Carl Puppchen Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I was playing a scenario I created called "our backs to the tiber" modelled after "our backs to the volga". At about 15 seconds into a turn, a huge single explosion occurred and blew up (rubbled) about 46 building squares and docks across the entire left side of the board. These are all heavy building hexes, and it happens at the exact same time so it was basically 1 shell or 1 bomb. Neither side has heavy arty - the allies do have 2 planes but one is making a bombing run at 17 seconds elsewhere and I have never seen a bomb do anything like this. At the site (link below) I have shots of the explosion and the aftermath. I also posted a copy of the movie that you can watch as the axis player (no password required, I am very trusting ). If you don't believe me that there is no weird super heavy arty you can open up the scenario and look at it under the editor. CMAK- what the heck happened? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 This has been seen before. Its been a bug in the game ever since CMBO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I concur. This is an intermittent bug that is most likely associated with an aerial bomb (a 500lb. version of the "Little Boy") or an artillery shell of 100mm or greater. I'm not sure what the specifics are for recreating this bug, but it is a weird issue that is buried in the code somewhere. I recall one incident where almost every structure on the map blew up with the dropping of a bomb (and there was quite a bit of space between many of the structures). [ February 24, 2005, 05:25 PM: Message edited by: Schrullenhaft ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 The bug was triggered by the CAS dropping a bomb on the JPz tank, which destroyed the building it was next to, which in turn triggered the flattening - pretty impressive and rare 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Puppchen Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 If you look at the timing, the "flattening" occurred at about 15 seconds and the bomb that destroyed the JPz tank happened about 17 seconds. Does this happen a lot? It destroyed about 100 hours of plotting.... grrr... I haven't seen this before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarker Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 No, it doesn't happen a lot. Kinda like 'the pillar of heavenly fire' you occassionally see when a tank brews while on the end of a bridge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 The mind boggles about how a bug like this comes into being! (Both the fire and especially the mega bomb!) I guess the mega-bomb could just be a radius calculation going astray or somefink.... dunno what could cause the pillar of fire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 It's the hand of god. Rambo told me so. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Originally posted by GreenAsJade: dunno what could cause the pillar of fire. Just a graphical thingy. Bases are stretched for units on bridges, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 The rarest, and most hilarious, is the one that has a contstant stream of crews bailing out of the same knocked out vehicle. AFAIK it's been fixed, since the last I heard of it was back in the CMBO days. One guy managed to take a screenshot, with a KO'd Puma and about a dozen bailed crews lying besides it. He said the crews kept popping out one after the other, and only ended when the turn timed out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Bonz Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Dear Mr. Puppchen, …. a huge single explosion occurred and blew up (rubbled) about 46 building squares and docks across the entire left side of the board…… Impressive! Thank you for your covert ballistic clue to 'the pillar of heavenly fire' Rambo style! I will not post this SPOILER in the ROW V thread so you can be assured it will be kept secret. I am assuming that the designers of Space Lobsters of Doom: Urban Renewal scenario of ROWV – Evil Bridge! are aware of this ‘intermittent 500lb. version of the "Little Boy" bug’ and have included it for a surprise equalizer in the scenario. I have called for CAS but am uncertain if my targeting communication Your Right! My left.… was clear or intercepted. I am currently employing a dubious diversionary tactic…. "a constant stream of crews bailing out different knocked out vehicles." In an effort to freeze my opponent with laughter till my CAS can employ the hidden "Little Boy" bug / equalizer. Sincerely, Dawg … My back against ‘a trailer down by the river’ & wondering what the heck happened? PS: Is there a method to ‘walk’ this pillar of heavenly fire over turns from your misplaced TRP? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarker Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Um, no. First, the fire thingy and the building flattening bug are separate. You get the fire pillar if a piece of armor brews up while on a bridge / land junction. No one knows the cause of the tac-nuke effect. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Kruger Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Originally posted by Michael Emrys: It's the hand of god. Rambo told me so. Michael Don't you mean Maradona? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 No, I meant Rambo. Hope this clears up any residual uncertainty in your mind. Earnestly yours, Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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