Production after Research Bug

king meatster · Sep 3rd 2017, 11:44pm

This has happened to me a handful of times, but only on the speed round. This may just be a problem for those games, but its possible normal games have this problem as well. After I research an upgrade for a unit (not the unit itself) I would go to produce the unit in a province with all the prerequisites. However, it wouldn't let me use it, as if I didn't research the unit at all or the province didn't meet the requirements. I went to other provinces, and the exact same thing. I made sure I had all of the materials (which I did) and tried again, but no dice. The only way I could fix it was by refreshing or reloading the game, after which it worked as normal.
It's not major; refreshing doesn't take too long. It's just the few times this has happened I freak out a bit, and this can be especially dangerous during wartime.

DxC · Sep 3rd 2017, 11:55pm

That's a known issue.

WayneBo · Sep 4th 2017, 12:50am

DxC wrote:

That's a known issue.

"known issue" >> on the list (for a long time), no clue how to fix it.

MontanaBB · Sep 4th 2017, 12:55am

WayneBo wrote:

"known issue" >> on the list (for a long time), no clue how to fix it.

Heh.

Diabolical · Sep 6th 2017, 7:50am

This happens all the time with new technology. A simple fix that might work for you is to simply start building something else and then cancel that other item. Then you should be able to build the wanted item.

For the devs: this sounds like It might have something to do with a lost pointer or something similar that "occupies" a build slot for units once they've been researched/upgraded. I don't know the game code, unfortunately, but an occupied or misdirected pointer might be the fault. Or, perhaps a pointer or address of a lesser version (or zero version) of a unit is amiss or simply lost. Something along these lines might help the research into the problem.

Mathex319 · Sep 6th 2017, 11:16am

@king meatster what is the game ID?

king meatster · Sep 6th 2017, 7:07pm

Game ID is 2096388. It's one of the speed games, so that may have contributed. Luckily, I haven't seen this problem since making the original post.

DxC · Sep 6th 2017, 10:20pm

king meatster wrote:

Game ID is 2096388. It's one of the speed games, so that may have contributed. Luckily, I haven't seen this problem since making the original post.

This is a pervasive occurrence in normal games.

VorlonFCW · Sep 7th 2017, 2:48am

DxC wrote:

This is a pervasive occurrence in normal games.

Agreed, Seems to happen every time for me. Wait for research to complete and I just reload the browser tab so that unit production is possible. Most noticeable early game where you are waiting for the 30 minute research cycle to complete so you can start producing that unit and research something else.

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