[1.09p] Tactical Battles issues

with 1 are you referring to unit special abilities? because i get that occassionally when fighting spiders and the like. my level 8 hero just sits there unable to do anything turn after turn getting tangled webbed, taking 2 or three damage a turn. but then i press the auto button and he wins?!?! some of the creature abilities need a massive rebalancing push.

i have never had the second issue though.

Did you start a new game with a newly designed Sov? I find that 2 happens when you have "o" patch saves/sovs playing in "p".

Yeah when new patches come out weird things happen when you try to use old saves.

DOH!

After the fact I read that 1.09P would not work and play well with old saves. Normally, you can't even load an incompatible save with a new version.

Uh...you are wrong.  This is a problem with completely new games as well.  I have already had several battles freeze up on me where I wasn't allowed to move any of my units and had to auto-resolve.

Also, the game's overall performance has gotten a lot worse.  I get up to 30 second lags while playing on the overworld map, every couple minutes.  The game is almost unbearable while playing on anything greater than 1024x768 resolution and 0 anti-aliasing.

I'm sorry to say that the game was more fun at 1.08 than it is now.  At least back then I could play, period.

Sorry to hear that, man. Have you sent them your debug.err file? Also, if you crashed at all, you should send in your dump file. I've been doing that since beta, and the next version that comes out has always worked better for me (with the exception of the first 1.1 beta, can't blame them too much with the multi-threaded AI and all). It still needs improvement, no doubt, but it's running a lot better for me now. I run at 1368x768 (I really hate widescreens, but they're cheap).

As for these tactical battles, I've NEVER had to auto-resolve. I HAVE had to hit the next turn button. Sometimes you have to cycle through your units, and make sure they're not targeted to move to another tile (with no actions left). Do so by right clicking on that unit to reset the movement path. With those two things, you shouldn't get "stuck". If you do, send in your debug.err, and probably the save file too, so they can try to replicate, and fix it.

Hope this helps.

I confirm the original bug, have it too. Clean install of 1.09p. Sometimes, the cursor becomes 'stuck' with the cast or attack symbol, but nothing can be attacked or cast. In combat, autoresolve can break this deadlock, but when it happens on the main map when casting, the game must be quitted and restarted.

Also, damage numbers are often reported incorrectly.

I started a new game and can target the enemy with spells.

I have not had the issue that forces an auto-resolve yet.