Suddenly, "orders" submenu is stuck. Can't do anything with units.

[norb]

So for you this happens right away, but for LP it doesn't. That really sucks as it's harder to fix. So we need to figure out exactly what you do between loading the save and it happening and try to get a better time as to when it happens.

If you do nothing does it happen? Obviously you have to do something to check, but I'm wondering if it's keyed off an action.

We really appreciate you working with us on this and trying to figure this out.

[gumby7]

We really appreciate you working with us on this and trying to figure this out.

no problem.

ok, so I loaded the autosave to get the bug again. Which I did, and found that when the bug occurs I immediately get control of the 19th indiana, but "go to me" still takes to my original character (Cutler). So here are the three states the game has been in:
1. Game works
2. Bug occurs and I am in control of 19th indiana but "go to me" takes me to orginal character
3. loading a save after bug gives me control of 19th indiana and "go to me" takes me to 19th indiana.

Ill load the autosave before bug and touch nothing and see what happens. Ill also look at the clock and do the bug twice to see if theres a correlation but it seems to happen at random times.

[gumby7]

I just loaded the pre-bug autosave and let it run hands off. It went to the end without a bug. All I did was move the camera with the mouse and keyboard, move the officer to keep him from getting killed, and closed any orders received.

I don't know where to go from here.

When the bug occurs in minutes of the autosave this is everything I can think of touching (I'm excluding things I know I didn't do during the short time between loading the save and the bug):

using arrows to cycle through units or mouse to select
moving camera
column or line regiment orders
selecting TC (I didnt de-select during the short time)
movement orders: move, rotate, flank, halt, double-time, charge, officer move, officer rotate, officer double-time
order of battle menu (which I use a lot to look at casualties and such)
scrolling through and closing orders
"go to me" button

[Little Powell]

I just loaded the pre-bug autosave and let it run hands off. It went to the end without a bug. All I did was move the camera with the mouse and keyboard, move the officer to keep him from getting killed, and closed any orders received.

I don't know where to go from here.

When the bug occurs in minutes of the autosave this is everything I can think of touching (I'm excluding things I know I didn't do during the short time between loading the save and the bug):

using arrows to cycle through units or mouse to select
moving camera
column or line regiment orders
selecting TC (I didnt de-select during the short time)
movement orders: move, rotate, flank, halt, double-time, charge, officer move, officer rotate, officer double-time
order of battle menu (which I use a lot to look at casualties and such)
scrolling through and closing orders
"go to me" button

Thanks Gumby7. I will try everything you have listed with the save and see if I get the bug. Will report back sometime today.

[Little Powell]

Ok, tried everything you have listed above, used your INI file, and the problem never happens... hmmm..

So this bug is either machine or OS specific, or something that has been fixed since I'm using a later build than you are.

Speaking of OS, what are you running? I'm on Windows 7.

[gumby7]

This looks a lot like the bug I had a few months ago with Little Powell's A.P. Hill mod (i.e., all units, including 'yourself' switches to AI control and all I could get was the courier screen, but couldn't do anything with it) after 10 minutes or so into the scenario. I finally got it fixed by going back to a previous version of the game. It seems to have had something to do with a carryover glitch or whatnot.

Have you tried any of the other scenarios, or updated the game recently?

I uninstalled the game, installed v1.102 and I am now playing every level of the game bug free. This bug is definitely new in 1.103.

Here's my specs:
Windows XP Service Pack 3
T6414
AMD Athlon 64
3200+
1.99 GHz, 2GB Ram

[Little Powell]

This looks a lot like the bug I had a few months ago with Little Powell's A.P. Hill mod (i.e., all units, including 'yourself' switches to AI control and all I could get was the courier screen, but couldn't do anything with it) after 10 minutes or so into the scenario. I finally got it fixed by going back to a previous version of the game. It seems to have had something to do with a carryover glitch or whatnot.

Have you tried any of the other scenarios, or updated the game recently?

I uninstalled the game, installed v1.102 and I am now playing every level of the game bug free. This bug is definitely new in 1.103.

Here's my specs:
Windows XP Service Pack 3
T6414
AMD Athlon 64
3200+
1.99 GHz, 2GB Ram

Interesting, thanks for that info. I will see if I can go back to 1.103 and try to re-create it. Even though that's an old build for me, it still might give Norb a clue as to what's going on and to make sure it's fixed in the next patch.

[gumby7]

By "old build," do you mean that you have a patch that hasnt been released yet? On the patch page it says that 1.103 is the most recent version: http://www.scourgeofwar.com/downloads.shtml

1.103 is what Ive been using. If you're using a newer version and cant create the bug then whatever version you have has fixed the bug.

[Little Powell]

If you're using a newer version and cant create the bug then whatever version you have has fixed the bug.

Yeah I'm hoping that's the case.

[gumby7]

Is there a big enough single-player improvement from 1.102 to the upcoming patch for it to be worth it for me to hold off on playing the scenarios until its out?

Thx,
gumby