourself with retribution - a randomizer. Then once troops are randomized you will see some darwinians popping up with your color ! And you can control them ! If you can grab them quickly enough out of the randomization circle then they stay yours. Catch three of them and GET BACK TO THE FIGHT !

But here is the problem : it is very hard to get in such a situation, that is will probably happen in 0,00001% probability of lucky chances. But there clearly will happen something if you can get back in the battle and then win the game. WHAT WILL HAPPEN ???


IT IS UP TO YOU TO FIND IT OUT !

(... and bring us screens !)

EDIT : SCREEN BROUGHT ON PAGE 2 ! ENJOY !

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:32 pm
by Puzzlemaker
Almost did this the other day, but my guys where killed before I could grab a spawn.

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:11 pm
by bert_the_turtle
I think you can also protect your last batch of Multiwinians with shields just as you are eliminated. But why would this be a bug? As soon as you reconquer a spawn point, you lose your retribution (I assume), so the only effect of this seems to be that you can return from the dead only to be kicked back into the grave immediately :)

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:26 pm
by Vinnie_NL
Hey IronWill
I was in that game in which it could have happened :)
You can try it when you play against yourself.
I discovered how to do this an hour ago and made a topic about it
http://forums.introversion.co.uk/multiwinia/viewtopic.php?p=17434#17434

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:38 pm
by allen
yeah this isn't a bug. You aren't eliminated because you have no MW's on the field. You're eliminated because you control no spawn points.

I've done it before, but if you're against someone who doesn't suck then they'll take notice and easily take over your spawn so it doesn't even matter.

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:24 pm
by IronWill
That does not answer that simple question : what happens once you are eliminated and takes back a spawn point and then win the game ? Doesn't that sound weird enough so we may think of a bug ??

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:33 pm
by RabidZombie
If you're good enough to do that, you deserve to win.

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:18 pm
by xander
RabidZombie wrote:...you diverse to win.

It took me a moment to figure out what this meant... ;)

xander

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:00 pm
by RabidZombie
I don't even know how I made that typo. :oops:

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:21 pm
by Mas Tnega
It must have been your daily sex - uhh... dyslexia.

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:56 pm
by IronWill
Okay nobody cares. But I care to know if a sudden breach in TimeSpace will not happen at the end of a game won by an eliminated player. If I get the time to I will make you a feedback !

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:35 am
by skull13
Actually, if your guys are protected, you do NOT lose retribution, thus this should be considered an exploit, rather than a bug. The downside is that you still count as eliminated.

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:54 am
by IronWill
How do you think the final result panel will look like ? ;-) I tried to get those randomizing crates for more than half an hour with 3 games controlled by myself but I got none. If someone can achieve the exploit...

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:00 am
by xander
IronWill wrote:How do you think the final result panel will look like ? ;-) I tried to get those randomizing crates for more than half an hour with 3 games controlled by myself but I got none. If someone can achieve the exploit...

I suggest a longer time limit.

xander

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:47 am
by RabidZombie
I'd recommend trying to do it with shields on elimination instead.

That's my objective for today. :)