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It's been quite a while since this bug was introduced (Darwinia early beta), but I've finally figured out the cause.
The bug: Sometimes, virii turn blue and take many shots to kill.
http://forums.introversion.co.uk/darwinia/viewtopic.php?t=3112
http://forums.introversion.co.uk/darwinia/viewtopic.php?t=659
This happens because their health, somehow, becomes negative.
They only turn blue if they are on red team; other teams yield other colors.
But the reason their colors change is because, for DGs and Virii, their hue is changed based on damage. DGs get dark, Virii fade. With wrong amounts of health, the hue changes in unintended ways. Observe for DG health -1:









This island is half red, half cyan. There is a definite line separating them, but you really can't tell from the screenshot.

These are all green team.

As are these, they've just been nuked.

I tested this behavior in Darwinia. I'm unable to post screenshots from that computer, but the color behavior is exactly the same.

But the real bug here is not the color changes: it's the fact that a virus's health can go below 0. I have no idea why it occurs, but I know it does. It still happens in Multiwinia, hence this bug report.

Shwart!!

"Skittles: Taste the rainbow!" Instantly springs to mind for some bizarre reason. XD

Seriously though, I reckon this would be awesome to find in Multiwinia. Maybe as a new power up. A multi-coloured race of MWs that act as pacificists?

This island is half red, half cyan. There is a definite line separating them, but you really can't tell from the screenshot.

OMG! Look! If you stare at it closely enough, you managed to make a army of MWs, shaped as one big DG!

Apparently MW's still have religion

I must say, those are some of the most beautiful Multiwinia pictures I've ever seen.
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This bug is supposed to be really, really REALLY rare, how the hell did you manage to reproduce it so many times?

sorry for 10 day bump

Shwart!! wrote:This happens because their health, somehow, becomes negative.
Observe for DG health -1:

As I said, I set DG health to -1.
Also, this bug never occurs with Darwinians normally. It's honestly pretty common with virii, if you're looking for it.
I'm not sure why it occurs with Virii but not DGs.

Shwart!!