Bug report with workaround: No landing zones in multiplayer

Discussion in 'Support!' started by aubx, December 27, 2014.

  1. aubx

    aubx New Member

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    Hi,

    After two successful games with my bro, multiplayer games are no longer possible for us for a lack of the green landing zone circles at the outset of the game and then, after some time of clicking around on the planet's surface, a count-down that stalls at 1 and that's it. No game.

    This issue does not occur when we are in single player mode or when we each try a multiplayer games without the other.

    We are both running version 76557 on Mac OS 10.10.1 on two slightly different MacBook Pros.

    Has anyone else experienced this issue? Any suggestions?
  2. aubx

    aubx New Member

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    So after a lot of trial&error, we think we are seeing a pattern.
    When creating the multiplayer game, the access setting is set to private by default. When inviting my bro to a game, he cannot join unless I change access from "Private" to "Friends". So our game settings at the point where he can join are as follows:

    Parameters:
    Open to: Friends
    2 human players, 2 AIs, single planet system
    Team Armies: Selected
    Share Army: Checked

    Result:
    No landing zones on the planet's surface.

    We figured out two small changes that fixes this issue for us:

    Solution A: Uncheck Share Army
    OR
    Solution B: Change access setting from Friends to Private again before starting the game

    I am not sure why this is happening but we have tried this several times and can confirm this is not a random occurance. Perhaps someone wants to try this setup and confirm this is a bug?
    Last edited: January 2, 2015
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  3. cdrkf

    cdrkf Post Master General

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    Nice find! I'll try and repro later...
  4. DeathByDenim

    DeathByDenim Post Master General

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    I wonder if it's related to this one:
    PA#4296

    But, indeed, aubx. Nice bug finding skills!
    Could we trouble you to create a bug report on the bug tracker, so it won't get lost in the sea of forum posts?
    The bug tracker can be found here: http://pa.lennardf1989.com/Tracker/
  5. aubx

    aubx New Member

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    Yes, this bug report sounds very much related to this issue.

    Just opened a bug report. Cheers for confirming the issue!

    PA#4299
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