A.I. game started without me

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by antonyboysx, November 5, 2013.

  1. antonyboysx

    antonyboysx Member

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    Before I picked my spawn point, I went to have a toilet break. When I came back 10 minutes later, the game had already started - it picked a spawn, and it was 7 minutes into the game (according to the chronocam),

    could this please be fixed.
  2. bradaz85

    bradaz85 Active Member

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    The game has an autostart feature, I'm guessing for MP but it works for A.I. too. Back when it took an age to load a game this was a problem for near everyone, but nowadays, you should just start a game when your ready, or wait for the pause functionality. :D
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  3. antonyboysx

    antonyboysx Member

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    No, this game was against the computer.
  4. slywynsam

    slywynsam Active Member

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    The game automatically lands you once the game is started if you wait too long to pick a spot. This is to prevent either you or the AI from causing unnecessary delays if something prevents you from picking one.

    It's not a bug, it's a feature.
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  5. bradaz85

    bradaz85 Active Member

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    As I said. :)
  6. krakanu

    krakanu Well-Known Member

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  7. nanolathe

    nanolathe Post Master General

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    Not a bug. It's an intentional feature to prevent an AFK player holding up a game.

    PA doesn't differentiate between matches, every game is multiplayer even when you're by yourself against the AI.
  8. bradaz85

    bradaz85 Active Member

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    I'm sure I've seen "single player" in the main menu ;)
  9. nanolathe

    nanolathe Post Master General

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    It's not. You're just in an lobby that's invisible to other players.
  10. bradaz85

    bradaz85 Active Member

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    It's not what? I'm just nothing :) there has definitely been "single player" in the main menu at some point, I remember it perfectly.
  11. nanolathe

    nanolathe Post Master General

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    I know you saw it. I've seen it. That doesn't mean it's not just a Multiplayer Lobby that other people can't join.

    All other rules apply, including the 'AFK' punishing one.
  12. bradaz85

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    Agreed, but I'm sure it will get a few dedicated single player features, like "pause" as I don't see how that would work for MP unless it was a vote system and that could become annoying!
  13. slywynsam

    slywynsam Active Member

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    Even Single Player games are hosted as a Multiplayer game. but they're set to private and other players cannot join them. That's why you still have to 'publish' a singleplayer game just like you do a multiplayer game.

    We do not yet have our own servers, so everything runs off of Uber's servers, so even while you're playing single player, you're technically still playing a 'multiplayer' game, but by yourself.
  14. bradaz85

    bradaz85 Active Member

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    The game is not finished nor do we have the server yet :)
  15. nanolathe

    nanolathe Post Master General

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    We know that. However, at the moment this isn't considered a 'bug'. It's incomplete. Not the same thing.
  16. bradaz85

    bradaz85 Active Member

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    :) As I stated originally.
  17. nanolathe

    nanolathe Post Master General

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    I know. Did you think I was disagreeing?
  18. antonyboysx

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    Enough arguing! I think that now I know what happened, this thread can be locked.

    Thank you for your time.

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