[0.983] [Graphics Glitch] Catapult graphic glitching in tactical

Also, the in-game description is lacking.

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My used-to-be-friend-now-good-for-nothing-bully Relias decided he'd rather capture my cities than admire them from afar, and brought along a catapult. I engaged said catapult (along with its escorting swordsman and archer units) before it got to my city. In the battle it did manage to get off a shot at my grouped archers in the back (youch!) and in doing so its graphic rolled all the way up to them, then did an animation, did splash damage, and disappeared. I had to mouse over every tile on the map to figure out where it was.

Also, I had no idea what a catapult did as the informational text about it didn't say anything about any kind of attack, let alone splash damage. I think it deserves another looking-at.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Hehe I know very few beta testers ever touch it, but I wonder if the developers ever do ^_^

sincerely
~ Kongdej

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top


I had something similar - posted "The amazing catapult" along with a save

 

One of the devs couldn't duplicate

 

I ended op finishing tac w autoresolve - and the final result was ok.

 

I imigine it would be tricky to duplicate - track down

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Yes, I certainly wouldn't envy a QA'er who was tasked with tracking this down, but since this is never an issue with any other unit, could one just dive into the catapult animations and such? I can't imagine there's any special code for catapult, other than that which implements its special abilities (whatever those may be).

That's what I would do if this were my code. But it's not. And it's far larger than anything I've done, to boot.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I've seen the same issues with the catapult.  I have to auto play the battle to resolve.  

I hadn't thought of mousing over empty squares to find the catapult.  I knew I couldn't target the catapult, but I never thought the animation and the actual location would be different.  At least that gives me something to try until they fix it.