Cannot Transfer Units to Decimated AI Ally

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keyword_Allies_Ally_Truck_Unit_Transfer resolution_wontfix type_bug | by KenAlcock

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I was playing an 8-player skirmish game with locked teams. I was on a 2-player team with one AI teammate, and there were two other teams of 3 AIs each. My AI teammate's base was deep in enemy territory, surrounded by other AIs and I knew I would have to come to his rescue while building my own base researching, et cetera. My AI ally's base quickly was overrun and he started asking for help. I kept transferring units to help. My once the waves of enemy VTOLs starting attacking (like 20 VTOLs each wave), I could barely keep up re-building my factories. Eventually, I start to get to where I could fend off the air assaults and I tried to transfer trucks and HMG tanks to my AI ally. The problem is that Warzone tool away the Transfer Power and Transfer Units buttons from the GUI!

This almost seems by-design, like the AI equivalent of leaving the game when you get you butt kicked. If this is by-design, it should be changed.

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Issue migrated from trac:2308 at 2022-04-16 06:46:26 -0700

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KenAlcock uploaded file NoTransferButtons.jpg (110.8 KiB)

No Transfer Buttons on the Score Board For AI ally.

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KenAlcock uploaded file NoTruckForAI.zip (339.9 KiB)

Saved Game folder

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KenAlcock uploaded file NoTruckForAI.es (94.3 KiB)

Saved Game .es file

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KenAlcock uploaded file NoTruckForAI.gam (4.7 KiB)

Saved Game

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KenAlcock uploaded file 8c-vallispass.wz (85.7 KiB)

Map the game takes place on

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Buginator changed status from new to closed

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Buginator changed resolution from `` to wontfix

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Buginator commented

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If a friendly AI dies, then you can't bring it back to life... that is why the icons are removed when they are dead.

I don't see a reason to change this behavior ? The scripts fire that the player (AI in this case) lost, and there is really no (good) way to recover from that without confusing the game.

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KenAlcock commented

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The game mode was locked teams. If one Ally is alive, no one on that team yet has lost, since we can always transfer units and power.

And if the friendly AI is "dead" then why does he still ask for help? (See the new screen grab)

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KenAlcock uploaded file Gray Asking for Help.png (1492.1 KiB)

AI asked for help, yet the buttons to transfer units and power are gone.

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Buginator commented

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Replying to Warzone2100/old-trac-import#2308 (comment:2):

The game mode was locked teams. If one Ally is alive, no one on that team yet has lost, since we can always transfer units and power.

And if the friendly AI is "dead" then why does he still ask for help? (See the new screen grab)

That was his last hurray before he went belly up ?

I don't suppose you have a savegame I can look at ?

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KenAlcock commented

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I actually was trying to transfer units to him BEFORE he sent his last "Help Me!" message and dropped his beacon. I was in the scoreboard, which showed no transfer buttons, then I saw his text message on the screen. (I had to show all recent communication to get you the screen grab.)

I'll have to recreate the situation again and save the game. That will be tricky (but not impossible). I have seen it again, since I've been playing the same type of game over and over.