Warped Enemy Not Returning to Starfield
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:30 pm
I unfortunately don't have reproduction steps for this because it was quite late and I wasn't honestly paying attention to what I did beforehand, but I didn't see any other topics on this issue in these forums.
At two points, I've had fights where I was chasing a Rebel Advance ship, who eventually was able to FTL warp away from the battle. In both cases, (I think - the memory is a bit hazy) I was using the Zoltan ship and had a beam weapon selected but *not* actively targeting the enemy ship (ie my cursor was either the "aim weapon 1" or the "anchor aiming line", rather than having a set target already on the enemy ship).
While in that position, the enemy activated their FTL and warped away. However, instead of showing the "they got away" dialog (or any other dialog), the ship was simply gone, but the two-ship battle interface remained. I was able to select weapons and place targeting orders, could order my crew around the ship, and could open/close doors (I think - I'm not certain on the last two), but neither my weapons nor my FTL would power up (both remained at whatever levels they were at when the enemy FTL warped out of the battle). Eventually I had to quit the game via the escape-button menu, but was unable to save & quit because the game still thought I was in a danger-mode situation.
I will try to do some additional testing later tonight to try and recreate the situation, and will reply with more details if/when I find them
At two points, I've had fights where I was chasing a Rebel Advance ship, who eventually was able to FTL warp away from the battle. In both cases, (I think - the memory is a bit hazy) I was using the Zoltan ship and had a beam weapon selected but *not* actively targeting the enemy ship (ie my cursor was either the "aim weapon 1" or the "anchor aiming line", rather than having a set target already on the enemy ship).
While in that position, the enemy activated their FTL and warped away. However, instead of showing the "they got away" dialog (or any other dialog), the ship was simply gone, but the two-ship battle interface remained. I was able to select weapons and place targeting orders, could order my crew around the ship, and could open/close doors (I think - I'm not certain on the last two), but neither my weapons nor my FTL would power up (both remained at whatever levels they were at when the enemy FTL warped out of the battle). Eventually I had to quit the game via the escape-button menu, but was unable to save & quit because the game still thought I was in a danger-mode situation.
I will try to do some additional testing later tonight to try and recreate the situation, and will reply with more details if/when I find them